The Charlotte Gold played one season of lower-division men’s professional soccer in the summer of 1984. The franchise was a successor/replacement for the more popular Carolina Lightnin’ team that played in the 2nd Division American Soccer League from 1981 to 1983. The Gold played at American Legion Memorial Stadium.
The Carolina Vipers soccer team was a founding member of the Continental Indoor Soccer League (1993-1997) but didn’t begin play until the league’s second season in the summer of 1994. Playing out of Charlotte’s Independence Arena, the Vipers finished their only season with a dismal 3-25 record. The club folded quietly after the 1994 season wrapped up.
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