The Virginia Beach Mariners were an American soccer club, who formerly played in the USL First Division of the United Soccer Leagues, the second division in the US Soccer hierarchy behind Major League Soccer. On March 30, 2007 the team folded due to lack of ownership.
The team was founded in 1994 as the Hampton Roads Hurricanes, but they changed their name to Mariners after the first year. For the 2003 season, the team changed their name from Hampton Roads Mariners to the more widely recognizable Virginia Beach Mariners. The team went on a one- year hiatus in 1997, after which they joined the A-League.
Virginia Pilot article announcing the team's March 2007 demise
Virginia Pilot - "No one knew the hope of the tanking Mariners was broke"[permanent dead link]
January 01, 1970
virginia, beach, mariners, were, american, soccer, club, formerly, played, first, division, united, soccer, leagues, second, division, soccer, hierarchy, behind, major, league, soccer, march, 2007, team, folded, lack, ownership, full, name, soccer, clubnicknam. The Virginia Beach Mariners were an American soccer club who formerly played in the USL First Division of the United Soccer Leagues the second division in the US Soccer hierarchy behind Major League Soccer On March 30 2007 the team folded due to lack of ownership Virginia Beach MarinersFull nameVirginia Beach Mariners Soccer ClubNickname s MarinersFounded1994Dissolved2007StadiumVirginia Beach Sportsplex 2181 Landstown Rd Virginia Beach Virginia USACapacity10 000LeagueUSL First Division20069thHome colorsAway colors The Mariners played at the Virginia Beach Sportsplex in Virginia Beach Virginia from 1999 up to their demise in 2007 The team was founded in 1994 as the Hampton Roads Hurricanes but they changed their name to Mariners after the first year For the 2003 season the team changed their name from Hampton Roads Mariners to the more widely recognizable Virginia Beach Mariners The team went on a one year hiatus in 1997 after which they joined the A League In 2006 the Mariners added a USL Premier Development League club the Virginia Beach Submariners Shortly after the termination of the Mariners the Submariners were taken over by the Hampton Roads Piranhas a women s W League soccer club who renamed the team the Hampton Roads Piranhas to reflect the change of ownership Contents 1 Year by year 2 Head coaches 3 See also 4 External linksYear by year editYear League Reg Season Playoffs Open Cup 1994 USISL 5th Atlantic Divisional Semifinals did not enter 1995 USISL Pro League 5th Atlantic Divisional Semifinals did not qualify 1996 USISL Select League 3rd South Atlantic Select Six did not qualify 1997 On Hiatus 1998 USISL A League 3rd Atlantic Conference Quarterfinals 3rd Round 1999 USL A League 6th Atlantic did not qualify did not qualify 2000 USL A League 4th Atlantic Conference Quarterfinals 3rd Round 2001 On Hiatus 2002 USL A League 5th Southeast did not qualify 3rd Round 2003 USL A League 2nd Southeast Division Finals 4th Round 2004 USL A League 6th Eastern did not qualify 3rd Round 2005 USL First Division 11th did not qualify 2nd Round 2006 USL First Division 9th did not qualify 3rd RoundHead coaches edit nbsp Shawn McDonald 1996 August 2005 nbsp Jay Hoffman August 2005 2006 See also editUSL First Division teamsExternal links editVirginia Pilot article announcing the team s March 2007 demise Press Release announcing Hampton Roads Piranhas Mens PDL Team Virginia Pilot No one knew the hope of the tanking Mariners was broke permanent dead link Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Virginia Beach Mariners amp oldid 1148121356, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,