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Virginia Legacy

Full name	Legacy
Nickname(s)	The Legacy
Founded	2002
Stadium	James City County Stadium Wanner Stadium Williamsburg, Virginia
Capacity	3,000
Owner	Virginia Legacy Soccer Club
League	National Premier Soccer League
2009	8th, Mid Atlantic (USL PDL) Playoffs: DNQ
Website	Club home page
Home colors Away colors

Legacy is an American soccer team based in Williamsburg, Virginia, United States. The team plays in the Mid-Atlantic Conference of the National Premier Soccer League (NPSL), the fourth tier of the American soccer pyramid.

Originally founded in 2002 as Williamsburg Legacy, the team played in the USL Premier Development League (PDL), considered roughly equal to the NPSL, until 2009, after which the franchise folded and the team left the league. In June 2013, it was announced that the club would re-join the fourth tier for the 2014 season in the NPSL.

The team plays its home games in James City County Stadium-Wanner Stadium. The team's colors are white, red and black.

History

The Williamsburg Soccer Club was founded as an amateur sports association serving the local community in 1976. In 2001, the club joined the United Soccer Leagues (USL), creating a team franchised in the Premier Development League (PDL).^[1] The team was known as Williamsburg Legacy until January 2007, when Williamsburg Soccer Club merged with the nearby Colonial Football Club to form the Virginia Legacy Soccer Club. The PDL team then changed its name to Virginia Legacy to reflect the merge.

The Legacy would have a successful series of early years in the PDL, earning first or second place finishes in their division. Following the 2009 season in which the club finished 8th, the team would fold but continue to remain active as a youth and community soccer organization.

On June 4, 2013, it was announced that the Legacy would re-join the fourth tier of American soccer, this time in the alternative National Premier Soccer League (NPSL), to begin play in the Mid-Atlantic Conference in 2014.^[2][3] In 2014, the team announced it was rebranding to Legacy 76 to reflect the year of its founding.^[4]

Virginia Leagcy crest 2007–09

Players

Final roster in USL PDL

as of June 20, 2009 Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 0 GK Justin Wolfe 1 GK Colin Smolnsky 2 MF Christopher Brooks 3 MF Ian Stowe 4 MF William Quarles 5 MF Anthony Han 6 MF Justin Madrid 7 MF Sean Dreybus 8 MF Nick Brindley 9 DF Rob Wright 10 DF Robert Acosta 11 FW Tyler Clare

No. Position Player 12 DF Mike Stark 14 MF Antonio Harley 15 DF Robert Acosta 16 MF Cameron Smith 17 FW Winston Mattheisen 18 DF Pat Brown 19 DF Nick Orozco 20 DF Stephen Laws 21 FW Nathan Belcher 27 FW Alan Koger DF William Smith

Year-by-year

Year	Division	League	Regular Season	Playoffs	Open Cup
2002	4	USL PDL	1st, Mid Atlantic	Conference Semifinals	Did not qualify
2003	4	USL PDL	2nd, Mid Atlantic	Conference Semifinals	Did not qualify
2004	4	USL PDL	2nd, Mid Atlantic	Conference Semifinals	Did not qualify
2005	4	USL PDL	6th, Mid Atlantic	Did not qualify	Did not qualify
2006	4	USL PDL	2nd, Mid Atlantic	Conference Semifinals	Did not qualify
2007	4	USL PDL	3rd, Mid Atlantic	Did not qualify	Did not qualify
2008	4	USL PDL	4th, Mid Atlantic	Did not qualify	Did not qualify
2009	4	USL PDL	8th, Mid Atlantic	Did not qualify	Did not qualify
2010–2013	Did not play
2014	4	NPSL	TBD	TBD	TBD

Honors

• USL PDL Mid Atlantic Division Champions 2002

Head coaches

• Jeff Dominguez (2005–2006)
• Kevin Darcy (2007)
• Tim Cristian (2008–2009)
• 🇺🇸Kevin Darcy (2015)

Stadia

• Busch Field; Williamsburg, Virginia (2003–2005)
• Stadium at Christopher Newport University; Newport News, Virginia 2 games (2005)
• Albert-Daly Field; Williamsburg, Virginia (2006–2007)
• James City County Stadium; (Wanner Stadium) Williamsburg, Virginia (2008–2015)
• Captains Stadium (Christopher Newport University), Newport News, Virginia (2014–2015)

Average attendance

Attendance stats are calculated by averaging each team's self-reported home attendances from the historical match archive at http://www.uslsoccer.com/history/index_E.html.

• 2001: 511
• 2002: 419
• 2003: 609
• 2004: 462
• 2005: 233
• 2006: 248
• 2007: 238
• 2008: 197
• 2009: 115
• 2015: 823

References

1. History of the Virginia Legacy Premier Development Team
2. "VIRGINIA LEGACY JOINS THE NPSL". NationalPremierSoccerLeague.com. June 4, 2013. Retrieved December 29, 2013.
3. "EXPANDING LEGACY". DCSoccerNews.com. June 4, 2013. Retrieved December 29, 2013.
4. http://www.soccerwire.com/news/am-men/virginia-legacy-brands-npsl-team-legacy-76/

External links

• Virginia Legacy