Charlotte Eagles
The Charlotte Eagles is an American amateur soccer team based in Charlotte, North Carolina, United States. Founded in 1991, the team plays in USL League Two, the fourth tier of the American Soccer Pyramid.
The team plays its home games at the Sportsplex at Matthews. The team's colors are orange, white and blue.
History
Founded in 1991 as the Charlotte Eagles Soccer Club, the team turned professional when it entered the USISL in 1993. The Eagles enjoyed a brief spell in the A-League before financial troubles caused them to return to the lower level.The Eagles are a division of Missionary Athletes International, an organization which undertakes sports ministry to share the message of Christianity through the environment of soccer. They are a sister organisation of the USL League Two side Southern California Eagles, and also field a women's team – the Charlotte Lady Eagles – in the Women's Premier Soccer League.
Back to the PDL
In 2016 The Charlotte Eagles were profiled by Britain's The Guardian newspaper. The piece highlighted the team's policy of discrimination against openly gay and bisexual players.Media
The Eagles receive written coverage from Charlotte's major daily newspaper The Charlotte Observer. Highlights are often shown on local news broadcasts. All games are shown live on the Charlotte Eagles official YouTube page. Harrison Raby is the play-by-play voice for home broadcasts.Players and staff
Staff
- David Urban – president
- Spencer Lewis – executive director
- Chris McClellan – head coach
- Walter Gomez – assistant coach
Head coaches
- Brian Davidson
- Mark Steffens
- Dave Dixon
- Luke Helmuth
- Garrett Bireline
- Michael Kovach
- Chris McClellan
Achievements
- USISL Pro League
- * South Atlantic Division Champions: 1996
- USL D-3 Pro League
- * Champions: 2000
- * Atlantic Division Champions: 1999
- USL Pro Soccer League
- * Southern Division Champions: 2004
- USL Second Division
- * Champions: 2005
- * Regular Season Champions: 2008
- USL PRO
- * Championship Finalist: 2013
- Premier Development League
- * Champions: 2017
- * Eastern Conference Champions: 2017
- * South Atlantic Division Champions: 2015, 2016
- Hank Steinbrecher Cup
- * Runner-up: 2018
- Southern Derby
- * Champions: 2001, 2012, 2013, 2014