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Salem City FC

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Salem City FC
Founded1993; 32 years ago (1993) as the Greensboro Dynamo
StadiumTruist Sports Park
Capacity1,400
Head CoachChris Williams
LeagueUSL League Two
20241st, South Atlantic Division
Playoffs: Conference Semifinals
Websitesalemcityfc.com

Salem City FC is an American amateur soccer club based in Bermuda Run, North Carolina that fields a men's team in USL League Two, and a women's team as the North Carolina Fusion in the USL W League. The teams plays their home games at the Truist Sports Park.

History

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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

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Year-by-year

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Year Division League Regular Season Playoffs Open Cup
Greensboro Dynamo
1993 N/A USISL 1st, Atlantic Champions did not enter
1993/94 N/A USISL Indoor 3rd, Northern withdrew after 3 games N/A
1994 3 USISL 1st, Atlantic Champions did not enter
1995 3 USISL Pro League 6th, Atlantic did not qualify did not qualify
Carolina Dynamo
1996 2 USISL Select League 1st, South Atlantic 2nd Round Quarterfinals
1997 2 USISL A-League 2nd, Atlantic Final did not qualify
1998 On Hiatus
1999 3 USL D3-Pro League 3rd, Atlantic Conference Semifinals 3rd Round
2000 3 USL D3-Pro League 4th, Southern Conference Semifinals did not qualify
2001 3 USL D3-Pro League 2nd, Southern Conference Semifinals 2nd Round
2002 3 USL D3-Pro League 3rd, Southern Quarterfinals 1st Round
2003 3 USL PSL 1st, Southern Regional Finals 3rd Round
2004 4 USL PDL 1st, Mid Atlantic National Semifinals 3rd Round
2005 4 USL PDL 2nd, Mid Atlantic did not qualify did not qualify
2006 4 USL PDL 1st, South Atlantic Conference Semifinals 4th Round
2007 4 USL PDL 1st, Southeast Conference Finals did not qualify
2008 4 USL PDL 6th, Southeast did not qualify did not qualify
2009 4 USL PDL 2nd, Mid Atlantic Divisional Semifinals did not qualify
2010 4 USL PDL 4th, Mid Atlantic did not qualify did not qualify
2011 4 USL PDL 1st, South Atlantic Conference Semifinals 1st Round
2012 4 USL PDL 1st, South Atlantic Finals 1st Round
2013 4 USL PDL 1st, South Atlantic Conference Semifinals 2nd Round
2014 4 USL PDL 4th, South Atlantic did not qualify 2nd Round
2015 4 USL PDL 4th, South Atlantic did not qualify did not qualify
2016 4 USL PDL 2nd, South Atlantic Conference Semifinals did not qualify
2017 4 USL PDL 10th, South Atlantic did not qualify 2nd Round
2018 4 USL PDL 6th, South Atlantic did not qualify did not qualify
North Carolina Fusion U23
2019 4 USL League Two 1st, South Atlantic Conference Semifinals did not qualify
2020 4 USL League Two Season cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic
2021 4 USL League Two 1st, South Atlantic National Final Cancelled
2022 4 USL League Two 1st, South Atlantic National Semifinals 3rd Round
2023 4 USL League Two 1st, South Atlantic Conference Semifinals 3rd Round
Salem City FC
2024 4 USL League Two 1st, South Atlantic Conference Semifinals did not qualify

Honors

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Premier Development League / USL League Two

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  • 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

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  • 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

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Stadium

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Average attendance

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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

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References

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  1. ^ Ashdown, John (December 13, 2013). "The Joy of Six: weird and wonderful football club crests". theguardian.com. Retrieved December 13, 2013.
  2. ^ "Dynamo Name Nicholls New Coach". pdl.uslsoccer.com. February 7, 2011. Archived from the original on 2011-07-17.
  3. ^ "Former Player Becomes First Alum To Lead Club". Premier Development League (PDL). March 4, 2016.
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