North Carolina Courage
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Full name | North Carolina Courage | ||
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Founded | 2009 (as Buffalo Flash) 2011 (as Western New York Flash) 2017 (as Courage) |
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Stadium | Sahlen’s Stadium at WakeMed Soccer Park Cary, North Carolina |
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Stadium capacity |
10,000 | ||
Owner | Stephen Malik | ||
General Manager | Curt Johnson | ||
Head Coach | Paul Riley | ||
League | National Women's Soccer League | ||
Website | Club home page | ||
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Active teams of North Carolina FC | |||
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USLC | NWSL | USL2 | Youth |
The North Carolina Courage is a professional women's soccer team based in Cary, North Carolina. Its former incarnation, the Western New York Flash, was a founding member of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL), the top level of women's soccer in the U.S., in 2013. They relocated to North Carolina for 2017.[1] They are affiliated with the men's team North Carolina FC of the United Soccer League, and play their home games at Sahlen’s Stadium at WakeMed Soccer Park.
In 2018 the North Carolina Courage became the first team in NWSL history to win the NWSL Shield and the NWSL Championship in the same season.
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History
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Team name, crest, and colors
The North Carolina Courage name is a nod to the original Carolina Courage – who won the 2002 Women's United Soccer Association (WUSA) Founders Cup – as is the stylized lioness image, which matches the head of the lioness on the WUSA team's badge with very minor alterations. The badge features elements from the flag of North Carolina with both the star and the color scheme, the latter keeping in line with the NCFC brand. The lower right point of the star represents the Research Triangle, a geographical region that includes Chapel Hill, Durham, and Raleigh. The Courage's primary colors include "Atlantic blue", "cardinal red," and "Southern gold."[2]
Sponsorship
Period | Kit manufacturer | Sponsor |
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2017 | ![]() |
BlueCross BlueShield of NC |
2018– | Continental |
Stadium
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The North Carolina Courage play their home games at WakeMed Soccer Park, a soccer-specific stadium shared by North Carolina FC, a team in the United Soccer League also owned by Stephen Malik.
The soccer complex consists of a purpose-built main stadium, two lighted practice fields, and four additional fields. The main stadium and the 2 lighted fields (2 & 3) are all FIFA international regulation size (120 yards x 75 yards). The main stadium seats 10,000 with the expansions of 2012. Field 2 also has 1,000 permanent bleacher seats.
The park is on 150 acres (0.61 km2) that the State of North Carolina has leased to Wake County. Money to build the soccer park came from $14.5 million in county-wide hotel room and prepared food and beverage taxes. The Town of Cary assumed responsibility for operations and maintenance in 2004 from Capital Area Soccer League. On January 26, 2006, the Town of Cary council amended its lease to allow it to sublet the property to Triangle Professional Soccer through the year 2011 for the exclusive promotion of professional soccer and lacrosse events at the complex. This deal was extended for the new ownership group through 2014.[3]
On December 6, 2016, along with a name change, North Carolina FC announced plans for a stadium seating 24,000.[4]
Year-by-year
Season | NWSL Regular Season | Position | NWSL Playoffs | ||||||
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P | W | L | D | GF | GA | Pts | |||
2017 | 24 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 38 | 22 | 49 | Shield | Runner-Up |
2018 | 24 | 17 | 1 | 6 | 53 | 17 | 57 | Shield | Champions |
2019 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 9 | 13 |
Season | Player | Nation | Goals |
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2017 | Lynn Williams | ![]() |
9 |
2018 | Lynn Williams | ![]() |
14 |
2019 | Crystal Dunn | ![]() |
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Players
Current squad
Staff
Executive | |
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Owner | Stephen Malik |
President General Manager |
Curt Johnson[7] |
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Honors
Broadcasting
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In 2019, the NWSL broadcast partnership with A&E was terminated a year early, all games would be streamed on Yahoo! Sports in the United States and on the NWSL website for international viewers. [8]
In 2018, Courage games continued to be streamed on Go90, the NWSL website and select games were broadcast on Lifetime. After Go90 was shut down by Verizon on July 30th, all games were available for streaming on the NWSL website.[9]
In 2017, Courage games were streamed exclusively by Go90 for American audiences and via the NWSL website for international viewers.[10] As part of a three-year agreement with A&E Networks, Lifetime broadcasts one NWSL Game of the Week on Saturday afternoons.[11][12] In 2017 season, the Courage were featured in national Lifetime NWSL Game of the Week broadcasts on June 3, July 1, August 19, and July 15, 2017.[13]
See also
- List of top-division football clubs in CONCACAF countries
- List of professional sports teams in the United States and Canada
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External links
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- North Carolina Courage
- National Women's Soccer League teams
- Women's soccer clubs in North Carolina
- Soccer clubs in North Carolina
- 2016 establishments in North Carolina
- Association football clubs established in 2016
- Sports in Wake County, North Carolina