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2019 North Carolina Courage season

January 01, 1970

The 2019 North Carolina Courage season was the team's third season as a professional women's soccer team. North Carolina Courage plays in the National Women's Soccer League, the top tier of women's soccer in the United States.

North Carolina Courage
2019 season
OwnerStephen Malik
General ManagerCurt Johnson
Head CoachPaul Riley
StadiumSahlen's Stadium at WakeMed Soccer Park
Cary, North Carolina
(Capacity: 10,000)
NWSL Regular Season1st
NWSL PlayoffsChampions
Top goalscorerLynn Williams (12)
Highest home attendance9,563
(September 14th vs. Orlando)
Lowest home attendance4,053
(April 13th vs. Chicago)
Average home league attendance5,875
Biggest win6–0 (September 11th vs. Portland)
Biggest defeat1–3 (May 11th vs. Chicago)
← 2018
2020 →

On September 21, the Courage clinched their third consecutive Shield with a 3–0 victory over the Utah Royals.[1]

On October 27, the Courage defeated the Chicago Red Stars 4–0 to win their second consecutive NWSL Championship.[2]

Team edit

Coaching Staff edit

As of May 31, 2018
Source: North Carolina Courage[3]
Position Staff
Head coach   Paul Riley
Assistant coach   Scott Vallow
Assistant coach   Bill Paladino
Assistant coach   Sean Nahas
Assistant coach   Nathan Thackeray

First-team roster edit

As of July 18, 2019[4][5]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Player transactions edit

2019 NWSL College Draft edit

Source: National Women's Soccer League[6]
Round Pick Nat. Player Previous Team
Round 1 5   Leah Pruitt USC
Round 1 9   Hailey Harbison Pepperdine
Round 2 14   Lauren Milliet Colorado College
Round 4 36   Kaycie Tillman Florida State

Players in edit

Date Player Positions played Previous club Fee/notes Ref.
January 7, 2019   Julia Spetsmark DF   Djurgårdens Signed. [7]
February 12, 2019   Ally Haran DF   UMF Selfoss Signed. [8]
February 22, 2019   Stephanie Labbé GK   Linköpings FC Signed. [9]
June 11, 2019   McKenzie Meehan FW Sky Blue FC Acquired in a Trade with Sky Blue FC in exchange for Elizabeth Eddy [10]
July 18, 2019   Sam Leshnak GK North Carolina Tar Heels Signed. [11]

Players out edit

Date Player Positions played Destination club Fee/notes Ref.
October 1, 2018   Yuri Kawamura DF unattached Waived. [12]
December 17, 2018   Darian Jenkins FW Reign FC Traded to Reign FC in exchange for Reign FC's 9th overall pick in the 2019 NWSL College Draft. [13]
January 4, 2019   Sabrina D'Angelo GK   Vittsjö Signed with Vittsjö. [14]
April 4, 2019   Morgan Reid DF Orlando Pride Traded to the Orlando Pride in exchange for Orlando's fourth round pick in the 2020 NWSL College Draft. [15]
June 11, 2019   Elizabeth Eddy MF Sky Blue FC Traded to Sky Blue FC in exchange for McKenzie Meehan. [10]
July 18, 2019   Julie King DF Waived. [11]
July 18, 2019   Ally Haran DF Waived. [11]

Competitions edit

National Women's Soccer League edit

See also: 2019 National Women's Soccer League season

Preseason edit

Source: North Carolina Courage[16]
March 23 (23-03) North Carolina Courage 4–0 Orlando Pride Cary, North Carolina
1:00 p.m. ET Speck   35'
McDonald   61' (Williams)
Williams   69' (Pruitt)
Spetsmark   89' (Eddy)		 Report Morgan   45+1' Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium at WakeMed Soccer Park
Attendance: 4,220

Regular season edit

Source: North Carolina Courage[17]
April 13 (13-04) 1 North Carolina Courage 1–1 Chicago Red Stars Cary, North Carolina
7:00 p.m. EDT Dunn   66' Report Kerr   26' Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium at WakeMed Soccer Park
Attendance: 4,053
April 17 (17-04) 2 North Carolina Courage 5–0 Orlando Pride Cary, North Carolina
7:00 p.m. EDT Williams   45'
O'Sullivan   45+1'
McDonald   55'
Zerboni   64'
Dunn   70', 77'
Spetsmark   88'		 Report Marta   85' Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium at WakeMed Soccer Park
Attendance: 4,292
Referee: Danielle Chesky
April 28 (28-04) 3 Houston Dash 1–4 North Carolina Courage Houston, Texas
5:00 p.m. CDT Daly   86'
Schmidt   44'		 Report Williams   45+1'
Dunn   69'
Debinha   69'
Pruitt   76'		 Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium
Attendance: 2,933
May 04 (04-05) 4 North Carolina Courage 0–0 Sky Blue FC Cary, North Carolina
7:00 p.m. EDT Zerboni   87' Report Monaghan   34' Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium at WakeMed Soccer Park
Attendance: 5,039
May 11 (11-05) 5 Chicago Red Stars 3–1 North Carolina Courage Bridgeview, Illinois
5:00 p.m. EDT Kerr   13'   90+3'
Vasconcelos   40'
Stanton   72'		 Report Williams   33',   80' Stadium: SeatGeek Stadium
Attendance: 2,113
May 19 (19-05) 6 North Carolina Courage 1–1 Utah Royals FC Cary, North Carolina
5:00 p.m. EDT Eddy   78' Box Rodriguez   7',   40' Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium at WakeMed Soccer Park
Attendance: 4,821
May 27 (27-05) 7 Reign FC 2–1 North Carolina Courage Tacoma, Washington
4:00 p.m. PDT Balcer   13'

Nielsen   30' Groom   89'		 Box Erceg   89' Stadium: Cheney Stadium
Attendance: 3,032
June 01 (01-06) 8 Orlando Pride 0–3 North Carolina Courage Orlando, Florida
7:30 p.m. EDT
Box
Stadium: Orlando City Stadium
Attendance: 4,427
June 15 (15-06) 9 North Carolina Courage 1–1 Portland Thorns FC Cary, North Carolina
7:45 p.m. EDT
Box
Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium at WakeMed Soccer Park
Attendance: 6,172
Note: doubleheader with North Carolina FC.
June 29 (29-06) 10 Washington Spirit 1–2 North Carolina Courage Germantown, Maryland
7:00 p.m. EDT Harrison   39'
Thomas   82'		 Debinha   45+4'
Pritchett   53'
Zerboni   90+3'		 Stadium: Maryland SoccerPlex
Attendance: 3,481
July 05 (05-07) 11 North Carolina Courage 5–2 Houston Dash Cary, North Carolina
7:00 p.m. EDT
Box
Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium at WakeMed Soccer Park
Attendance: 5,066
July 13 (13-07) 12 North Carolina Courage 2–0 Reign FC Cary, North Carolina
7:00 p.m. EDT Williams   22'
Debinha   55'
O'Sullivan   70'		 Box
Report		 Balcer   87' Stadium: WakeMed Soccer Park
Attendance: 6,216
July 21 (21-07) 13 Chicago Red Stars 2–1 North Carolina Courage Bridgeview, Illinois
5:00 p.m. CDT Naughton   14'
DiBernardo   37'
Kerr   58'		 Williams   30'
McDonald   51'		 Stadium: SeatGeek Stadium
Attendance: 17,388
Note: Game was broadcast on ESPN 2
July 27 (27-07) 14 Utah Royals FC 1–2 North Carolina Courage Sandy, Utah
8:00 p.m. MDT Press   13' Hamilton   34'
McDonald   54'		 Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium
Attendance: 10,545
August 03 (03-08) 15 North Carolina Courage 1–0 Washington Spirit Cary, North Carolina
4:00 p.m. EDT Debinha   64'
Spetsmark   90+4'		 Nielsen   24' Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium at WakeMed Soccer Park
Attendance: 4,393
Note: Rescheduled from August 2 due to thunderstorms.
August 11 (11-08) 16 Portland Thorns FC 2–1 North Carolina Courage Portland, Oregon
12:00 p.m. PDT Foord   19'
Labbé   56' (o.g)
Erceg   82' (o.g)		 Dunn   4' Stadium: Providence Park
Attendance: 25,218
Note: Game was broadcast on ESPNews
August 24 (24-08) 17 North Carolina Courage 1–0 Reign FC Cary, North Carolina
7:00 p.m. EDT L. Williams   82' Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium at WakeMed Soccer Park
Attendance: 6,743
September 07 (07-09) 18 Sky Blue FC 1–2 North Carolina Courage Piscataway, New Jersey
3:00 p.m. EDT Lloyd   13' (p)
Rodriguez   79'		 Skroski   1' (og)
Dunn   57'		 Stadium: Yurcak Field
Attendance: 2,895
September 11 (11-09) 19 Portland Thorns FC 0–6 North Carolina Courage Portland, Oregon
7:30 p.m. PDT Klingenberg   57'
Horan   58'		 Debinha   15'
L. Williams   21', 24', 68'
Dunn   61'
Hinkle   69'
Hamilton   89'		 Stadium: Providence Park
Attendance: 17,517
September 14 (14-09) 20 North Carolina Courage 6–1 Orlando Pride Cary, North Carolina
6:00 p.m. EDT Williams   6'
Edmonds   37' (o.g)
McDonald   41'
Meehan   78'
O'Reilly   85'
Debinha   90+2'		 Greening   11'
Kennedy   28'
Elinsky   28'
Hill   82'		 Stadium: WakeMed Soccer Park
Attendance: 9,563
September 17 (17-09) 21 North Carolina Courage 1–0 Houston Dash Cary, North Carolina
7:30 p.m. EDT Mewis   87' (p) Report Daly   73'
Brooks   74'
Mewis   86'		 Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium at WakeMed Soccer Park
Attendance: 4,943
September 21 (21-09) 22 Utah Royals FC 0–3 North Carolina Courage Sandy, Utah
7:00 p.m. MDT Mewis   30' (p)
O'Sullivan   35'
Hinkle   65'
Debinha   70'		 Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium
Attendance: 9,946
September 28 (28-09) 23 Washington Spirit 2–1 North Carolina Courage Germantown, Maryland
7:00 p.m. EDT Huster   56'
Matthews   59'
Pugh   75'
Lavelle   84'		 Williams   45+2'
Erceg   86'		 Stadium: Maryland SoccerPlex
October 12 (12-10) 24 North Carolina Courage 3–2 Sky Blue FC Cary, North Carolina
7:00 p.m. EDT McDonald   16'
Debinha   28'
McDonald   81'		 Report Lloyd   26'
Richardson   86'		 Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium at WakeMed Soccer Park
Attendance: 9,195

Postseason playoffs edit

October 20 (20-10) Semifinal North Carolina Courage 4–1 Reign FC Cary, North Carolina
1:30 p.m. EDT O'Reilly   88'
Debinha   99'
Barnes   106' (o.g.)
Dunn   107'		 Report Long   50'
Onumonu   90+3'		 Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium at WakeMed Soccer Park
Note: Televised on ESPN2
October 27 (27-10) Final North Carolina Courage 4–0 Chicago Red Stars Cary, North Carolina
3:30 p.m. EST Debinha   4'
McDonald   26'
Dunn   45+5'
Mewis   62'
Zerboni   74'		 Report DiBernardo   47'
Ertz   67'		 Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium at WakeMed Soccer Park
Attendance: 10,227
Note: Televised on ESPN

League table edit

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 North Carolina Courage (C) 24 15 4 5 54 23 +31 49 NWSL Shield
2 Chicago Red Stars 24 14 2 8 41 28 +13 44 NWSL Playoffs
3 Portland Thorns FC 24 11 7 6 40 31 +9 40
4 Reign FC 24 10 8 6 27 27 0 38
5 Washington Spirit 24 9 7 8 30 25 +5 34
6 Utah Royals FC 24 10 4 10 25 25 0 34
7 Houston Dash 24 7 5 12 21 36 −15 26
8 Sky Blue FC 24 5 5 14 20 34 −14 20
9 Orlando Pride 24 4 4 16 24 53 −29 16
Source: NWSL
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(C) Champions
Results summary edit
Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
24 15 4 5 54 23  +31 49 8 4 0 27 8  +19 7 0 5 27 15  +12

Last updated: October 12, 2019.
Source: NWSLsoccer.com

Results by round edit
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GroundHHAHAHAAHAHHAAHAHAAHHAAH
ResultDWWDLDLWDWWWLWWLWWWWWWLW
Position311245744521221322111111
Updated to match(es) played on October 12, 2019. Source: NWSLsoccer.com
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

International friendlies edit

Main article: 2019 Women's International Champions Cup

As defending 2018 NWSL champions and defending 2018 Women's ICC champions, the Courage were selected to participate in and host the 2019 Women's International Champions Cup. They are scheduled to play English side Manchester City in the semi-final round.

August 15 (15-08) Semi-final North Carolina Courage   2–1   Manchester City Cary, North Carolina
7:30 p.m. ET O'Sullivan   80'
Meehan   84'
McDonald   90+2'		 Report Stanway   41' Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium at WakeMed Soccer Park
Attendance: 5,436
August 18 (18-08) Final North Carolina Courage   0–1   Lyon Cary, North Carolina
7:30 p.m. ET Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium at WakeMed Soccer Park
Note: Broadcast on ESPN2

Statistical leaders edit

As of October 12, 2019

Awards edit

As of October 19, 2019.

NWSL annual awards edit

See also: NWSL awards

NWSL Monthly Awards edit

NWSL Player of the Month edit

Month Result Player Ref.
April Won   Crystal Dunn [19]
July Won   Kristen Hamilton [20]

NWSL Team of the Month edit

NWSL Weekly Awards edit

NWSL Player of the Week edit

Week Result Player Ref.
8 Won   Kristen Hamilton [27]
12 Won   Kristen Hamilton [28]
15 Won   Kristen Hamilton [29]
22 Won   Lynn Williams [30]
25 Won   Jessica McDonald [31]

NWSL Goal of the Week edit

Week Result Player Ref.
1 Nominated   Crystal Dunn [32]
3 Nominated   Crystal Dunn [33]
6 Nominated   Elizabeth Eddy [34]
8 Nominated   Kristen Hamilton [35]
9 Nominated   Julia Spetsmark [36]
11 Nominated   Leah Pruitt [37]
12 Nominated   Kristen Hamilton [38]
13 Nominated   Debinha [39]
15 Nominated   Kristen Hamilton [40]
16 Nominated   Debinha [41]
17 Nominated   Crystal Dunn
19 Nominated   Lynn Williams
21 Nominated   Crystal Dunn
22 Won   Heather O'Reilly

NWSL Save of the Week edit

Week Result Player Ref.
4 Nominated   Merritt Mathias [42]
7 Nominated   Merritt Mathias [43]
11 Nominated   Katelyn Rowland [44]
16 Nominated   Stephanie Labbé [45]
17 Nominated   Stephanie Labbé
23 Nominated   Stephanie Labbé

References edit

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January 01, 1970
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The 2019 North Carolina Courage season was the team s third season as a professional women s soccer team North Carolina Courage plays in the National Women s Soccer League the top tier of women s soccer in the United States North Carolina Courage2019 seasonOwnerStephen MalikGeneral ManagerCurt JohnsonHead CoachPaul RileyStadiumSahlen s Stadium at WakeMed Soccer ParkCary North Carolina Capacity 10 000 NWSL Regular Season1stNWSL PlayoffsChampionsTop goalscorerLynn Williams 12 Highest home attendance9 563 September 14th vs Orlando Lowest home attendance4 053 April 13th vs Chicago Average home league attendance5 875Biggest win6 0 September 11th vs Portland Biggest defeat1 3 May 11th vs Chicago Home colorsAway colors 20182020 On September 21 the Courage clinched their third consecutive Shield with a 3 0 victory over the Utah Royals 1 On October 27 the Courage defeated the Chicago Red Stars 4 0 to win their second consecutive NWSL Championship 2 Contents 1 Team 1 1 Coaching Staff 1 2 First team roster 2 Player transactions 2 1 2019 NWSL College Draft 2 2 Players in 2 3 Players out 3 Competitions 3 1 National Women s Soccer League 3 1 1 Preseason 3 1 2 Regular season 3 1 3 Postseason playoffs 3 1 4 League table 3 1 4 1 Results summary 3 1 4 2 Results by round 3 2 International friendlies 4 Statistical leaders 4 1 Top scorers 4 2 Top assists 4 3 Shutouts 5 Awards 5 1 NWSL annual awards 5 2 NWSL Monthly Awards 5 2 1 NWSL Player of the Month 5 2 2 NWSL Team of the Month 5 3 NWSL Weekly Awards 5 3 1 NWSL Player of the Week 5 3 2 NWSL Goal of the Week 5 3 3 NWSL Save of the Week 6 ReferencesTeam editCoaching Staff edit As of May 31 2018 Source North Carolina Courage 3 Position Staff Head coach nbsp Paul Riley Assistant coach nbsp Scott Vallow Assistant coach nbsp Bill Paladino Assistant coach nbsp Sean Nahas Assistant coach nbsp Nathan Thackeray First team roster edit As of July 18 2019 4 5 Note Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules Players may hold more than one non FIFA nationality No Pos Nation Player 1 GK nbsp CAN Stephanie Labbe 3 DF nbsp USA Kaleigh Kurtz 4 FW nbsp USA McKenzie Meehan 5 MF nbsp USA Sam Mewis 6 DF nbsp NZL Abby Erceg 7 MF nbsp USA McCall Zerboni 8 MF nbsp IRL Denise O Sullivan 9 FW nbsp USA Lynn Williams 10 MF nbsp BRA Debinha 11 DF nbsp USA Merritt Mathias 12 FW nbsp USA Leah Pruitt 13 DF nbsp USA Abby Dahlkemper 14 FW nbsp USA Jessica McDonald No Pos Nation Player 15 DF nbsp USA Jaelene Hinkle 16 MF nbsp SWE Julia Spetsmark 17 MF nbsp USA Heather O Reilly 19 FW nbsp USA Crystal Dunn 20 MF nbsp USA Ryan Williams 21 DF nbsp USA Cari Roccaro 23 FW nbsp USA Kristen Hamilton 25 DF nbsp USA Meredith Speck 26 DF nbsp USA Hailey Harbison 27 MF nbsp USA Lauren Milliet 37 GK nbsp USA Sam Leshnak 99 GK nbsp USA Katelyn RowlandPlayer transactions edit2019 NWSL College Draft edit Source National Women s Soccer League 6 Round Pick Nat Player Previous Team Round 1 5 nbsp Leah Pruitt USC Round 1 9 nbsp Hailey Harbison Pepperdine Round 2 14 nbsp Lauren Milliet Colorado College Round 4 36 nbsp Kaycie Tillman Florida State Players in edit Date Player Positions played Previous club Fee notes Ref January 7 2019 nbsp Julia Spetsmark DF nbsp Djurgardens Signed 7 February 12 2019 nbsp Ally Haran DF nbsp UMF Selfoss Signed 8 February 22 2019 nbsp Stephanie Labbe GK nbsp Linkopings FC Signed 9 June 11 2019 nbsp McKenzie Meehan FW Sky Blue FC Acquired in a Trade with Sky Blue FC in exchange for Elizabeth Eddy 10 July 18 2019 nbsp Sam Leshnak GK North Carolina Tar Heels Signed 11 Players out edit Date Player Positions played Destination club Fee notes Ref October 1 2018 nbsp Yuri Kawamura DF unattached Waived 12 December 17 2018 nbsp Darian Jenkins FW Reign FC Traded to Reign FC in exchange for Reign FC s 9th overall pick in the 2019 NWSL College Draft 13 January 4 2019 nbsp Sabrina D Angelo GK nbsp Vittsjo Signed with Vittsjo 14 April 4 2019 nbsp Morgan Reid DF Orlando Pride Traded to the Orlando Pride in exchange for Orlando s fourth round pick in the 2020 NWSL College Draft 15 June 11 2019 nbsp Elizabeth Eddy MF Sky Blue FC Traded to Sky Blue FC in exchange for McKenzie Meehan 10 July 18 2019 nbsp Julie King DF Waived 11 July 18 2019 nbsp Ally Haran DF Waived 11 Competitions editNational Women s Soccer League edit See also 2019 National Women s Soccer League season Preseason edit Source North Carolina Courage 16 North Carolina Courage v Orlando Pride March 23 23 03 North Carolina Courage4 0Orlando PrideCary North Carolina1 00 p m ET Speck nbsp 35 McDonald nbsp 61 Williams Williams nbsp 69 Pruitt Spetsmark nbsp 89 Eddy Report Morgan nbsp 45 1 Stadium Sahlen s Stadium at WakeMed Soccer Park Attendance 4 220 Regular season edit Source North Carolina Courage 17 North Carolina Courage v Chicago Red Stars April 13 13 04 1North Carolina Courage1 1Chicago Red StarsCary North Carolina7 00 p m EDT Dunn nbsp 66 Report Kerr nbsp 26 Stadium Sahlen s Stadium at WakeMed Soccer Park Attendance 4 053 North Carolina Courage v Orlando Pride April 17 17 04 2North Carolina Courage5 0Orlando PrideCary North Carolina7 00 p m EDT Williams nbsp 45 O Sullivan nbsp 45 1 McDonald nbsp 55 Zerboni nbsp 64 Dunn nbsp 70 77 Spetsmark nbsp 88 Report Marta nbsp 85 Stadium Sahlen s Stadium at WakeMed Soccer Park Attendance 4 292Referee Danielle Chesky Houston Dash v North Carolina Courage April 28 28 04 3Houston Dash1 4North Carolina CourageHouston Texas5 00 p m CDT Daly nbsp 86 Schmidt nbsp 44 Report Williams nbsp 45 1 Dunn nbsp 69 Debinha nbsp 69 Pruitt nbsp 76 Stadium BBVA Compass Stadium Attendance 2 933 North Carolina Courage v Sky Blue FC May 04 04 05 4North Carolina Courage0 0Sky Blue FCCary North Carolina7 00 p m EDT Zerboni nbsp 87 Report Monaghan nbsp 34 Stadium Sahlen s Stadium at WakeMed Soccer Park Attendance 5 039 Chicago Red Stars v North Carolina Courage May 11 11 05 5Chicago Red Stars3 1North Carolina CourageBridgeview Illinois5 00 p m EDT Kerr nbsp 13 nbsp 90 3 Vasconcelos nbsp 40 Stanton nbsp 72 Report Williams nbsp 33 nbsp 80 Stadium SeatGeek Stadium Attendance 2 113 North Carolina Courage v Utah Royals FC May 19 19 05 6North Carolina Courage1 1Utah Royals FCCary North Carolina5 00 p m EDT Eddy nbsp 78 Box Rodriguez nbsp 7 nbsp 40 Stadium Sahlen s Stadium at WakeMed Soccer Park Attendance 4 821 Reign FC v North Carolina Courage May 27 27 05 7Reign FC2 1North Carolina CourageTacoma Washington4 00 p m PDT Balcer nbsp 13 Nielsen nbsp 30 Groom nbsp 89 Box Erceg nbsp 89 Stadium Cheney Stadium Attendance 3 032 Orlando Pride v North Carolina Courage June 01 01 06 8Orlando Pride0 3North Carolina CourageOrlando Florida7 30 p m EDT Ubogagu nbsp 56 Box Hamilton nbsp 59 nbsp 66 nbsp 85 Denise O Sullivan nbsp 53 Stadium Orlando City Stadium Attendance 4 427 North Carolina Courage v Portland Thorns FC June 15 15 06 9North Carolina Courage1 1Portland Thorns FCCary North Carolina7 45 p m EDT Kurtz nbsp 19 Spetsmark nbsp 59 Box Purce nbsp 26 Lussi nbsp 63 Stadium Sahlen s Stadium at WakeMed Soccer Park Attendance 6 172Note doubleheader with North Carolina FC Washington Spirit v North Carolina Courage June 29 29 06 10Washington Spirit1 2North Carolina CourageGermantown Maryland7 00 p m EDT Harrison nbsp 39 Thomas nbsp 82 Debinha nbsp 45 4 Pritchett nbsp 53 Zerboni nbsp 90 3 Stadium Maryland SoccerPlex Attendance 3 481 North Carolina Courage v Houston Dash July 05 05 07 11North Carolina Courage5 2Houston DashCary North Carolina7 00 p m EDT Hamilton nbsp 5 nbsp 18 nbsp 54 nbsp 71 Williams nbsp 31 Box Mewis nbsp 24 Simon nbsp 43 Schmidt nbsp 53 Hanson nbsp 69 Stadium Sahlen s Stadium at WakeMed Soccer Park Attendance 5 066 North Carolina Courage v Reign FC July 13 13 07 12North Carolina Courage2 0Reign FCCary North Carolina7 00 p m EDT Williams nbsp 22 Debinha nbsp 55 O Sullivan nbsp 70 BoxReport Balcer nbsp 87 Stadium WakeMed Soccer Park Attendance 6 216 Chicago Red Stars v North Carolina Courage July 21 21 07 13Chicago Red Stars2 1North Carolina CourageBridgeview Illinois5 00 p m CDT Naughton nbsp 14 DiBernardo nbsp 37 Kerr nbsp 58 Williams nbsp 30 McDonald nbsp 51 Stadium SeatGeek Stadium Attendance 17 388Note Game was broadcast on ESPN 2 Utah Royals FC v North Carolina Courage July 27 27 07 14Utah Royals FC1 2North Carolina CourageSandy Utah8 00 p m MDT Press nbsp 13 Hamilton nbsp 34 McDonald nbsp 54 Stadium Rio Tinto Stadium Attendance 10 545 North Carolina Courage v Washington Spirit August 03 03 08 15North Carolina Courage1 0Washington SpiritCary North Carolina4 00 p m EDT Debinha nbsp 64 Spetsmark nbsp 90 4 Nielsen nbsp 24 Stadium Sahlen s Stadium at WakeMed Soccer Park Attendance 4 393Note Rescheduled from August 2 due to thunderstorms Portland Thorns FC v North Carolina Courage August 11 11 08 16Portland Thorns FC2 1North Carolina CouragePortland Oregon12 00 p m PDT Foord nbsp 19 Labbe nbsp 56 o g Erceg nbsp 82 o g Dunn nbsp 4 Stadium Providence Park Attendance 25 218Note Game was broadcast on ESPNews North Carolina Courage v Reign FC August 24 24 08 17North Carolina Courage1 0Reign FCCary North Carolina7 00 p m EDT L Williams nbsp 82 Stadium Sahlen s Stadium at WakeMed Soccer Park Attendance 6 743 Sky Blue FC v North Carolina Courage September 07 07 09 18Sky Blue FC1 2North Carolina CouragePiscataway New Jersey3 00 p m EDT Lloyd nbsp 13 p Rodriguez nbsp 79 Skroski nbsp 1 og Dunn nbsp 57 Stadium Yurcak Field Attendance 2 895 Portland Thorns FC v North Carolina Courage September 11 11 09 19Portland Thorns FC0 6North Carolina CouragePortland Oregon7 30 p m PDT Klingenberg nbsp 57 Horan nbsp 58 Debinha nbsp 15 L Williams nbsp 21 24 68 Dunn nbsp 61 Hinkle nbsp 69 Hamilton nbsp 89 Stadium Providence Park Attendance 17 517 North Carolina Courage v Orlando Pride September 14 14 09 20North Carolina Courage6 1Orlando PrideCary North Carolina6 00 p m EDT Williams nbsp 6 Edmonds nbsp 37 o g McDonald nbsp 41 Meehan nbsp 78 O Reilly nbsp 85 Debinha nbsp 90 2 Greening nbsp 11 Kennedy nbsp 28 Elinsky nbsp 28 Hill nbsp 82 Stadium WakeMed Soccer Park Attendance 9 563 North Carolina Courage v Houston Dash September 17 17 09 21North Carolina Courage1 0Houston DashCary North Carolina7 30 p m EDT Mewis nbsp 87 p Report Daly nbsp 73 Brooks nbsp 74 Mewis nbsp 86 Stadium Sahlen s Stadium at WakeMed Soccer Park Attendance 4 943 Utah Royals FC v North Carolina Courage September 21 21 09 22Utah Royals FC0 3North Carolina CourageSandy Utah7 00 p m MDT Mewis nbsp 30 p O Sullivan nbsp 35 Hinkle nbsp 65 Debinha nbsp 70 Stadium Rio Tinto Stadium Attendance 9 946 Washington Spirit v North Carolina Courage September 28 28 09 23Washington Spirit2 1North Carolina CourageGermantown Maryland7 00 p m EDT Huster nbsp 56 Matthews nbsp 59 Pugh nbsp 75 Lavelle nbsp 84 Williams nbsp 45 2 Erceg nbsp 86 Stadium Maryland SoccerPlex North Carolina Courage v Sky Blue FC October 12 12 10 24North Carolina Courage3 2Sky Blue FCCary North Carolina7 00 p m EDT McDonald nbsp 16 Debinha nbsp 28 McDonald nbsp 81 Report Lloyd nbsp 26 Richardson nbsp 86 Stadium Sahlen s Stadium at WakeMed Soccer Park Attendance 9 195 Postseason playoffs edit North Carolina Courage v Reign FC October 20 20 10 SemifinalNorth Carolina Courage4 1Reign FCCary North Carolina1 30 p m EDT O Reilly nbsp 88 Debinha nbsp 99 Barnes nbsp 106 o g Dunn nbsp 107 Report Long nbsp 50 Onumonu nbsp 90 3 Stadium Sahlen s Stadium at WakeMed Soccer ParkNote Televised on ESPN2 North Carolina Courage v Chicago Red Stars October 27 27 10 FinalNorth Carolina Courage4 0Chicago Red StarsCary North Carolina3 30 p m EST Debinha nbsp 4 McDonald nbsp 26 Dunn nbsp 45 5 Mewis nbsp 62 Zerboni nbsp 74 Report DiBernardo nbsp 47 Ertz nbsp 67 Stadium Sahlen s Stadium at WakeMed Soccer Park Attendance 10 227Note Televised on ESPN League table edit Pos Teamvte Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification 1 North Carolina Courage C 24 15 4 5 54 23 31 49 NWSL Shield 2 Chicago Red Stars 24 14 2 8 41 28 13 44 NWSL Playoffs 3 Portland Thorns FC 24 11 7 6 40 31 9 40 4 Reign FC 24 10 8 6 27 27 0 38 5 Washington Spirit 24 9 7 8 30 25 5 34 6 Utah Royals FC 24 10 4 10 25 25 0 34 7 Houston Dash 24 7 5 12 21 36 15 26 8 Sky Blue FC 24 5 5 14 20 34 14 20 9 Orlando Pride 24 4 4 16 24 53 29 16Source NWSLRules for classification Tiebreakers C Champions Results summary edit Overall Home Away Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD 24 15 4 5 54 23 31 49 8 4 0 27 8 19 7 0 5 27 15 12 Last updated October 12 2019 Source NWSLsoccer com Results by round edit Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324GroundHHAHAHAAHAHHAAHAHAAHHAAHResultDWWDLDLWDWWWLWWLWWWWWWLWPosition311245744521221322111111Updated to match es played on October 12 2019 Source NWSLsoccer comA Away H Home W Win D Draw L Loss International friendlies edit Main article 2019 Women s International Champions Cup As defending 2018 NWSL champions and defending 2018 Women s ICC champions the Courage were selected to participate in and host the 2019 Women s International Champions Cup They are scheduled to play English side Manchester City in the semi final round North Carolina Courage nbsp v nbsp Manchester City August 15 15 08 Semi finalNorth Carolina Courage nbsp 2 1 nbsp Manchester CityCary North Carolina7 30 p m ET O Sullivan nbsp 80 Meehan nbsp 84 McDonald nbsp 90 2 Report Stanway nbsp 41 Stadium Sahlen s Stadium at WakeMed Soccer Park Attendance 5 436 North Carolina Courage nbsp v nbsp Lyon August 18 18 08 FinalNorth Carolina Courage nbsp 0 1 nbsp LyonCary North Carolina7 30 p m ET Stadium Sahlen s Stadium at WakeMed Soccer ParkNote Broadcast on ESPN2Statistical leaders editAs of October 12 2019 Top scorers edit Rank Player Goals 1 nbsp Lynn Williams 12 2 nbsp Kristen Hamilton 9 3 nbsp Debinha 8 4 nbsp Crystal Dunn 7 5 nbsp Jessica McDonald 5 6 nbsp Julia Spetsmark 2 nbsp Leah Pruitt nbsp Sam Mewis 9 nbsp Elizabeth Eddy 1 nbsp Abby Erceg nbsp Heather O Reilly nbsp Jaelene Hinkle Top assists edit Rank Player Assists 1 nbsp Debinha 7 2 nbsp Jaelene Hinkle 6 3 nbsp Lynn Williams 5 nbsp Merritt Mathias nbsp Kristen Hamilton 6 nbsp Crystal Dunn 4 7 nbsp Jessica McDonald 3 8 nbsp McCall Zerboni 1 nbsp Leah Pruitt nbsp Denise O Sullivan nbsp Sam Mewis nbsp Julia Spetsmark nbsp Heather O Reilly nbsp Cari Roccaro Shutouts edit Rank Player Clean sheets 1 nbsp Stephanie Labbe 8 2 nbsp Samantha Leshnak 1Awards editAs of October 19 2019 NWSL annual awards edit See also NWSL awards Most Valuable Player Debinha finalist Jaelene Hinkle finalist Kristen Hamilton finalist 18 Coach of the Year Paul Riley finalist 18 NWSL Monthly Awards edit NWSL Player of the Month edit Month Result Player Ref April Won nbsp Crystal Dunn 19 July Won nbsp Kristen Hamilton 20 NWSL Team of the Month edit Month Goalkeeper Defenders Midfielders Forwards Ref April nbsp Abby Erceg nbsp Crystal Dunn 21 May nbsp Merritt Mathias 22 June nbsp Kristen Hamilton 23 July nbsp Abby Erceg nbsp Merritt Mathias nbsp Debinha nbsp Kristen Hamilton 24 August nbsp Abby Erceg nbsp Jaelene Hinkle nbsp Debinha 25 September nbsp Jaelene Hinkle nbsp Debinha nbsp Lynn Williams 26 NWSL Weekly Awards edit NWSL Player of the Week edit Week Result Player Ref 8 Won nbsp Kristen Hamilton 27 12 Won nbsp Kristen Hamilton 28 15 Won nbsp Kristen Hamilton 29 22 Won nbsp Lynn Williams 30 25 Won nbsp Jessica McDonald 31 NWSL Goal of the Week edit Week Result Player Ref 1 Nominated nbsp Crystal Dunn 32 3 Nominated nbsp Crystal Dunn 33 6 Nominated nbsp Elizabeth Eddy 34 8 Nominated nbsp Kristen Hamilton 35 9 Nominated nbsp Julia Spetsmark 36 11 Nominated nbsp Leah Pruitt 37 12 Nominated nbsp Kristen Hamilton 38 13 Nominated nbsp Debinha 39 15 Nominated nbsp Kristen Hamilton 40 16 Nominated nbsp Debinha 41 17 Nominated nbsp Crystal Dunn 19 Nominated nbsp Lynn Williams 21 Nominated nbsp Crystal Dunn 22 Won nbsp Heather O Reilly NWSL Save of the Week edit Week Result Player Ref 4 Nominated nbsp Merritt Mathias 42 7 Nominated nbsp Merritt Mathias 43 11 Nominated nbsp Katelyn Rowland 44 16 Nominated nbsp Stephanie Labbe 45 17 Nominated nbsp Stephanie Labbe 23 Nominated nbsp Stephanie LabbeReferences edit North Carolina FC claims third straight NWSL Shield with 3 0 win over Utah Royals FC Retrieved September 22 2019 Levine Matthew North Carolina Courage rolls past Chicago Red Stars to win second consecutive NWSL Championship nwslsoccer com NWSL Retrieved October 28 2019 2018 Coaching Staff North Carolina FC Retrieved May 31 2018 NORTH CAROLINA COURAGE ANNOUNCE 2019 ROSTER IN ADVANCE OF HOME OPENER April 8 2019 Archived from the original on April 10 2019 Retrieved April 8 2019 NC COURAGE SIGNS COLLEGE DRAFT PICKS PRUITT HARBISON AND MILLIET Archived from the original on April 11 2019 Retrieved April 11 2019 Every pick of the 2019 NWSL College Draft www nwslsoccer com National Women s Soccer League January 10 2019 Retrieved January 24 2019 NC COURAGE ACQUIRE SWEDISH INTERNATIONAL MIDFIELDER JULIA SPETSMARK January 7 2019 Archived from the original on March 21 2020 Retrieved April 4 2019 NWSL notes After year 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