Carolina Dynamo

Carolina Dynamo

Full name	Carolina Dynamo
Nickname(s)	The Dynamo
Founded	1993
Stadium	Macpherson Stadium Browns Summit, North Carolina
Capacity	7,000
Owner	Greensboro United Soccer Association
Head Coach	Tony Falvino
League	Premier Development League
2016	2nd, South Atlantic Division Playoffs: Conference Semifinals
Website	Club home page
Home colors Away colors

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.

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.

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.^[1]

Players

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.

No. Position Player 0 GK Alex Long 1 GK Tom Rusling 2 DF Aaron Reifshneider 3 DF Jonathan Campbell 4 MF Brandt Bronico 5 DF Sebastian Ibeagha 6 MF Sean Davis 7 FW Hakan Ilhan 8 MF Tom McCready 9 MF Holden Fender 10 MF Alex Martinez 11 MF Daniel Lovitz 12 MF Hassan Kouyateh 13 MF Kevin Durand

No. Position Player 14 MF David Reittinger 15 DF Clement Simonin 16 MF Robbie Lovejoy 17 FW Mamadee Nyepon 18 DF Nat Eggleston 19 MF Alec Rotunda 20 MF Joaquin Serrano 21 MF Jamie Smith 22 DF Mahdi Ali 23 DF Austin Dunker 24 DF Sam McBride 25 DF Austin Yearwood 26 GK Peyton Ford

Notable former players

• See also: All-time Carolina Dynamo roster

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.

Lyle Adams Yari Allnutt Jalil Anibaba Cody Arnoux Corben Bone Kenny Bundy Jon Busch Ryan Caugherty Dominic Cianciarulo Glen Collins Warren Creavalle Sam Cronin Brock Duckworth Brian Edwards Chris Estridge Floyd Franks Jamie Franks Scott Garlick Jimmy Glenn

Steve Guinan Ben Hunter Richard Jata Stern John Scott Jones Steven Kinney Michael Lahoud Garry Lewis Daniel Lovitz Amir Lowery Zach Loyd Stephen McCarthy Tim Merritt Justin Moose Aidan Murphy Mo Oduor Randi Patterson Anthony Peters James Riley

Daniel Roberts Darryl Roberts Robert Rosario Shea Salinas Scott Schweitzer Donnie Smith Khano Smith Ryan Solle Josue Soto Marcus Storey Osei Telesford Wells Thompson Marcus Tracy Kirk Urso Joshua Villalobos Andrew Wenger Sheanon Williams Tanner Wolfe

Year-by-year

Year	Division	League	Regular Season	Playoffs	Open Cup
1993	N/A	USISL	1st, Atlantic	Champions	Did not enter
1993/94	N/A	USISL Indoor	3rd, Northern	withdrew after 3 games	N/A
1994	3	USISL	1st, Atlantic	Champions	Did not enter
1995	3	USISL Pro League	6th, Atlantic	Did not qualify	Did not qualify
1996	2	USISL Select League	1st, South Atlantic	2nd Round	Quarterfinals
1997	2	USISL A-League	2nd, Atlantic	Final	Did not qualify
1998	/	/	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	1st, Southern	Regional Finals	3rd Round
2004	4	USL PDL	1st, Mid Atlantic	National Semifinals	3rd Round
2005	4	USL PDL	2nd, Mid Atlantic	Did not qualify	Did not qualify
2006	4	USL PDL	1st, South Atlantic	Conference Semifinals	4th Round
2007	4	USL PDL	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	1st, South Atlantic	Conference Semifinals	1st Round
2012	4	USL PDL	1st, South Atlantic	Finals	1st Round
2013	4	USL PDL	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

Honors

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^[2] (2011–2015)
• Tony Falvino^[3] (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)

See also

• Dynamo (disambiguation)

References

1. Ashdown, John (December 13, 2013). "The Joy of Six: weird and wonderful football club crests". theguardian.com. Retrieved December 13, 2013.
2. "Dynamo Name Nicholls New Coach". pdl.uslsoccer.com. February 7, 2011. Archived from the original on 2011-07-17.
3. "Former Player Becomes First Alum To Lead Club". Premier Development League (PDL). March 4, 2016.

External links

• Official Site
• Official PDL site
• Story of the badge from footballcrests.com