Founded in 1991, the team plays in USL League Two, the fourth tier of the American Soccer Pyramid.

Founded in 1991 as the Charlotte Eagles Soccer Club, the team turned professional when it entered the USISL in 1993.

[1] The Eagles enjoyed a brief spell in the A-League before financial troubles caused them to return to the lower level.

The Eagles are a division of Missionary Athletes International (MAI), an organization which undertakes sports ministry to share the message of Christianity through the environment of soccer.

The piece highlighted the team's policy of discrimination against openly gay and bisexual players.