Salem City Football Club is an American amateur soccer 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 USL W League. The teams play their home games at the Truist Sports Park.
History
The team, which was named "Greensboro Dynamo" until 1996,
In 2018, the Carolina Dynamo merged with NC Fusion to form "North Carolina Fusion U-23". The team would go on to win four conference titles, four division titles and make one national final appearance.
Year-by-year
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
!Year
!Division
!League
!Regular season
!Playoffs
!Open Cup
|-
|colspan=6 align=center|Greensboro Dynamo
|-
|1993
|N/A
|USISL
|bgcolor="B3B7FF"|1st, Atlantic
|bgcolor="FFEBAD"|Champions
|did not enter
|-
|1993/94
|N/A
|USISL Indoor
|3rd, Northern
|withdrew after 3 games
|N/A
|-
|1994
|3
|USISL
|bgcolor="B3B7FF"|1st, Atlantic
|bgcolor="FFEBAD"|Champions
|did not enter
|-
|1995
|3
|USISL Pro League
|6th, Atlantic
|did not qualify
|did not qualify
|-
|colspan=6 align=center|Carolina Dynamo
|-
|1996
|2
|USISL Select League
|bgcolor="B3B7FF"|1st, South Atlantic
|2nd Round
|Quarterfinals
|-
|1997
|2
|USISL A-League
|2nd, Atlantic
|Final
|did not qualify
|-
|1998
|colspan=5 align=center|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
|bgcolor="B3B7FF"|1st, Southern
|Regional Finals
|3rd Round
|-
|2004
|4
|USL PDL
|bgcolor="B3B7FF"|1st, Mid Atlantic
|National Semifinals
|3rd Round
|-
|2005
|4
|USL PDL
|2nd, Mid Atlantic
|did not qualify
|did not qualify
|-
|2006
|4
|USL PDL
|bgcolor="B3B7FF"|1st, South Atlantic
|Conference Semifinals
|4th Round
|-
|2007
|4
|USL PDL
|bgcolor="B3B7FF"|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
|bgcolor="B3B7FF"|1st, South Atlantic
|Conference Semifinals
|1st Round
|-
|2012
|4
|USL PDL
|bgcolor="B3B7FF"|1st, South Atlantic
|Finals
|1st Round
|-
|2013
|4
|USL PDL
|bgcolor="B3B7FF"|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
|-
|colspan=6 align=center|North Carolina Fusion U23
|-
|2019
|4
|USL League Two
|bgcolor="B3B7FF"|1st, South Atlantic
|Conference Semifinals
|did not qualify
|-
|2020
|4
|USL League Two
|colspan=3|Season cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic
|-
|2021
|4
|USL League Two
|bgcolor="B3B7FF"|1st, South Atlantic
|National Final
|Cancelled
|-
|2022
|4
|USL League Two
|bgcolor="B3B7FF"|1st, South Atlantic
|National Semifinals
|3rd Round
|-
|2023
|4
|USL League Two
|bgcolor="B3B7FF"|1st, South Atlantic
|Conference Semifinals
|3rd Round
|-
|colspan=6 align=center|Salem City FC
|-
|2024
|4
|USL League Two
|bgcolor="B3B7FF"|1st, South Atlantic
|Conference Semifinals
|did not qualify
|}
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
- National Championship Appearance 2021
- Conference Champions (2018-2024)
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)
- Chris Williams (2018–present)
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 (2021–2021)
- Truist Sports Park Bermuda Run, North Carolina (2024–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)