Hampton Roads Piranhas (PDL)
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| Full name | Virginia Beach Piranhas |
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| Nickname(s) | The Piranhas |
| Founded | 2006 (as Virginia Beach Submariners) |
| Dissolved | 2014 |
| Stadium |
Virginia Beach Sportsplex Virginia Beach, Virginia |
| Capacity | 6,000 |
| Owner |
 Marcie Lauman
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| Head Coach |
Matt Busch(Coach)
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| League | USL Premier Development League |
| 2013 | 2nd, South Atlantic Playoffs: Divisional Playoffs |
| Website | Club home page |
The Virginia Beach Piranhas were an amateur American soccer team based in Virginia Beach, Virginia, United States. Founded in 2006 as the Virginia Beach Submariners as part of the development system of the now-defunct USL First Division franchise, the Virginia Beach Mariners, the team plays in the USL Premier Development League (PDL), the fourth tier of the American Soccer Pyramid, in the South Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference. From 2007 to 2010 the team was known as the Hampton Roads Piranhas.
The team plays its home games at Virginia Beach Sportsplex, where they have played since 2006. The team's colors are red, white and black.
The team has a sister organization, the Virginia Beach Piranhas Women, who play in the women's USL W-League, and also 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.
The team announced on January 15, 2014 that both the PDL and W-League teams will be folding this year and will not play in the 2014 season. The primary owners health was cited as the reason behind the decision.
The Virginia Beach Submariners entered the PDL in 2006 as the new development arm of the Virginia Beach Mariners USL First Division franchise. The Submariners were hot from the get-go; the team rattled off four straight wins in their first four competitive games, highlighted by a dominant 3–0 win over Ocean City Barons in their home debut. The Submariners' excellent early form also took them to the US Open Cup for the first time, but they lost first time out, 3–1 to USL Second Division side Wilmington Hammerheads. June was almost as good as May, winning four of their five games, and putting six goals past Northern Virginia Royals off goals by Edson Elcock and Daniel Haywood, but towards the end of the year the team stuttered a little, crawling over the finish line off the back of a 3–2 final day loss to West Virginia Chaos, and having lost two of their previous four games. Despite this, the Submariners still finished top of the Mid Atlantic Division, three points ahead of second place Williamsburg Legacy, and into the playoffs at the first attempt. Unfortunately, their late season poor form continued into the post season, as they were beaten 3–1 by the Westchester Flames in the conference semi-finals. Caetano Lima, Daniel Haywood and Edson Elcock all posted impressive scoring tallies, netting 19 times between them, while Jared Kent registered 7 assists.
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