Soccer club
North Carolina Fusion U-23, formerly known as Carolina Dynamo, is an American soccer team based in Greensboro, North Carolina, United States. Founded in 1993, the team plays in USL League Two, the fourth tier of the American Soccer Pyramid.
The team plays its home games at Macpherson Stadium in nearby Browns Summit, North Carolina, where they have played since 2003. The team's colors are white and red.
The team's sister organization, the U23 NCFusion Women, play in the women's USL W League, and also field a team in the USL's Super-20 League.
History
The team, which was named Greensboro Dynamo until 1996, was owned by Neil Macpherson, a passionate follower and former shareholder of English football club Nottingham Forest, as can be seen from the similarities between the two clubs' crests.[1]
Rebrand as North Carolina Fusion U-23
Year-by-year
Honors
Premier Development League / USL League Two
- Regular Season Champions (1): 2006
- Eastern Conference Champions (1): 2004
- Southern Conference Champions (2): 2021, 2022
- Division Champions (9)
- Mid Atlantic Division (1): 2004
- South Atlantic Division (9): 2006, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
- Southeast Division (1): 2007
Others
- USISL Champions (2): 1993, 1994
- USISL Atlantic Division Champions (2): 1993, 1994
- USISL Select League South Atlantic Division Champions (1): 1996
- USL Pro Select/Soccer League Southern Division Champions (1): 2003
- National Amateur Cup (1): 2013
Head coaches
Michael Parker (1993–1995)- Alan Dicks (1996–1997)
- Joe Brown (1999–2000)
- Robert Rosario (2001)
- Joe Brown (2002–2003)
- Carl Fleming (2004)
- Joe Brown (2005–2010)
- Marc Nicholls[2] (2011–2015)
- Tony Falvino[3] (2016–2018)
Stadium
Average attendance
Attendance stats are calculated by averaging each team's self-reported home attendances from the historical match archive at https://web.archive.org/web/20100105175057/http://www.uslsoccer.com/history/index_E.html.
- 1997: 2,605 (10th in A-League)
- 2005: 957 (4th in PDL)
- 2006: 1,460 (3rd in PDL)
- 2007: 2,168 (3rd in PDL)
- 2008: 948
- 2009: 863
- 2010: 1,676 (4th in PDL)
See also
References
- ^ Ashdown, John (December 13, 2013). "The Joy of Six: weird and wonderful football club crests". theguardian.com. Retrieved December 13, 2013.
- ^ "Dynamo Name Nicholls New Coach". pdl.uslsoccer.com. February 7, 2011. Archived from the original on 2011-07-17.
- ^ "Former Player Becomes First Alum To Lead Club". Premier Development League (PDL). March 4, 2016.
External links
- Official website
- Story of the badge from footballcrests.com
Michael Parker (1993–1995)
Joe Brown (1999–2000)
Tony Falvino[3] (2016–2018)