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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 .
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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 [ edit ]
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
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 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): 2013This section needs to be updated . Please help update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information. (August 2019 )
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)
The Club Stadiums Affiliations Key personnel
Owner and president
Neil Macpherson
Head coach
Chris Williams
Honors (16)
USISL
League
1993, 1994
Atlantic Division
1993, 1994, 1996 USL League Two
Regular Season Champions
2006
Conference Champions
2004, 2012
Division Champions
2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2019
Eastern Conference
Northeast Mid Atlantic Metropolitan Chesapeake South Atlantic
Central Conference
Great Lakes Valley Heartland Deep North
Southern Conference
South Central Southeast South Florida Mid South Lone Star
Western Conference
Mountain Northwest Nor Cal Southwest
Seasons
as USISL Premier League as PDSL as PDL as USL League Two
Miscellaneous
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Michael Parker (1993–1995)
Joe Brown (1999–2000)
Tony Falvino[3] (2016–2018)
