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Full name
  
Carolina Dynamo

Ground Capacity
  
7,000

Founded
  
1993

Nickname(s)
  
The Dynamo

Head Coach
  
Tony Falvino

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Owner
  
Greensboro United Soccer Association

2016
  
2nd, South Atlantic Division Playoffs: Conference Semifinals

League
  
Premier Development League

Ground
  
Macpherson Stadium, North Carolina

Carolina Dynamo is an American soccer team based in Greensboro, North Carolina, United States. Founded in 1993, the team plays in the Premier Development League (PDL), the fourth tier of the American Soccer Pyramid, in the South Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference.

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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 has a sister organization, the Carolina Dynamo Women, who play in the women's USL W-League, and also fields a team in the USL’s Super-20 League, a league for players 17 to 20 years of age run under the United Soccer Leagues umbrella.

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History

The team, which was named Greensboro Dynamo until 1996, is owned by Neil Macpherson, a passionate follower and shareholder of English club Nottingham Forest, as can be seen from the similarities between the two clubs’ badges.

Current roster

As of May 11, 2013.

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Notable former players

This list of notable former players comprises players who went on to play professional soccer after playing for the team in the Premier Development League, or those who previously played professionally before joining the team.

USL Premier Development League

  • Regular Season Champions (1): 2006
  • Eastern Conference Champions (1): 2004
  • Division Champions (3)
  • Mid Atlantic Division (1): 2004
  • South Atlantic Division (2): 2006, 2011, 2012, 2013
  • 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–present)

    • Stadia

  • UNCG Soccer Stadium; Greensboro, North Carolina (1993–1996)
  • A.J. Simeon Stadium; High Point, North Carolina (1996–1999)
  • Macpherson Stadium; Browns Summit, North Carolina (2003–present)
  • BB & T Park; Winston-Salem, North Carolina 3 games (2009–2010)
  • Vert Stadium at High Point University; High Point, North Carolina 1 game (2010)

    • 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

    Carolina Dynamo Wikipedia
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