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Northern Virginia Royals are an American soccer team, founded in 1998. The team is a member of the United Soccer Leagues Premier Development League (PDL), the fourth tier of the American Soccer Pyramid, and play in the Mid-Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference in against teams from Fredericksburg, Reading, Richmond, Virginia Beach and Williamsburg.
The Royals play their home games in the stadium at Hellwig Memorial Field Stadium in the city of Manassas, Virginia. The team's colors are gold, blue and white.
The team has a sister organization, the Northern Virginia Majestics, who play in the women's USL W-League, and fields a team in the USL’s Super-20 League, a league for players 17 to 20 years of age run under the United Soccer Leagues umbrella. Throughout their recent history, the Royals have enjoyed minor league affiliation with D.C. United, the nearby Major League Soccer franchise.
In 2008 the Royals became the first team to beat the Hampton Roads Piranhas in regular season play.
[edit] 2008 Roster
as at June 8, 2008
| No. |
|
Position |
Player |
| 0 |
 |
GK |
Phillip Lathaur |
| 1 |
|
GK |
Alexander Horwath |
| 2 |
|
DF |
Matthew Brady |
| 3 |
|
DF |
Michael Foss |
| 4 |
|
DF |
Brian James |
| 5 |
|
MF |
Max Greissbach |
| 6 |
|
DF |
Richard Strong |
| 7 |
|
FW |
Kareem Sheta |
| 8 |
|
DF |
Grady Renfrow |
| 9 |
|
DF |
James Stevens |
| 10 |
|
MF |
Irad Young |
| 12 |
|
MF |
Conor Neusel |
| 13 |
|
DF |
William Proctor |
|
|
| No. |
|
Position |
Player |
| 14 |
 |
FW |
Anthony McPeak |
| 15 |
 |
MF |
Leroy Oglie |
| 16 |
|
MF |
Oscar Berrios |
| 17 |
|
MF |
Adam Wilson |
| 20 |
|
MF |
Nate Wilson |
| 21 |
|
DF |
Steven Wagoner |
| 22 |
|
FW |
AJ Sheta |
| 23 |
 |
FW |
David Atkinson |
| 24 |
 |
MF |
Ben Kamara |
| 31 |
|
GK |
Joel Helmic |
|
|
MF |
Ryan Jenkins |
|
|
MF |
Eric Otero |
|
[edit] Year-by-year
| Year |
Division |
League |
Reg. Season |
Playoffs |
Open Cup |
| 1998 |
3 |
USISL D-3 Pro League |
7th, Atlantic |
Did not qualify |
2nd Round |
| 1999 |
3 |
USL D-3 Pro League |
4th, Atlantic |
Conference Semifinals |
1st Round |
| 2000 |
3 |
USL D-3 Pro League |
7th, Southern |
Did not qualify |
2nd Round |
| 2001 |
3 |
USL D-3 Pro League |
4th, Southern |
Did not qualify |
Did not qualify |
| 2002 |
3 |
USL D-3 Pro League |
4th, Southern |
Did not qualify |
Did not qualify |
| 2003 |
3 |
USL Pro Select League |
3rd, Southern |
Did not qualify |
Did not qualify |
| 2004 |
3 |
USL Pro Soccer League |
3rd, Southern |
Did not qualify |
Did not qualify |
| 2005 |
3 |
USL Second Division |
9th |
Did not qualify |
Did not qualify |
| 2006 |
4 |
USL PDL |
4th, Mid Atlantic |
Did not qualify |
Did not qualify |
| 2007 |
4 |
USL PDL |
7th, Mid Atlantic |
Did not qualify |
Did not qualify |
| 2008 |
4 |
USL PDL |
in progress |
|
Did not qualify |
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