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North Carolina FC Youth (NCFC Youth) is an American soccer club and eponymous league based in Raleigh, North Carolina and serving greater Research Triangle. It is the largest youth-to-professional soccer club in the country. [1]
NCFC Youth was founded as Capital Area Soccer League (CASL) in 1974 as a not-for-profit organization and provides recreational and competitive programs for youth in the greater Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill metropolitan area. NCFC Youth offers teams in all divisions of North Carolina youth soccer including "classic" (first tier competitive teams in US regional and statewide leagues), "challenge" (second tier competitive teams locally), and recreational soccer. NCFC Youth "classic" teams compete at the highest level of competition in the nation including Elite Clubs National League, Region III Premier League, and U.S. Soccer Development Academy in partnership with the North Carolina FC. They utilize venues throughout the area including WakeMed Soccer Park in Cary, and the WRAL Soccer Center in Raleigh. NCFC Youth sends many players on to play collegiately each year, including NCAA Division I and local NCAA Division II and NCAA Division III schools. [2]
On March 10, 2017, North Carolina Football Club announced that it would be merging CASL and TFC Alliance, two of the largest youth clubs in the Raleigh area, and they would become part of the NCFC family as North Carolina FC Youth soccer.
In addition to recreational divisions which include only club teams, North Carolina FC Youth serves as a league organizer for competitive leagues in the Research Triangle area of North Carolina.
| Player | College | Professional and international teams |
|---|---|---|
| Nazmi Albadawi | North Carolina State University Wolfpack | North Carolina FC, FC Cincinnati |
| Steven Curfman | Wake Forest University Demon Deacons | Real Salt Lake, Carolina RailHawks, Wilmington Hammerheads |
| Scott Goodwin | University of North Carolina Tar Heels | Carolina RailHawks |
| Michael Harrington | University of North Carolina Tar Heels | Portland Timbers, Sporting Kansas City, Colorado Rapids, North Carolina FC |
| Casey Nogueira | University of North Carolina Tar Heels | Chicago Red Stars, Sky Blue FC, FC Kansas City, US Women's National Team |
| Logan Pause | University of North Carolina Tar Heels | Chicago Fire |
| Forrest Lasso | Wofford College Terriers | FC Cincinnati |
| Claire Wagner | Clemson University Tigers | North Carolina Courage |
| Christina Gibbons | Duke University Blue Devils | FC Kansas City |
| Alexis Schaffer | University of Virginia Cavaliers | FC Kansas City |
| Cameron Castleberry | University of North Carolina Tar Heels | Washington Spirit |
Curt Johnson is an American soccer executive who currently serves as General Manager and President of North Carolina Football Club, home of North Carolina FC of the USL Championship and the North Carolina Courage of the National Women’s Soccer League.
WakeMed Soccer Park is a major soccer complex in Cary, North Carolina, United States. It consists of a purpose-built, soccer-specific main stadium, two lighted practice fields, and four additional fields. The main stadium and the two lighted fields are all FIFA international regulation size. The stadium seats 10,000, while Field 2 also has 1,000 permanent bleacher seats. The complex also sports a full-length, nationally recognized cross-country course and houses the offices of Triangle Professional Soccer.
North Carolina FC is an American professional soccer team in Cary, North Carolina, a suburb of Raleigh, and member of the USL Championship. Founded in 2006, the team previously was named the Carolina Railhawks.
Athletes and sports teams from North Carolina compete across an array of professional and amateur levels of competition, along with athletes who compete at the World and Olympic levels in their respective sport. Major league professional teams based in North Carolina include teams that compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA), National Football League (NFL), National Hockey League (NHL), Major League Soccer (MLS), and National Women's Soccer League (NWSL). The state is also home to NASCAR Cup Series races. At the collegiate and university level, there are several North Carolina schools in various conferences across an array of divisions. North Carolina also has many minor league baseball teams. There are also a number of indoor football, indoor soccer, minor league basketball, and minor league ice hockey teams based throughout the state.
Michael Harrington is a former American soccer player.
Steven Curfman is a former American soccer player who is currently a youth coach for North Carolina FC.
Aaron King is an American former professional soccer player.
Evan Brown is an American retired soccer player.
CASL Elite is an American amateur soccer team based in Raleigh, North Carolina, United States. Founded in 2009, the team plays in Region III of the United States Adult Soccer Association, a network of amateur leagues at the fifth tier of the American Soccer Pyramid.
North Carolina FC U23 is an American soccer team based in Cary, North Carolina. It was founded in 2002 as the Raleigh Elite, and the current affiliate of North Carolina FC, a third division club in the United Soccer League. The team plays in USL League Two, and previously in the National Premier Soccer League (NPSL). The team was known as the Cary Clarets in 2008 and 2009; and went dormant for a year in 2010. As a member of the USASA League, the then-Carolina RailHawks U23's took the Men's Region III Championship in 2011, 2012, and 2013 and won the U-23's National Championship in 2011 and 2013. The team's colors are navy blue, gold, and cardinal red.
Nazmi Nidal Nazmi Albadawi is a former Palestinian professional footballer who recently played as a midfielder for North Carolina FC and the Palestine national team.
Charlotte Independence is an American soccer team based in Charlotte, North Carolina that plays in the USL League One, the third tier of the American soccer pyramid.
Stephen Malik is a Welsh-American businessman and sports owner who owns and is chairman of North Carolina FC of United Soccer League and North Carolina Courage of National Women's Soccer League. He also founded and was executive chairman of medical technology company Medfusion, and was a member of the United States Soccer Federation board of directors from March 2017 to March 2019 and February 2020 to February 2021.
David Justin Taylor is an American professional soccer player who plays as a full-back for Major League Soccer club Minnesota United.
The 2020 North Carolina FC season was the 14th season for North Carolina FC and its second in the USL Championship, the second-tier professional soccer league in the United States.
Joshua Coan is an American professional soccer player who currently plays for MLS Next Pro club Sporting Kansas City II.
Brianna Alexis Smalls Pinto is an American professional soccer player who currently plays as a midfielder for North Carolina Courage of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL).
Robert Coleman Frame is an American soccer player who currently plays for Rio Grande Valley FC on loan from North Carolina FC in USL League One.
Sean Nahas is an American soccer coach and former player who is currently the head coach of North Carolina Courage of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL).
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