Virginia Beach Mariners












































Virginia Beach Mariners
VirginiaBeachMariners05.png
Full name Virginia Beach Mariners Soccer Club
Nickname(s) Mariners
Founded 1994
Dissolved 2007
Ground
Virginia Beach Sportsplex,
2181 Landstown Rd
Virginia Beach, Virginia, USA
Capacity 10,000
League USL First Division
2006 9th

















Home colours














Away colours




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 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 links





Year-by-year































































































Year
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 Round


Head coaches




  • United States Shawn McDonald (soccer) (1996 - Aug 2005)


  • United States Jay Hoffman (soccer) (Aug 2005-2006)



See also


  • USL First Division teams


External links



  • Virginia 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]









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