Originally founded as a USL Second Division club, the inaugural 3-15 record prompted a move to the Premier Development League, where the team became a huge success on and off the field in 2000 with their first of three trips to the playoffs over a four-year span.

The rise of the club was due, in part, to the new ownership of player Bo Vuckovic, who has also gone on to expand the Voltage to include a W-League team, founded in 2005, and a youth program.