2024 North Carolina Courage season

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North Carolina Courage

2024 season
Managing Owner	Steve Malik
Club President	Francie Gottsegen
Head Coach	Sean Nahas
Stadium	Sahlen's Stadium at WakeMed Soccer Park Cary, North Carolina (Capacity: 10,000)
NWSL Regular Season	5th
NWSL x Liga MX Femenil Summer Cup	Semifinals
Playoffs	Quarterfinals
Top goalscorer	Ashley Sanchez (5)
Highest home attendance	10,026 (Nov 2 vs WAS)
Lowest home attendance	4,528 (May 17 vs UTA)
Average home league attendance	6,363
Home colors Away colors
← 2023 2025 →
All statistics correct as of November 9, 2024.

The 2024 North Carolina Courage season was the team's eighth season as a professional women's soccer team. The Courage played in the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL), the top tier of women's soccer in the United States. They finished the regular season in fifth place and qualified for the playoffs, where they were eliminated in the quarterfinals by the fourth-seeded Kansas City Current.^[1]

In the 2023 National Women's Soccer League season, the Courage were on top of the league standings in July but finished the season in 3rd place, then fell in the first round of the NWSL playoffs to eventual champions NJ/NY Gotham FC.^{[2] [3]} Forward Kerolin scored 10 goals and was named the NWSL MVP.^[3] The Courage won the NWSL Challenge Cup for the second year in a row.^[4]

As of August 21, 2024.^[5]

No.	Pos.	Player	Nation
1	GK	Casey Murphy	United States
2	FW	Ashley Sanchez	United States
3	DF	Kaleigh Kurtz	United States
5	FW	Haley Hopkins	United States
6	MF	Narumi Miura	Japan
7	DF	Malia Berkely	United States
8	MF	Brianna Pinto	United States
9	FW	Kerolin	Brazil
10	MF	Denise O'Sullivan (captain)	Republic of Ireland
11	DF	Felicitas Rauch	Germany
13	DF	Ryan Williams	United States
14	FW	Tyler Lussi	United States
16	MF	Riley Jackson	United States
17	MF	Dani Weatherholt	United States
18	DF	Sydney Collins	Canada
19	MF	Landy Mertz	United States
20	FW	Olivia Wingate	United States
22	FW	Cortnee Vine	Australia
23	FW	Bianca St-Georges	Canada
24	DF	Estelle Johnson	Cameroon
25	MF	Meredith Speck	United States
27	DF	Maycee Bell	United States
33	DF	Charlotte McLean	Australia
34	MF	Manaka Matsukubo	Japan
44	GK	Marisa Bova	United States
51	GK	Hensley Hancuff	United States
77	FW	Aline Gomes	Brazil
94	MF	Victoria Pickett	Canada

As of April 29, 2023.^{[6] [7] [8]}

Executive
Chairman	Steve Malik
President	Francie Gottsegen
Chief soccer officer	Curt Johnson
Assistant general manager	Bobby Hammond
Coaching
Head coach	United States Sean Nahas
Assistant coach	England Nathan Thackeray
Assistant coach	England Emma Thomson

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
3	NJ/NY Gotham FC	26	17	5	4	41	20	+21	56	Playoffs
4	Kansas City Current	26	16	7	3	57	31	+26	55
5	North Carolina Courage	26	12	3	11	34	28	+6	39
6	Portland Thorns FC	26	10	4	12	37	35	+2	34
7	Bay FC	26	11	1	14	31	41	−10	34

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
26	12	3	11	34	28	+6	39	9	3	1	22	8	+14	3	0	10	12	20	−8

The Courage clinched the fifth position in the table and qualified for the championship playoffs, where they faced and lost to the fourth-seeded Kansas City Current.

The Courage finished first in Group E and were the 4th-highest ranked group winners, qualifying them to advance to the tournament semifinals, where they lost to the Kansas City Current.

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	NC	LOU	ORL	MON
1	United States North Carolina Courage	3	1	2	0	0	5	2	+3	7	Advances to knockout stage	—	1–1	1–1	3–0
2	United States Racing Louisville FC	3	1	1	1	0	5	3	+2	6	1–1	—	1–1	3–1
3	United States Orlando Pride	3	0	1	2	0	4	4	0	4	1–1	1–1	—	2–2
4	Mexico Monterrey	3	0	0	1	2	3	8	−5	1	0–3	1–3	2–2	—

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
3	2	1	0	5	2	+3	7	2	0	0	4	1	+3	0	1	0	1	1	0

As of Match played November 9, 2024

Only players who have made appearances are listed. Starting appearances are listed first, followed by substitute appearances after the + symbol where applicable.

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		NWSL		Playoffs		Summer Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK	United States USA	Casey Murphy	27	0	26	0	1	0	0	0
44	GK	United States USA	Marisa Bova	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
Defenders
3	DF	United States USA	Kaleigh Kurtz	31	1	26	1	1	0	4	0
7	DF	United States USA	Malia Berkely	30	1	25	1	1	0	4	0
11	DF	Germany GER	Felicitas Rauch	26	1	21+4	1	1	0	0	0
13	DF	United States USA	Ryan Williams	30	0	25	0	1	0	4	0
27	DF	United States USA	Maycee Bell	2	0	0+2	0	0	0	0	0
33	DF	Australia AUS	Charlotte McLean	1	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0
Midfielders
2	MF	United States USA	Ashley Sanchez	31	6	25+1	5	1	0	4	1
6	MF	Japan JPN	Narumi Miura	30	0	23+2	0	1	0	4	0
8	MF	United States USA	Brianna Pinto	24	3	9+11	3	0	0	1+3	0
10	MF	Republic of Ireland IRL	Denise O'Sullivan	26	1	21+2	1	1	0	2	0
16	MF	United States USA	Riley Jackson	22	1	3+15	0	0	0	2+2	1
17	MF	United States USA	Dani Weatherholt	25	1	8+13	1	0	0	4	0
19	MF	United States USA	Landy Mertz	4	1	0+2	0	0	0	0+2	1
25	MF	United States USA	Meredith Speck	16	2	1+10	2	0+1	0	2+2	0
34	MF	Japan JPN	Manaka Matsukubo	21	3	11+6	2	1	0	1+2	1
94	MF	Canada CAN	Victoria Pickett	23	0	6+13	0	0	0	2+2	0
Forwards
5	FW	United States USA	Haley Hopkins	28	4	18+5	3	0+1	0	2+2	1
9	FW	Brazil BRA	Kerolin	6	1	2+3	1	1	0	0	0
14	FW	United States USA	Tyler Lussi	26	4	20+2	4	0	0	3+1	0
20	FW	United States USA	Olivia Wingate	13	2	1+9	2	0+1	0	1+1	0
22	FW	Australia AUS	Cortnee Vine	5	1	2+2	1	0+1	0	0	0
23	FW	Canada CAN	Bianca St-Georges	22	3	8+13	3	0+1	0	0	0
77	FW	Brazil BRA	Aline Gomes	8	1	5+2	1	1	0	0	0

Rank	No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	NWSL	Playoffs	Summer Cup	Total
1	2	MF	United States	Ashley Sanchez	5	0	1	6
2	14	FW	United States	Tyler Lussi	4	0	0	4
3	5	FW	United States	Haley Hopkins	3	0	1	4
4	8	MF	United States	Brianna Pinto	3	0	0	3
	23	FW	Canada	Bianca St-Georges	3	0	0	3
5	34	MF	Japan	Manaka Matsukubo	2	0	1	3
6	25	MF	United States	Meredith Speck	2	0	0	2
	20	FW	United States	Olivia Wingate	2	0	0	2
7	7	DF	United States	Malia Berkely	1	0	0	1
	77	FW	Brazil	Aline Gomes	1	0	0	1
	9	FW	Brazil	Kerolin	1	0	0	1
	3	DF	United States	Kaleigh Kurtz	1	0	0	1
	10	MF	Republic of Ireland	Denise O'Sullivan	1	0	0	1
	11	DF	Germany	Felicitas Rauch	1	0	0	1
	22	FW	Australia	Cortnee Vine	1	0	0	1
	17	MF	United States	Dani Weatherholt	1	0	0	1
8	16	MF	United States	Riley Jackson	0	0	1	1
	19	MF	United States	Landy Mertz	0	0	1	1
Own goals					2	0	0	2
Total					34	0	5	39

Rank	No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	NWSL	Playoffs	Summer Cup	Total
1	2	MF	United States	Ashley Sanchez	4	0	0	4
2	7	DF	United States	Malia Berkely	3	0	0	3
	10	MF	Republic of Ireland	Denise O'Sullivan	3	0	0	3
3	25	MF	United States	Meredith Speck	1	0	2	3
4	14	FW	United States	Tyler Lussi	2	0	0	2
	8	MF	United States	Brianna Pinto	2	0	0	2
	20	FW	United States	Olivia Wingate	2	0	0	2
5	5	FW	United States	Haley Hopkins	1	0	1	2
6	34	MF	Japan	Manaka Matsukubo	1	0	0	1
	94	MF	Canada	Victoria Pickett	1	0	0	1
	23	FW	Canada	Bianca St-Georges	1	0	0	1
7	13	DF	United States	Ryan Williams	0	0	1	1
Total					21	0	4	25

Rank	No.	Nat.	Name	NWSL	Playoffs	Summer Cup	Total
1	1	United States	Casey Murphy	6	0	0	6
2	44	United States	Marisa Bova	0	0	1	1
Total				6	0	1	7

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	NWSL			Playoffs			Summer Cup			Total
				Yellow card	Yellow card Yellow-red card	Red card	Yellow card	Yellow card Yellow-red card	Red card	Yellow card	Yellow card Yellow-red card	Red card	Yellow card	Yellow card Yellow-red card	Red card
1	GK	United States	Casey Murphy	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
2	MF	United States	Ashley Sanchez	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
3	DF	United States	Kaleigh Kurtz	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
5	FW	United States	Haley Hopkins	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	0
6	MF	Japan	Narumi Miura	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
10	MF	Republic of Ireland	Denise O'Sullivan	5	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0
11	DF	Germany	Felicitas Rauch	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
13	DF	United States	Ryan Williams	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0
14	FW	United States	Tyler Lussi	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
23	FW	Canada	Bianca St-Georges	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
25	MF	United States	Meredith Speck	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
94	MF	Canada	Victoria Pickett	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Total				28	1	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	31	1	0

Draft picks are not automatically signed to the team roster. The 2024 NWSL Draft was held on January 12, 2024.

R	P	Player	Pos.	College	Status	Ref.
2	24	United States Talia Staude	DF	University of Virginia	Signed to a three-year contract.	[9] [10]
3	40	United States Julia Dorsey	DF	University of North Carolina
4	52	United States Landy Mertz	MF	University of Pittsburgh

Date	Player	Pos.	Notes	Ref.
November 17, 2023	United States Marisa Bova	GK	Re-signed to a two-year contract.	[11]
December 4, 2023	United States Tess Boade	FW	Re-signed to a two-year contract.	[12]
February 7, 2024	United States Tyler Lussi	FW	Re-signed to a two-year contract with a mutual option.	[13]
March 5, 2024	United States Meredith Speck	MF	Re-signed to a one-year contract.	[14]

Date	Player	Pos.	Previous club	Fee/notes	Ref.
July 27, 2023	Japan Manaka Matsukubo	MF	Japan MyNavi Sendai	Loaned until June 2024. Courage have option to transfer playing rights to the club on a permanent basis following the loan period. Signed permanently on June 27, 2024.	[15] [16]

Date	Player	Pos.	Destination club	Fee/notes	Ref.
August 15, 2023	United States Hensley Hancuff	GK	Sweden Växjö DFF	Loaned through the 2023-24 Damallsvenskan season. Recalled from loan on January 4, 2024.	[17] [18]
January 31, 2024	Denmark Mille Gejl	FW	France Montpellier HSC	Loaned through June 2024. Montpellier have option to purchase contract following the loan period.	[19]
August 9, 2024	United States Julia Dorsey	DF	United States Dallas Trinity FC	Loaned through the remainder of the 2024 NWSL season.	[20]
August 20, 2024	United States Talia Staude	DF	United States Tampa Bay Sun FC	Loaned through December 2024.	[21]

Date	Player	Pos.	Previous club	Fee/notes	Ref.
January 8, 2024	Canada Bianca St-Georges	FW	United States Chicago Red Stars	Free agent signed to a two-year contract with a mutual option.	[22]
January 12, 2024	United States Ashley Sanchez	MF	United States Washington Spirit	Traded in exchange for the 5th overall pick in the 2024 NWSL Draft and 250,000ドル in allocation money.	[23]
January 16, 2024	United States Dani Weatherholt	MF	United States Angel City FC	Free agent signed to a two-year contract.	[24]
January 17, 2024	Germany Felicitas Rauch	DF	Germany VfL Wolfsburg	Acquired in exchange for an undisclosed transfer fee and signed to a two-year contract.	[25]
March 13, 2024	United States Maya McCutcheon	DF	United States West Virginia Mountaineers	Preseason trialists signed to 2024 injury replacement contracts.	[26]
	United States Jenna Winebrenner	DF	United States Kansas City Current
June 14, 2024	Australia Cortnee Vine	FW	Australia Sydney FC	Acquired via a free transfer and signed to a three-year contract.	[27]
June 17, 2024	Australia Charlotte McLean	DF	Australia Sydney FC	Acquired via a free transfer and signed to a two-year contract.	[28]
June 27, 2024	Japan Manaka Matsukubo	MF	Japan MyNavi Sendai	Loanee acquired permanently for an undisclosed transfer fee and signed to a two-year contract.	[16]
July 16, 2024	United States Victoria Haugen	DF	United States Virginia Tech Hokies	Preseason trialist signed to a national team replacement contract.	[29]
July 30, 2024	Brazil Aline Gomes	FW	Brazil Ferroviária	Acquired in exchange for an undisclosed transfer fee and signed to a three-year contract with an option.	[30]
August 21, 2024	United States Maycee Bell	DF	United States NJ/NY Gotham FC	Traded in exchange for 80,000ドル in allocation money and 10,000ドル in intra-league transfer funds.	[31]
August 27, 2024	United States Victoria Haugen	DF	United States Virginia Tech Hokies	Former replacement players signed to new national team replacement contracts.	[32]
	United States Maya McCutcheon	DF	United States West Virginia Mountaineers

Date	Player	Pos.	Destination club	Fee/notes	Ref.
November 20, 2023	United States Emily Gray	MF	United States Utah Royals	Traded in exchange for 30,000ドル of allocation money and 2024 Expansion Protection from the Utah Royals.	[33]
	United States Frankie Tagliaferri	MF
	United States Sarah Clark	DF	Australia Canberra United FC	Out of contract.	[34] [35]
	United States Emily Fox	DF	England Arsenal	Free agent signing.	[34] [36]
	Denmark Rikke Madsen	FW	England Everton	Free agent signing.	[34] [37]
	United States Kiki Pickett	DF	United States Bay FC	Free agent signing.	[34] [38]
	United States Brittany Ratcliffe	FW	United States Washington Spirit	Free agent signing.	[34] [39]
December 15, 2023	United States Tess Boade	FW	United States Bay FC	Selected in the 2024 NWSL expansion draft.	[40]
	United States Katelyn Rowland	GK
March 21, 2024	Japan Rikako Kobayashi	MF	Japan Tokyo Verdy Beleza	Mutual contract termination.	[41]
July 3, 2024	Denmark Mille Gejl	FW	England Crystal Palace	Mutual contract termination.	[42]
August 1, 2024	United States Jenna Winebrenner	DF	United States Dallas Trinity FC	Waived.	[43]
August 21, 2024	United States Victoria Haugen	DF	United States North Carolina Courage	Waived.	[44]
	United States Maya McCutcheon	DF	United States North Carolina Courage
September 16, 2024	United States Maya McCutcheon	DF	New Zealand Wellington Phoenix FC	Waived.	[45]
October 3, 2024	United States Victoria Haugen	DF	Waived.	[46]

Date	Player	Pos.	Ref.
May 10, 2024	United States Clara Schilke	MF	[47]

Trialists are non-rostered invitees during preseason and are not automatically signed. The Courage released their preseason roster on January 29, 2024.^[48] The club later added six more non-rostered invitees to their roster on February 9, 2024.^[49]

Player	Pos.	Previous club	Notes	Ref.
United States Rylee Baisden	FW	Australia Perth Glory FC	Not signed.	[49]
United States Giovanna DeMarco	MF	United States San Diego Wave FC	Not signed.	[48]
United States Bella Gaetino	FW	United States Michigan Hawks	Not signed.	[49]
United States Victoria Haugen	DF	United States Virginia Tech Hokies	Signed to a national team replacement contract on July 16, 2024.	[49] [29]
United States Emma Hawkins	FW	United States Oklahoma Sooners	Not signed.	[49]
United States Lauren Kellett	GK	United States TCU Horned Frogs	Not signed.	[49]
United States Maya McCutcheon	DF	United States West Virginia Mountaineers	Signed to an injury replacement contract on March 13, 2024.	[48] [26]
United States Jenna Winebrenner	DF	United States Kansas City Current	Signed to an injury replacement contract on March 13, 2024.	[48] [26]
United States Cayla White	GK	United States Virginia Cavaliers	Not signed.	[49]

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