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
British football club
Nottingham Forest, as can be seen from the similarities between the two clubs' crests.
Rebrand as North Carolina Fusion U-23
Players
Roster
Giovanni Pisello
Emanuele Scroto
Luca Lunghissimo
Mauro Draghi
Gianluca Caciocavallo
Edoardo Pisello
Cosimo Fini
Neymar Jr
Don Bosco
Losco
Nedved
Medvedev
Luca Ferramenta
Giovinco
Jokerinho
Rizzo
Durante Basta Durante Kevin Anll
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 (7)
** Mid Atlantic Division (1): 2004
** South Atlantic Division (7): 2006, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2019, 2021, 2022
** 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
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(1996–1997)
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Joe Brown (1999–2000)
*
Robert Rosario (2001)
*
Joe Brown (2002–2003)
*
Carl Fleming (2004)
*
Joe Brown (2005–2010)
*
Marc Nicholls (2011–2015)
*
Tony Falvino (2016–2018)
Stadium
*
UNCG Soccer Stadium;
Greensboro, North Carolina (1993–1996)
*
A.J. Simeon Stadium
A.J. Simeon Stadium is a 15,000-capacity multi-use stadium in High Point, North Carolina. It is named after Anthony James Simeon (1910–2004), a former North Carolina Athletic Director of the Year. Simeon Stadium is the home of the High Point Cent ...
;
High Point, North Carolina (1996–1999)
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Macpherson Stadium;
Browns Summit, North Carolina (2003–present)
*
Truist Sports Park;
Winston-Salem, North Carolina 3 games (2009–2010)
* Vert Stadium at
High Point University;
High Point, North Carolina 1 game (2010)
*
Truist Point
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;
High Point, North Carolina 3 games (2021–present)
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
*
Dynamo (disambiguation)
References
External links
*
Story of the badge from footballcrests.com
{{North Carolina Sports
Association football clubs established in 1993
USL League Two teams
Soccer clubs in North Carolina
USL Second Division teams
A-League (1995–2004) teams
1993 establishments in North Carolina