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| Full name | Legacy | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Nickname(s) | The Legacy | ||
| Founded | 1976; 49 years ago (1976) | ||
| Stadium | James City County Stadium Wanner Stadium Williamsburg, Virginia | ||
| Capacity | 3,000 | ||
| Owner | Virginia Legacy Soccer Club | ||
| League | National Premier Soccer League | ||
| 2009 | 8th, Mid Atlantic (USL PDL) Playoffs: DNQ | ||
| Website | http://www.valegacysoccer.com/NPSL/NPSLnews/index_E.html | ||
 Current season | |||
Legacy is an Americansoccer team based inWilliamsburg, Virginia, United States. The team plays in the Mid-Atlantic Conference of theNational Premier Soccer League (NPSL), the fourth tier of theAmerican soccer pyramid.
The team was founded in 1976 asWilliamsburg Soccer Club. It played in theUSL Premier Development League (PDL), considered roughly equal to the NPSL, until 2009, after which the franchise folded and the team left the league. In June 2013, it was announced that the club would re-join the fourth tier for the 2014 season in the NPSL.
The team plays its home games inJames City County Stadium-Wanner Stadium. The team's colors are white, red and black.
TheWilliamsburg Soccer Club was founded as an amateur sports association serving the local community in 1976. In 2001, the club joined theUnited Soccer Leagues (USL), creating a team franchised in thePremier Development League (PDL).[1] The team was known asWilliamsburg Legacy until January 2007, when Williamsburg Soccer Club merged with the nearby Colonial Football Club to form theVirginia Legacy Soccer Club. The PDL team then changed its name toVirginia Legacy to reflect the merger.
The Legacy had a successful series of early years in the PDL, earning first or second-place finishes in their division. Following the 2009 season in which the club finished eighth, the team folded but continued to remain active as a youth and community soccer organization.
On June 4, 2013, it was announced that the Legacy would re-join the fourth tier of American soccer, this time in the alternativeNational Premier Soccer League (NPSL), to begin play in the Mid-Atlantic Conference in 2014.[2][3] In 2014, the team announced it was rebranding to Legacy 76 to reflect the year of its founding.[4]
| Year | Division | League | Regular season | Playoffs | Open Cup |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 4 | USL PDL | 1st, Mid Atlantic | Conference Semifinals | Did not qualify |
| 2003 | 4 | USL PDL | 2nd, Mid Atlantic | Conference Semifinals | Did not qualify |
| 2004 | 4 | USL PDL | 2nd, Mid Atlantic | Conference Semifinals | Did not qualify |
| 2005 | 4 | USL PDL | 6th, Mid Atlantic | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 2006 | 4 | USL PDL | 2nd, Mid Atlantic | Conference Semifinals | Did not qualify |
| 2007 | 4 | USL PDL | 3rd, Mid Atlantic | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 2008 | 4 | USL PDL | 4th, Mid Atlantic | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 2009 | 4 | USL PDL | 8th, Mid Atlantic | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| On Hiatus from 2010 to 2013 | |||||
| 2014 | 4 | NPSL | 4th, Mid-Atlantic | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 2015 | 4 | NPSL | 5th, Mid-Atlantic | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 2016 | 4 | NPSL | 2nd, Mid-Atlantic | Regional semifinals | Did not qualify |
Jeff Dominguez (2005–2006)Kevin Darcy (2007)Tim Cristian (2008–2009)Kevin Darcy (2015)Attendance stats are calculated by averaging each team's self-reported home attendances from the historical match archive athttps://web.archive.org/web/20100105175057/http://www.uslsoccer.com/history/index_E.html.
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