North Carolina Fusion U-23, formerly known as Carolina Dynamo, is an American

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team based in

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, United States. Founded in 1993, the team plays in

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, the fourth tier of the American Soccer Pyramid. The team plays its home games at Macpherson Stadium in nearby

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, 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

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, 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

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football club

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, 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 /
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* 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 *

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(1): 2013

Head coaches

* Michael Parker (1993–1995) *

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(1996–1997) * Joe Brown (1999–2000) * Robert Rosario (2001) * Joe Brown (2002–2003) * Carl Fleming (2004) * Joe Brown (2005–2010) * Marc Nicholls (2011–2015) *

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(2016–2018)

Stadium

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;

(1993–1996) * A.J. Simeon Stadium;

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(1996–1999) * Macpherson Stadium;

(2003–present) *

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;

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3 games (2009–2010) * Vert Stadium at

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;

1 game (2010) *

Truist Point Truist Point is a baseball stadium located in High Point, North Carolina and is home to the High Point Rockers of the Atlantic League of Professional Baseball. The ballpark is bordered by Elm, English, Gatewood and Lindsay streets. Truist (form ...

;

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)

References

External links

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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