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| Full name | Salem City Football Club | ||
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| Founded | 1993 as the Greensboro Dynamo | ||
| Stadium | Crater Stadium | ||
| Capacity | 2,500 | ||
| Head Coach | William Lennie | ||
| League | USL League Two | ||
| 2026 | South Atlantic Division | ||
| Website | salemcityfc.com | ||
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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 Crater Stadium.
The team, which was named "Greensboro Dynamo" until 1996, was owned by Neil Macpherson, a passionate follower and former shareholder of English football club Nottingham Forest, as could be seen from the similarities between the crest of Greensboro Dynamo and the crest of Forest.
In 2018, the Carolina Dynamo merged with NC Fusion to form "North Carolina Fusion U-23". In 2023, the club was purchased by a private group who rebranded the club as "Salem City FC", seeking to link the team more directly with Winston-Salem. Plans were announced in June of the 2026 USL League Two season of an eventual move to the USL League One
| Year | Division | League | Regular season | Playoffs | Open Cup |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greensboro Dynamo | |||||
| 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 |
| Carolina Dynamo | |||||
| 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 |
| 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 |
| North Carolina Fusion U23 | |||||
| 2019 | 4 | USL League Two | 1st, South Atlantic | Conference Semifinals | did not qualify |
| 2020 | 4 | USL League Two | Season cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic | ||
| 2021 | 4 | USL League Two | 1st, South Atlantic | National Final | Cancelled |
| 2022 | 4 | USL League Two | 1st, South Atlantic | National Semifinals | 3rd Round |
| 2023 | 4 | USL League Two | 1st, South Atlantic | Conference Semifinals | 3rd Round |
| Salem City FC | |||||
| 2024 | 4 | USL League Two | 1st, South Atlantic | Conference Semifinals | did not qualify |
| 2025 | 4 | USL League Two | 1st, South Atlantic | Conference Quarterfinals | did not qualify |
| 2026 | 4 | USL League Two | 7th, South Atlantic | did not qualify | did not qualify |
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 (2018–2025) William Lennie (2026–present) | This section needs to be updated. (August 2019) |
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 and Kenn.com https://kenn.com/blog/soccer/all-time-usl-third-division-attendance/, and https://kenn.com/blog/soccer/all-time-usl-league-two-attendance/.
Greensboro Dynamo
Carolina Dynamo
North Carolina Fusion U23
Salem City FC
