Virginia Beach Mariners

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Virginia Beach Mariners
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Basic data
Surname Virginia Beach Mariners Soccer Club
Seat Virginia Beach , VA
founding 1994
resolution 2007
Website www.marinerssoccer.com
First soccer team
Venue Virginia Beach Sports Splex
Places 10,000
league USL First Division
2006 9th place

The Virginia Beach Mariners Soccer Club is a former American soccer club from Virginia Beach , Virginia . The club was founded in 1994 and last played in the USL First Division , the second highest division in North American football at the time.

history

The club was founded in 1994 as Hampton Roads Hurricanes. After the first season, the Hurricanes became the Mariners. In 1997 the club did not play any games and joined the following season in the A-League, the forerunner of the United Soccer Leagues . Two years later, the club moved into the Virginia Beach Sportsplex.

In 2003 the club was renamed again and has been called Virginia Beach Mariners since then. To date, the club has not been able to achieve any notable successes.

Since 2006, a reserve team of the club has played as "Virginia Beach Submariners" in the USL Premier Development League .

On March 30, 2007, the club announced its resignation from the current game operations. The reasons for this were the withdrawal of the club's owners.

The club's reserve team was taken over by the W-League club Hampton Roads Piranhas . Under this name, the club continued to play in the Premier Development League.

Known players

Season statistics

year league Reg. Season Play-offs US Open Cup
1994 USISL 5th place, Atlantic Division semi-finals not participated
1995 USISL Pro League 5th place, Atlantic Division semi-finals not qualified
1996 USISL Select League 3rd place, South Atlantic Select Six not qualified
1997
No league operation
1998 USISL A-League 3rd place, Atlantic Conference quarterfinals 3rd round
1999 USL A-League 6th place, Atlantic not qualified not qualified
2000 USL A-League 4th place, Atlantic Conference quarterfinals 3rd round
2001
No league operation
2002 USL A-League 5th, Southeast not qualified 3rd round
2003 USL A-League 2nd place, Southeast Division finals 4th round
2004 USL A-League 6th place, Eastern not qualified 3rd round
2005 USL First Division 11th place not qualified 2nd round
2006 USL First Division 9th place not qualified 3rd round

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