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North Carolina Courage
2017 season
OwnerStephen Malik
General managerCurt Johnson
Head coachPaul Riley
StadiumSahlen's Stadium at WakeMed Soccer Park
Cary, North Carolina
(Capacity: 10,000)
NWSL1st
PlayoffsRunner-up
Top goalscorerLynn Williams (9)
Highest home attendance7,020
(September 30 vs. Orlando)
Lowest home attendance2,383
(May 24 vs. Sky Blue FC)
Average home league attendance4,389
← 2016
2018 →

The 2017 North Carolina Courage season was the team's first 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. The Courage finished the regular season atop the table, winning the NWSL Shield and earning a spot in the NWSL Playoffs. After defeating Chicago 1–0 in the semi-finals of the playoffs, it lost 0–1 to Portland in the final.[1]

Review[edit]

See also: 2016 Western New York Flash season and Western New York Flash

The team played its previous season as the Western New York Flash, which won the 2016 NWSL Championship. The owners of North Carolina FC purchased the Flash and moved them to Cary, North Carolina, in January 2017 to create the Courage franchise, and retained most of the Flash's roster and coaching staff.[2][3]

Team[edit]

First-team roster[edit]

As of August 13, 2017
Source: North Carolina Courage[4]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
0 GK United States USA Katelyn Rowland
1 GK Canada CAN Sabrina D'Angelo
2 DF Norway NOR Nora Holstad
3 FW United States USA Makenzy Doniak
4 DF United States USA Elizabeth Eddy
5 MF United States USA Sam Mewis
6 DF New Zealand NZL Abby Erceg
7 MF United States USA McCall Zerboni
8 MF Republic of Ireland IRL Denise O'Sullivan
9 FW United States USA Lynn Williams
10 MF Brazil BRA Debinha
No. Pos. Nation Player
11 DF United States USA Taylor Smith
12 FW United States USA Ashley Hatch
13 DF United States USA Abby Dahlkemper
14 FW United States USA Jessica McDonald
15 DF United States USA Jaelene Hinkle
16 FW United States USA Darian Jenkins
20 DF Japan JPN Yuri Kawamura
22 DF United States USA Stephanie Ochs
23 FW United States USA Kristen Hamilton
25 DF United States USA Meredith Speck
26 MF United States USA Samantha Witteman

Transactions[edit]

2017 NWSL College Draft[edit]

Source: National Women's Soccer League[5]
Round Pick Nat. Player Pos. Notes Previous Team
Round 1 2 United States Ashley Hatch FW [7] Brigham Young University
Round 1 7 United States Darian Jenkins DF UCLA
Round 2 20 United States Claire Wagner DF [8] Clemson
Round 3 27 United States Jaycie Johnson FW [10] University of Nebraska

In[edit]

Date Player Positions played Previous club Fee/notes Ref.
December 23, 2016 Brazil Rosana MF United States Houston Dash Acquired while the franchise operated as the Western New York Flash. [11]
January 5, 2017 Brazil Debinha MF China Dalian Quanjian F.C. [12]
January 19, 2017 United States Samantha Witteman MF United States Orlando Pride Acquired in a trade for Alanna Kennedy. [13]
April 4, 2017 Japan Yuri Kawamura DF Japan Albirex Niigata Ladies [14]
April 10, 2017 United States Ashley Hatch FW United States Brigham Young University Signed college draft picks. [15]
United States Darian Jenkins FW United States University of California, Los Angeles
June 16, 2017 United States Stephanie Ochs DF United States Houston Dash Acquired off waivers. [16]
July 26, 2017 Norway Nora Holstad DF Germany FC Bayern Munich [17]
July 28, 2017 Republic of Ireland Denise O'Sullivan MF United States Houston Dash Acquired off waivers. [18]

Out[edit]

Date Player Positions played Destination club Fee/notes Ref.
January 19, 2017 Australia Alanna Kennedy DF United States Orlando Pride Traded to acquire Samantha Witteman. [16]
May 27, 2017 United States Courtney Niemiec DF Retired. [19]
June 21, 2017 Brazil Rosana MF Waived. [20]

Competitions[edit]

National Women's Soccer League[edit]

Preseason[edit]

Source: North Carolina FC[21]
25 March 2017 (2017-03-25) North Carolina Courage 3–0 University of Tennessee Charlotte, NC
5:30 p.m. ET
[Report Pre 1] Stadium: Queens Sports Complex
1 April 2017 (2017-04-01) North Carolina Courage 3–1 Wake Forest University Cary, NC
1:00 p.m. ET
[Report Pre 2]
  • 26'
 Stadium: WakeMed Soccer Park Field 3
5 April 2017 (2017-04-05) North Carolina Courage 1–0 Duke University Cary, NC
7:30 p.m. ET
[Report Pre 3] Stadium: WakeMed Soccer Park Field 3
Note: Kickoff postponed from 6:00 p.m. EST due to weather issues.
8 April 2017 (2017-04-08) North Carolina Courage 1–0 UNC-Chapel Hill Cary, NC
6:00 p.m. ET
[Report Pre 4] Stadium: WakeMed Soccer Park Field 14

Regular season[edit]

Source: National Women's Soccer League[22]
15 April 2017 (2017-04-15) 1 Washington Spirit 0–1 North Carolina Courage Boyds, MD
3:00 p.m. ET
[Report 1]

[Report 2]

[Report 3]
Stadium: Maryland SoccerPlex
Attendance: 2,407
Referee: Ekaterina Koroleva[23]
Assistant referees: Sean Regan, Maggie Short
Fourth official: Karl Kummer
22 April 2017 (2017-04-22) 2 North Carolina Courage 1–0 Portland Thorns FC Cary, NC
7:30 p.m. ET
[Report 4]

[Report 5]

[Report 6]		 Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium
Attendance: 6,298
Referee: Victor Rivas
Assistant referees: Adrienne McDonald, Amilcar Sicaju
Fourth official: Javier Rodriguez
29 April 2017 (2017-04-29) 3 North Carolina Courage 3–1 Orlando Pride Cary, NC
4:00 p.m. ET
[Report 7]

[Report 8]

[Report 9]
Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium
Attendance: 4,586
Referee: Farhad Dadkho
Assistant referees: Amanda Ross, Ryan Graves
Fourth official: Aaron Gallagher
7 May 2017 (2017-05-07) 4 Boston Breakers 0–1 North Carolina Courage Boston, MA
6:00 p.m. ET
[Report 10] [Report 11]
Stadium: Jordan Field
Attendance: 2,276
Referee: Malik Badawi
Assistant referees: Trent Vainhaitsma, Matthew Osterhouse
Fourth official: Randall Kelley
14 May 2017 (2017-05-14) 5 Orlando Pride 3–1 North Carolina Courage Orlando, FL
5:00 p.m. ET
[Report 12] [Report 13]
Stadium: Orlando City Stadium
Attendance: 5,260
Referee: Jon Freemon
Assistant referees: TJ Zablocki, Natlie Simon
Fourth official: Sammie Gillispie
21 May 2017 (2017-05-21) 6 North Carolina Courage 1–3 Chicago Red Stars Cary, NC
4:00 p.m. ET
[Report 14]

[Report 15]

[Report 16]
Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium
Attendance: 4,786
Referee: Rosendo Mendoza
Assistant referees: Jeremy Weed, Francisco Bermudez
Fourth official: John Collins
24 May 2017 (2017-05-24) 7 North Carolina Courage 2–0 Sky Blue FC Cary, NC
7:30 p.m. ET
[Report 17]

[Report 18]

[Report 19]
Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium
Attendance: 2,383
Referee: Kevin Broadley
Assistant referees: Benjamin Wooten, Gregory Brigman
Fourth official: Javier Rodriguez
27 May 2017 (2017-05-27) 8 Chicago Red Stars 3–2 North Carolina Courage Bridgeview, IL
3:00 p.m. CST
[Report 20]

[Report 21]

[Report 22]
Stadium: Toyota Park
Attendance: 2,618
Referee: Becky Pagan
Assistant referees: Deleana Quon, Joshua Haimes
Fourth official: Rachel Smith
3 June 2017 (2017-06-03) 9 North Carolina Courage 2–0 FC Kansas City Cary, NC
3:30 p.m. ET
[Report 23]

[Report 24]

[Report 25]
Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium
Attendance: 3,717
Referee: Christina Unkel[24]
Assistant referees: Alicia Messer, Maggie Short
Fourth official: Christopher Spivey
17 June 2017 (2017-06-17) 10 North Carolina Courage 3–1 Boston Breakers Cary, NC
7:30 p.m. ET
[Report 26]

[Report 27]

[Report 28]
Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium
Attendance: 3,780
Referee: Elvis Osmanovic
Assistant referees: Jeremy Weed, Justin Howard
Fourth official: Aaron Gallagher
24 June 2017 (2017-06-24) 11 Boston Breakers 0–1 North Carolina Courage Boston, MA
4:00 p.m. ET
[Report 29]
Stadium: Jordan Field
Attendance: 3,209
1 July 2017 (2017-07-01) 12 North Carolina Courage 0–1 Sky Blue FC Cary, NC
3:30 p.m. ET
Report
Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium
Attendance: 3,056
Referee: Greg Dopka
Assistant referees: Cory Richardson, Trent Vanhaitsma
Fourth official: Javier Rodriguez
Note: Televised on Lifetime.
8 July 2017 (2017-07-08) 13 North Carolina Courage 2–0 Seattle Reign FC Cary, NC
9:45 p.m. ET
Report
Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium
Attendance: 3,565
Note: Kickoff was delayed from 7:30 p.m. Eastern due to severe weather.
15 July 2017 (2017-07-15) 14 Portland Thorns FC 1–0 North Carolina Courage Portland, OR
12:30 p.m. PST Raso Yellow card 62', 70' (Klingenberg) Report Smith Yellow card 58' Stadium: Providence Park
Attendance: 16,804
Note: Televised on Lifetime.
22 July 2017 (2017-07-22) 15 FC Kansas City postponed North Carolina Courage Kansas City, MO
7:00 p.m. CST Stadium: Swope Soccer Village
Note: match postponed to 10 August due to weather
5 August 2017 (2017-08-05) 16 North Carolina Courage 1–0 Seattle Reign FC Cary, NC
7:30 p.m. ET Williams 32' Report Stott Yellow card 24'
Barnes Yellow card 86'		 Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium
Attendance: 5,249
10 August 2017 (2017-08-10) 17 FC Kansas City 0–1 North Carolina Courage Kansas City, MO
7:00 p.m. CST LaBonta Yellow card 45' Report Williams 86' Stadium: Swope Soccer Village
Attendance: 1,398
Note: Match was originally scheduled to be played 22 July 2017 but was postponed due to weather
13 August 2017 (2017-08-13) 18 Seattle Reign FC 1–2 North Carolina Courage Seattle, WA
6:00 p.m. PST Utsugi 40' Report Mewis 24', 74' Stadium: Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 4,156
19 August 2017 (2017-08-19) 19 North Carolina Courage 2–0 Washington Spirit Cary, NC
3:30 p.m. ET Hatch 46'
Kallman 84' (o.g.)
Dahlkemper Yellow card 90+2'		 Report Dydasco Yellow card 55' Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium
Attendance: 3,530
Note: To be televised on Lifetime.
27 August 2017 (2017-08-27) 20 Houston Dash postponed North Carolina Courage Houston, TX
7:00 p.m. CST Report Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium
Note: match postponed to 27 September due to Hurricane Harvey
30 August 2017 (2017-08-30) 21 Washington Spirit 2–3 North Carolina Courage Boyds, MD
7:30 p.m. ET Banini 8'
Farquharson Yellow card 23'
Huster Yellow card 45'
Williams 73'		 Report Mewis 45+1'
McDonald 61', 66'		 Stadium: Maryland SoccerPlex
Attendance: 2,365
3 September 2017 (2017-09-03) 22 Chicago Red Stars 2–1 North Carolina Courage Bridgeview, IL
5:00 p.m. CST Williams 15'
Zerboni Yellow card 77'		 Report Colaprico Yellow card 40'
Nagasato 52'
Ertz Yellow card 73' 84'		 Stadium: Toyota Park
Attendance: 3,745
9 September 2017 (2017-09-09) 23 North Carolina Courage 1–0 Houston Dash Cary, NC
7:30 p.m. ET Hamilton 26'
Dahlkemper Yellow card 63'		 Report Roccaro Yellow card 64'
Van Wyk Yellow card 90+7'		 Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium
Attendance: 4,702
24 September 2017 (2017-09-24) 24 Sky Blue FC 1–1 North Carolina Courage Piscataway, NJ
6:00 p.m. ET Stanton Yellow card 65'
Rodriquez 75'		 Report Hatch 27' Stadium: Yurcak Field
Attendance: 2,690
27 September 2017 (2017-09-27) 25 Houston Dash 0–4 North Carolina Courage Edinburg, TX
7:00 p.m. CST Report Mewis 13'
Williams 38'
Debinha 51'
Hatch 56'		 Stadium: H-E-B Park
Referee: Michael Radchuck
Note: Match was originally scheduled to be played 27 August but was postponed due to Hurricane Harvey
30 September 2017 (2017-09-30) 26 North Carolina Courage 2–3 Orlando Pride Cary, NC
7:30 p.m. ET Williams 62', 67' (pen.)
Dahlkemper Yellow card 90'		 Report Edmonds 22'
Marta 51' Yellow card 72'
Harris Yellow card 67'
Kennedy 90+1'		 Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium
Attendance: 7,020

Postseason playoffs[edit]

8 October 2017 (2017-10-08) Semifinal North Carolina Courage 1–0 Chicago Red Stars Cary, NC
3:30 p.m. ET O'Sullivan 89' Report Colaprico Yellow card 36' Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium
Attendance: 10,017
Note: Televised on Lifetime.
14 October 2017 (2017-10-14) Final North Carolina Courage 0–1 Portland Thorns FC Orlando, FL
4:30 p.m. ET Report Heath Yellow card 41'
Raso Yellow card 45+1'
Horan 50'
Brynjarsdóttir Yellow card 72'		 Stadium: Orlando City Stadium
Attendance: 8,124
Note: Televised on Lifetime.

League table[edit]

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 North Carolina Courage 24 16 1 7 38 22 +16 49 NWSL Shield
2 Portland Thorns FC (C) 24 14 5 5 37 20 +17 47 NWSL Playoffs
3 Orlando Pride 24 11 7 6 45 31 +14 40
4 Chicago Red Stars 24 11 6 7 33 30 +3 39
5 Seattle Reign FC 24 9 7 8 43 37 +6 34
6 Sky Blue FC 24 10 3 11 42 51 −9 33
7 FC Kansas City 24 8 7 9 29 31 −2 31
8 Houston Dash 24 7 3 14 23 39 −16 24
9 Boston Breakers 24 4 7 13 24 35 −11 19
10 Washington Spirit 24 5 4 15 30 48 −18 19
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 16 1 7 38 22  +16 49 9 0 3 20 9  +11 7 1 4 18 13  +5

Last updated: September 30, 2017.
Source: NWSLsoccer.com

Results by round[edit]

Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526
StadiumAHHAAHHAHHAHHAAHAAHAAAHAAH
ResultWWWWLLWLWWWLWLPWWWWPWLWDWL
Position41111111111111111111111111
Updated to match(es) played on September 30, 2017. Source: NWSLsoccer.com
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; P = Postponed

Honors and awards[edit]

NWSL Team of the Month[edit]

Month Goalkeeper Defenders Midfielders Forwards Ref.
April Brazil Debinha
United States Sam Mewis 		United States Lynn Williams [25]
June United States Abby Dahlkemper United States Sam Mewis United States Ashley Hatch [26]
July United States Abby Dahlkemper
United States Taylor Smith 		United States McCall Zerboni [27]
August United States Katelyn Rowland United States Taylor Smith United States Sam Mewis [28]

NWSL Player of the Week[edit]

Week Result Player Ref.
16 Won United States Sam Mewis [29]

NWSL Goal of the Week[edit]

Week Result Player Ref.
1 Nominated United States McCall Zerboni [30]
2 Nominated Brazil Debinha [31]
3 Nominated United States Lynn Williams [32]
6 Nominated [33]
7 Nominated Brazil Debinha [34]
8 Nominated United States Ashley Hatch [35]
9 Nominated [36]
16 Nominated United States Sam Mewis [37]

NWSL Save of the Week[edit]

Week Result Player Ref.
3 Nominated Canada Sabrina D'Angelo [38]


Statistics[edit]

As of June 18, 2017
Source: National Women's Soccer League[39]
N Pos Player GP GS Min G A PK Shot SOG SOG% CK Off Foul YC RC
1 GK Sabrina D'Angelo 7 7 630 0 0 0 0 0 -- 0 0 1 0 0
13 DF Abby Dahlkemper 10 10 900 0 0 0 2 1 50.00% 65 0 1 0 0
10 MF Débora Debinha 10 9 819 3 1 0 22 13 59.09% 4 0 9 0 0
3 FW Makenzy Doniak 10 9 657 0 2 0 2 0 0.00% 0 0 5 0 0
4 DF Elizabeth Eddy 2 0 26 0 0 0 0 0 -- 0 0 0 0 0
6 DF Abby Erceg 8 8 687 1 1 0 6 3 50.00% 0 0 3 1 1
23 FW Kristen Hamilton 5 1 154 2 0 0 2 2 100.00% 0 0 6 0 0
12 FW Ashley Hatch 8 2 266 2 0 0 12 8 66.67% 0 0 5 1 0
15 DF Jaelene Hinkle 8 8 694 0 1 0 4 1 25.00% 1 2 8 0 0
16 FW Darian Jenkins 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -- 0 0 0 0 0
20 DF Yuri Kawamura 8 7 588 0 0 0 2 1 50.00% 0 0 10 1 0
14 FW Jessica McDonald 8 7 620 2 1 0 19 8 42.11% 0 2 1 0 0
5 MF Samantha Mewis 10 10 900 2 2 2 16 7 43.75% 7 0 11 2 0
17 DF Courtney Niemiec 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -- 0 0 0 0 0
22 DF Stephanie Ochs 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 -- 0 0 0 0 0
8 MF Rosana Rosana 4 1 68 0 0 0 1 1 100.00% 0 1 5 0 0
0 GK Katelyn Rowland 3 3 270 0 0 0 0 0 -- 0 0 0 0 0
11 DF Taylor Smith 10 5 553 0 1 0 2 2 100.00% 0 0 13 1 0
26 DF Meredith Speck 2 0 17 0 0 0 0 0 -- 0 0 0 0 0
9 FW Lynn Williams 9 9 810 3 2 0 30 16 53.33% 0 7 3 0 0
26 MF Sam Witteman 7 4 305 0 0 0 1 1 100.00% 0 0 8 1 0
7 MF McCall Zerboni 10 10 900 2 1 0 10 5 50.00% 3 0 21 4 0
Team Total 140 110 9867 17 12 2 131 69 52.67% 80 12 110 11 1

See also[edit]

References[edit]

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  2. ^ "North Carolina Football Club Enters into Agreement to Acquire Rights to NWSL's 2016 Champions Western New York Flash". northcarolinafc.com (Press release). North Carolina FC. January 9, 2017. Archived from the original on January 10, 2017. Retrieved June 17, 2017.
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  7. ^ Orlando Pride → North Carolina Courage. December 17, 2015: North Carolina Courage acquired Orlando's 2nd round pick (11th overall) in the 2016 NWSL College Draft and Orlando's 1st round pick in the 2017 NWSL College Draft in exchange for Becky Edwards and the rights to Kristen Edmonds.[6]
  8. ^ Portland Thorns FC → North Carolina Courage. January 12, 2017: Portland Thorns FC acquired the 18th overall pick from the North Carolina Courage in exchange for the 20th and 27th overall picks in the 2017 NWSL College Draft.[5]
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