Salem City FC is an American amateur

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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

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. The teams plays their home games at the Truist Sports Park.

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

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, as can be seen from the similarities between the two clubs' crests.

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 (2011–2015) * Tony Falvino (2016–2018)

Stadium

* UNCG Soccer Stadium;

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(1993–1996) * A.J. Simeon Stadium;

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(1996–1999) * Macpherson Stadium; Browns Summit, North Carolina (2003–present) * Truist Sports Park;

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3 games (2009–2010) * Vert Stadium at High Point University;

1 game (2010) * Truist Point;

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
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