Northern Virginia FC

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Northern Virginia FC
Full nameNorthern Virginia Football Club
Founded1998; 26 years ago (1998) as Northern Virginia Royals
StadiumVAR Sportsplex
Leesburg, Virginia
Capacity1,500
LeagueUSL League Two
USL W League
Eastern Premier Soccer League
MASL3
20232nd, Chesapeake Division
Playoffs: DNQ
WebsiteClub website

Northern Virginia FC (formerly Northern Virginia Royals and Evergreen FC, and commonly known as NoVa FC) is an American

soccer club from Leesburg, Virginia competing in USL League Two, USL W League, Eastern Premier Soccer League and Major Arena Soccer League 3
.

The club's women's team was known as the

United Soccer Leagues umbrella. Throughout their recent history, NVFC previously enjoyed minor league affiliation with D.C. United, the nearby Major League Soccer franchise.[1]

History

Professional

Northern Virginia FC was founded in 1998 and joined the USISL D-3 Pro League as an expansion franchise in 1998, entering the team under the name Northern Virginia Royals.

PDL side Cocoa Expos 5–3.[4] In the playoffs they beat divisional rivals South Carolina Shamrocks 2–1 in the first round before falling 4–0 to Charlotte in the conference semi-final. The 1998 season and the Royals were featured in the book "Unlucky: A Season of Struggle in Minor League Professional Soccer" by Dave Ungrady, who trained and played briefly for the Royals as well[5][6]

The D-3 Pro League became the USL Pro Select League in 2003, and the Royals finished bottom of the 3-team Southern Division, with just 6 wins for the year. The USL Pro Select League became the USL Second Division in 2005, and dispensed with divisions in favor of a single-table format; for the Royals, this proved to be yet another disastrous season.

Move to PDL

After finishing bottom of the league in the USL Second Division, the Royals management took the decision to self-relegate themselves to the

West Virginia Chaos
, ultimately finishing fourth in the Mid Atlantic Division in their debut 2006 season.

The Northern Virginia Royals were inducted into the USL Soccer Hall of Fame in 2007.[7]

Partnership with D.C. United

In 2015, the Royals rebranded as Evergreen FC and partnered with Major League Soccer club D.C. United and formed a joint PDL team called D.C. United U-23, who combined their NPSL side with the Royals, to play in the PDL, finishing fifth in the Mid-Atlantic Division.[8][9]

Evergreen Hammers

After the 2015 season, the Royals transferred their operations and relocated to Loudon County, Virginia in 2016 playing under the Evergreen FC banner as the Evergreen Hammers.[7][10]

Northern Virginia FC

For the 2021 season, Evergreen which was already part of the Northern Virginia FC club, renamed the USL League Two club to sit under the NoVa FC banner.[11] NoVa FC had already operated teams under that name in the lower level United Premier Soccer League and Eastern Premier Soccer League.[12]

On 27 August 2021, NoVa FC announced they would be reviving the women's program with a new side in the USL W League beginning in 2022.[13]

Logo history

Logo History
Logo History

Year-by-year

Professional/USL League Two

Year Division League Regular Season Playoffs U.S. Open Cup
Northern Virginia Royals
1998 3
USISL D-3 Pro League
 7th, Atlantic did not qualify did not qualify
1999
USL D-3 Pro League
 4th, Atlantic Conference Semifinals 1st Round
2000
 7th, Southern did not qualify 2nd Round
2001
 4th, Southern did not qualify did not qualify
2002
 4th, Southern did not qualify did not qualify
2003
USL Pro Soccer League
 3rd, Southern did not qualify did not qualify
2004 3rd, Southern did not qualify did not qualify
2005
 USL Second Division 9th did not qualify did not qualify
2006 4
USL PDL
 4th, Mid Atlantic did not qualify did not qualify
2007 7th, Mid Atlantic did not qualify did not qualify
2008 5th, Mid Atlantic did not qualify did not qualify
2009 7th, Mid Atlantic did not qualify did not qualify
2010 5th, Mid Atlantic did not qualify did not qualify
2011 2nd, South Atlantic Conference Quarterfinals did not qualify
2012 7th, South Atlantic did not qualify did not qualify
2013 3rd, South Atlantic did not qualify did not qualify
2014 6th, Mid Atlantic did not qualify did not qualify
Year Division League Regular Season Playoffs U.S. Open Cup
D.C. United U-23
2015 4 USL PDL 5th, Mid Atlantic did not qualify did not qualify
Evergreen FC
2016 4
USL PDL
 7th, Mid Atlantic did not qualify did not qualify
2017 7th, Mid Atlantic did not qualify did not qualify
2018 6th, Mid Atlantic did not qualify did not qualify
2019 USL League Two 8th, Mid Atlantic did not qualify did not qualify
2020 Season cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic
Northern Virginia FC
2021 4 USL League Two 3rd, Mid Atlantic did not qualify did not qualify
2022 3rd, Chesapeake did not qualify did not qualify
2023 2nd, Chesapeake did not qualify did not qualify

Eastern Premier Soccer League

Year Division League Regular Season Record (W-D-L) Playoffs U.S. Open Cup*
2020–21 5 Eastern Premier Soccer League 2nd, Mid-Atlantic 6–0–1 did not qualify 2nd Round
2021–22 1st, Mid-Atlantic 12–0–1 Champion 4th Qualifying Round
2022–23 1st, Mid-Atlantic 10–0–0 Champion 4th Qualifying Round

*Club entered in local qualifying round

Major Arena Soccer League 3

Year Division League Regular Season Record (W-L-T) Playoffs
2021–22 3 Major Arena Soccer League 3 1st, East 10–0–0 Champion
2022–23 Major Arena Soccer League 3 1st, East 7–2–0 Champion

USL W League

Year Division League Regular Season Record (W-L-T) Playoffs
2022 4 USL W League 5th, Mid Atlantic 1–7–2 did not qualify
2023 USL W League 3rd, Mid Atlantic 6–0–5 did not qualify

Honors

League

Cups

Statistics

Career USL 2 Goal Leaders

Rank Player Goals Career span
1 AJ Sheta 13 2016-
2 JP Ayolmbong 12 2022-
3 Vagner Marquis 11 2022-
4 Tyler Clegg 8 2018-2022
5 KJ Nadeau 7 2019-
6 Bernardo Majano 6 2016-2019
6 Martin Ngoh 6 2021
8 DJ Charlton 5 2018-2019
9 Luke Campbell 4 2021-
9 Connor Coward 4 2016-2017
9 Jhonny de Souza 4 2018-
9 John Emmons 4 2017-2018
9 Lewis Long 4 2017
14 Samuel Biyo 3 2018
14 Graydon Hester 3 2016-2017
14 Iliass Laghjibi 3 2022-
14 Declan Quill 3 2023-
14 Alton West 3 2021-

*Through 2023 USL 2 Season

Head coaches

References

  1. ^ "Royals Owner Mo Sheta Inducted in USL Hall of Fame". Northern Virginia Royals.
  2. Washington Post
    .
  3. ^ "USL Pro Media Guide". United Soccer League. 2012.
  4. ^ "U.S. Open Cup: First-round result (June 10)". Soccer America. June 11, 1999.
  5. ^ Holroyd, Steve (December 28, 2017). "Putting the book in: American soccer literature to read this winter". The Philly Soccer Page.
  6. ^ Edwards, Bob (April 28, 1999). "Soccer". NPR.
  7. ^ a b c "Evergreen FC formerly Northern Virginia Royals". Northern Virginia Royals.
  8. Ocean City FC. Archived from the original
    on September 24, 2015.
  9. ^ "D.C. United Under-23 team to compete in Premier Development League in 2015". D.C. United. February 19, 2015.
  10. ^ "Next-Level Soccer: Evergreen Hammers Host Final Game Saturday". Loudoun Now. June 22, 2016.
  11. ^ "UNVEILING THE SCHEDULE: USL League Two will kick off May 1". Front Row Soccer. February 25, 2021.
  12. ^ "EPSL Welcomes Northern Virginia FC". EPSL. August 26, 2020.
  13. ^ "Northern Virginia FC Announced as Newest Club to Join USL W League". www.uslwleague.com. Retrieved August 27, 2021.
  14. ^ Royals Hire Burke as PDL Coach

External links

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