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.
History
The team, which was named Greensboro Dynamo until 1996, was owned by Neil Macpherson, a passionate follower and former shareholder of British football club Nottingham Forest, 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 (7): 2006, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023 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; Greensboro, North Carolina (1993–1996) A.J. Simeon Stadium; High Point, North Carolina (1996–1999) Macpherson Stadium; Browns Summit, North Carolina (2003–present) Truist Sports Park; Winston-Salem, North Carolina 3 games (2009–2010) Vert Stadium at High Point University; High Point, North Carolina 1 game (2010) Truist Point; High Point, North Carolina 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)
See also
Dynamo (disambiguation)