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American soccer team

Northern Virginia FC (formerly Northern Virginia Royals and Evergreen FC, and commonly known as NoVa FC) is an American soccer club from Leesburg, Virginia competing in USL League Two, USL W League, Eastern Premier Soccer League and Major Arena Soccer League 3. The club's women's team was known as the Northern Virginia Majestics, who played in the women's USL W League, and fielded 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, NVFC previously enjoyed minor league affiliation with D. C. United, the nearby Major League Soccer franchise.

Northern Virginia FC was founded in 1998 and joined the USISL D 3 Pro League as an expansion franchise in 1998, entering the team under the name Northern Virginia Royals. They ended their first season in 7th place in the Atlantic Division with a 5–12–1 record. In their second season, they improved, winning 10 of their 18 regular season games, finishing fourth in the Atlantic Division and also qualified for their first US Open Cup campaign in 1999, where they were upset in the first round by Florida PDL side Cocoa Expos 5–3. In the playoffs they beat divisional rivals South Carolina Shamrocks 2–1 in the first round before falling 4–0 to Charlotte in the conference semi final. The 1998 season and the Royals were featured in the book "Unlucky: A Season of Struggle in Minor League Professional Soccer" by Dave Ungrady, who trained and played briefly for the Royals as well

The D 3 Pro League became the USL Pro Select League in 2003, and the Royals finished bottom of the 3 team Southern Division, with just 6 wins for the year. The USL Pro Select League became the USL Second Division in 2005, and dispensed with divisions in favor of a single table format; for the Royals, this proved to be yet another disastrous season.

After finishing bottom of the league in the USL Second Division, the Royals management took the decision to self relegate themselves to the USL Premier Development League for the 2006 season. The Royals won their first match in the amateur PDL 3–1 over West Virginia Chaos, ultimately finishing fourth in the Mid Atlantic Division in their debut 2006 season. The Northern Virginia Royals were inducted into the USL Soccer Hall of Fame in 2007.

After the 2015 season, the Royals transferred their operations and relocated to Loudon County, Virginia in 2016 playing under the Evergreen FC banner as the Evergreen Hammers.

For the 2021 season, Evergreen which was already part of the Northern Virginia FC club, renamed the USL League Two club to sit under the NoVa FC banner. NoVa FC had already operated teams under that name in the lower level United Premier Soccer League and Eastern Premier Soccer League. On 27 August 2021, NoVa FC announced they would be reviving the women's program with a new side in the USL W League beginning in 2022.

YearDivisionLeagueRegular SeasonPlayoffsU. S. Open CupNorthern Virginia Royals19983USISL D 3 Pro League7th, Atlanticdid not qualifydid not qualify1999USL D 3 Pro League4th, AtlanticConference Semifinals1st Round20007th, Southerndid not qualify2nd Round20014th, Southerndid not qualifydid not qualify20024th, Southerndid not qualifydid not qualify2003USL Pro Soccer League3rd, Southerndid not qualifydid not qualify20043rd, Southerndid not qualifydid not qualify2005USL Second Division9thdid not qualifydid not qualify20064USL PDL4th, Mid Atlanticdid not qualifydid not qualify20077th, Mid Atlanticdid not qualifydid not qualify20085th, Mid Atlanticdid not qualifydid not qualify20097th, Mid Atlanticdid not qualifydid not qualify20105th, Mid Atlanticdid not qualifydid not qualify20112nd, South AtlanticConference Quarterfinalsdid not qualify20127th, South Atlanticdid not qualifydid not qualify20133rd, South Atlanticdid not qualifydid not qualify20146th, Mid Atlanticdid not qualifydid not qualifyYearDivisionLeagueRegular SeasonPlayoffsU. S. Open CupD. C. United U 2320154USL PDL5th, Mid Atlanticdid not qualifydid not qualifyEvergreen FC20164USL PDL7th, Mid Atlantic did not qualify did not qualify20177th, Mid Atlantic did not qualify did not qualify20186th, Mid Atlantic did not qualify did not qualify2019USL League Two8th, Mid Atlantic did not qualify did not qualify2020Season cancelled due to COVID 19 pandemicNorthern Virginia FC20214USL League Two3rd, Mid Atlantic did not qualify did not qualify20223rd, Chesapeake did not qualify did not qualify20232nd, Chesapeake did not qualify did not qualify