Salem City FC is an American amateur

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club based in

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that fields a men's team in

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, 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 /
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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

* 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) * Tony Falvino (2016–2018)

Stadium

UNCG Soccer Stadium The UNCG Soccer Stadium is a 3,540-capacity soccer-specific stadium located on the campus of University of North Carolina (UNCG) in Greensboro, North Carolina. The stadium was opened for the practise of soccer in 1991 and is home to the UNC Gre ...

;

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(1993–1996) * A.J. Simeon Stadium;

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(1996–1999) * Macpherson Stadium;

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(2003–present) * Truist Sports Park;

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3 games (2009–2010) * Vert Stadium at

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;

1 game (2010) *

Truist Point Truist Point is a stadium located in High Point, North Carolina and is home to the High Point Rockers of the Atlantic League of Professional Baseball and to Carolina Core FC of the MLS NEXT Pro league. The stadium is bordered by Elm, English, ...

;

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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