The Charlotte Eagles is an American professional soccer team based in Charlotte, North Carolina , United States. Founded in 1991, the team plays in USL League Two , the fourth tier of the American Soccer Pyramid .
5-730: The team plays its home games at the Sportsplex at Matthews . The team's colors are orange, white and blue. Founded in 1991 as the Charlotte Eagles Soccer Club, the team turned professional when it entered the USISL in 1993. The Eagles enjoyed a brief spell in the A-League before financial troubles caused them to return to the lower level. The Eagles are a division of Missionary Athletes International (MAI), an organization which undertakes sports ministry to share
10-673: The Great Recession . Originally called the Matthews Sportsplex the name was changed during construction. Following a soft opening in 2015, the complex was completed in early 2017. In August 2019 the stadium hosted the Charlotte Football Kickoff, a high school football double-header that had previously been played at American Legion Memorial Stadium in Charlotte. The Sportsplex was one of
15-578: The Charlotte Eagles official YouTube page. Harrison Raby is the play-by-play voice for home broadcasts. Source: Sportsplex at Matthews The Sportsplex at Matthews is a large sports complex and park in Matthews, North Carolina , southeast of Charlotte , featuring 12 full-sized soccer fields anchored by a 2,300-seat stadium. The stadium currently seats 5,000 as it has been expanded using modular seating. In 2018 bleacher seating
20-832: The message of Christianity through the environment of soccer. They are a sister organisation of the USL League Two side Southern California Seahorses , and also field a women's team – the Charlotte Lady Eagles – in the Women's Premier Soccer League . In 2016 The Charlotte Eagles were profiled by Britain's The Guardian newspaper. The piece highlighted the team's policy of discrimination against openly gay and bisexual players. The Eagles receive written coverage from Charlotte's major daily newspaper The Charlotte Observer . Highlights are often shown on local news broadcasts. All games are shown live on
25-598: Was placed around Field 10 creating a smaller auxiliary stadium used by the Charlotte Independence as a training field and occasionally by the Charlotte Eagles and Lady Eagles for matches. The idea of a sports complex along the outer-belt in Matthews was first proposed in the early 21st century with the official groundbreaking taking place on May 17, 2012 following years of delays due to
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