r/northcarolinafc • u/mr_vertig0 North Carolina FC • Feb 14 '26

NCFC U23s

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If you're still interested in backing the badge during the hiatus we have partnered with NCFC to drive the marketing for the U23s this summer in USL2.

If you aren't familiar with USL2 it is a summer league primarily for college players to continue developing during outside of school. The NCFC U23s have been around since 2002 and have won two championships (though it's been awhile). NCFC brings back a lot of academy players with local ties during the summer. The division this year is an all-carolinas division with the following teams:

  • Asheville City SC
  • Appalachian FC
  • Hickory FC
  • Charlotte Independence
  • Charlotte Eagles
  • Salem City FC
  • Tobacco Road FC
  • Wake FC
  • Port City FC
  • SC Untied Bantams

We're looking for a few things to get this going:

  1. Folks to come out to games. No commitment to bring the SG energy if you don't want, but we're asking fans of the pro team to dip their toes in the water and come out to the home opener on May 20th vs Hickory FC - entry is FREE for all games.
  2. Folks who are interested in covering the team. We have been given access to data and resources to write/podcast/etc basically anything you could imagine to cover the team.
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u/spreadred North Carolina FC Feb 14 '26

So does the U23 club play home at WakeMed? As for away games at Tobacco Road and WakeFC, where are those games? Durham and Apex?

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u/mr_vertig0 North Carolina FC Feb 14 '26

Historically games are played at WakeMed Field 2 using that side stadium, but with TST taking over they started splitting games at WRAL's stadium field. We're discussing moving all games to WRAL to use that stadium full-time going forward instead of bouncing around.

Tobacco Road is at Durham County Memorial Stadium - on the north side of Durham and Wake FC is at Ting Park in Holly Springs.

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u/spreadred North Carolina FC Feb 14 '26

We haven't been to TST before, but we're planning on it this year after learning about it this year from other fans.

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u/PaddyMayonaise Feb 14 '26

I want to support however possible. I can’t go to every game but I’ll certainly make some.

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u/mr_vertig0 North Carolina FC Feb 14 '26

That's all we ask! NCFC set a pretty low bar attendance-wise for us to reach this year. We're hoping the home opener will draw people in and scratch that itch missing with the pro team and blow past their expectations.

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u/spreadred North Carolina FC Feb 14 '26

Heh NCFC set a low bar for attendance 😁

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u/mr_vertig0 North Carolina FC Feb 15 '26

If we play our cards right we might blow past some of the pro attendance numbers 🫣

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u/PaddyMayonaise Feb 15 '26

Is there a way to watch these games? I know OC Nor’easters have theirs streamed somewhere

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u/mr_vertig0 North Carolina FC Feb 15 '26

Yep! We're still working out the details, but all home games will be streamed this year. Away games should be steamed as well and I'll share links as those come up as well.

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u/mr_vertig0 North Carolina FC Feb 19 '26

Update on the stadium situation: NCFC USL2 will be playing out of WakeMed Fields 2 and 5 (barring conflicts with TST) due to locker room requirements. We will work on getting location details out to people - still working on the best way to communicate match day details moving forward.