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| Full name | Vermont Green Football Club | |||
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| Founded | 2021 | |||
| Stadium | Virtue Field | |||
| Capacity | 2,500 | |||
| Manager | Adam Pfeifer | |||
| League | USL League Two | |||
| 2024 | 3rd, Northeast Division Playoffs: Conference Semifinals | |||
| Website | Club website | |||
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Vermont Green Football Club is an American soccer team based in Burlington, Vermont that began play in USL League Two in the 2022 season.[1][2][3] The club mission is centered on environmental justice with the goal of becoming a net zero soccer club.[4] They are also a member of One Percent for the Planet, donating 1% of the club's annual revenues to approved environmental partners.[5] VGFC's environmental mission has drawn coverage from BBC Sport, The Guardian, and the Men in Blazers podcast.[6][7][8]
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- ^ "Vermont Green's fan club helped propel the soccer team to first-year successes". vtdigger.org. August 2022. Archived from the original on March 31, 2023. Retrieved March 31, 2023.
- ^ "'More than a soccer club': Vermont Green Football Club looks to create socially conscious community". vtdigger.org. June 5, 2022. Archived from the original on March 31, 2023. Retrieved March 31, 2023.
- ^ "The Vermont Green FC Environmental Justice Mission". Vermont Green Football Club. Archived from the original on August 3, 2022. Retrieved July 18, 2022.
- ^ "The Vermont Green FC Environmental Justice Mission". Vermont Green Football Club. Archived from the original on December 10, 2022. Retrieved November 3, 2022.
- ^ "The new US club doing things differently". BBC Sport. Archived from the original on July 18, 2023. Retrieved August 3, 2023.
- ^ Root, Tik (June 30, 2023). "Vermont Green FC: the fourth-tier US soccer team out to save the world". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Archived from the original on July 18, 2023. Retrieved August 3, 2023.
- ^ "Men in Blazers 06/01/23: Live in Vermont – Men in Blazers". Men in Blazers. Archived from the original on July 18, 2023. Retrieved August 3, 2023.