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Virginia Beach Mariners

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Full name

Virginia Beach Mariners Soccer Club

Nickname(s)

Mariners

Founded

1994

Ground

Virginia Beach Sportsplex,
Virginia Beach, VA, USA

Capacity

10,000

Chairman

Mike Field

Manager

Jay Hoffman

League

USL First Division

2006

9th





Home colours





Away colours

The Virginia Beach Mariners are an American soccer club, who currently play in the USL First Division of the United Soccer Leagues, the second division in the US Soccer hierarchy behind Major League Soccer.

The Mariners currently play in the Virginia Beach Sportsplex in Virginia Beach, Virginia, where they have played since 1999.

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. They are currently owned by Mike Field, and their head coach is Jay Hoffman.

For 2006, the Mariners are adding a USL Premier Development League club, the Virginia Beach Submariners.

1 Year-by-year
2 Current squad
3 Virginia Beach Submariners
4 External links

[edit] 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

[edit] Current squad

Nationality given from place of birth

No.		Position	Player
00	Image:Flag of the United States.svg	GK	Chase Harrison
1	Image:Flag of the United States.svg	GK	Matthew Nelson
2	Image:Flag of the United States.svg	DF	Stephen Danbusky
3	Image:Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg	DF	Craig Demmin
4	Image:Flag of the United States.svg	DF	Kupono Low
5	Image:Flag of the United States.svg	DF	Russell Harrison
6	Image:Flag of the United States.svg	DF	Christopher Schwarze
7	Image:Flag of the United States.svg	MF	Jeff Bilyk
8	Image:Flag of England (bordered).svg	MF	Leepaul Scroggins
9	Image:Flag of the United States.svg	FW	Nathan Micklos
10	Image:Flag of Bolivia.svg	MF	Roland Vargas-Aguilera
11	Image:Flag of Denmark.svg	MF	Jakob Fenger-Larsen

No.		Position	Player
12	Image:Flag of the United States.svg	MF	Ryan Mack
14	Image:Flag of Ireland (bordered).svg	MF	Shane McFaul
15	Image:Flag of Liberia.svg	FW	McColm Cephas
17	Image:Flag of the United States.svg	MF	Timothy O'Neil
18	Image:Flag of the United States.svg	MF	Josh Nolz
19	Image:Flag of Jamaica.svg	FW	Gary Brooks
20	Image:Flag of the United States.svg	MF	Steve Shak
22	Image:Flag of the United States.svg	DF	Alan Woods
23	Image:Flag of the United States.svg	FW	Andrew Herman
24	Image:Flag of Bermuda.svg	FW	John Barry Nusum
25	Image:Flag of Canada.svg	MF	Felix Brillant
30	Image:Flag of Jamaica.svg	FW	Gregory Simmonds

[edit] Virginia Beach Submariners

In January 2006 it was announced that the USL Premier Development League staff would launch an expansion team in Virginia Beach to be an affiliate of the Mariners. In April 2006 the name was announced to the public...known as the Submariners. They also play at the Sportplex.