2019 North Carolina Courage season
North Carolina Courage 2019 soccer season
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.
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
Coaching Staff
As of May 31, 2018 Source: North Carolina Courage[ 3]
Position
Staff
Head coach
Paul Riley
Assistant coach
Scott Vallow
Assistant coach
Assistant coach
Assistant coach
First-team roster
As of July 18, 2019 [ 4] [ 5] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Player transactions
Source: National Women's Soccer League [ 6]
Players in
Players out
Competitions
Preseason
Source: North Carolina Courage [ 16]
Regular season
Source: North Carolina Courage[ 17] North Carolina Courage v Reign FC
North Carolina Courage v Orlando Pride
Postseason playoffs
League table
Results summary
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
Results by round
Round 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 Result D W W D L D L W D W W W L W W L W W W W W W L W Position 3 1 1 2 4 5 7 4 4 5 2 1 2 2 1 3 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1
Updated to match(es) played on October 12, 2019. Source:
NWSLsoccer.com A = Away;
H = Home;
W = Win;
D = Draw;
L = Loss
International friendlies
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 Lyon
Statistical leaders
As of October 12, 2019
Top scorers
Top assists
Shutouts
Awards
As of October 19, 2019.
NWSL annual awards
NWSL Monthly Awards
References
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Retrieved April 4, 2019 .^ "NWSL notes: After year in Iceland, defender Ally Haran joins NC Courage" . February 12, 2019. Archived from the original on December 13, 2019. Retrieved April 4, 2019 .^ "NC COURAGE ACQUIRE CANADIAN GOALKEEPER STEPHANIE LABBÉ" . February 22, 2019. Archived from the original on April 5, 2019. Retrieved April 4, 2019 .^ a b "Sky Blue FC Acquires Elizabeth Eddy in a Trade with North Carolina Courage" . June 11, 2019. Archived from the original on June 20, 2019. Retrieved June 19, 2019 .^ a b c "NORTH CAROLINA COURAGE SIGNS GOALKEEPER SAM LESHNAK" . July 18, 2019. Archived from the original on November 7, 2020. Retrieved July 18, 2019 .^ "NWSL players available on the Re-Entry Wire" . October 1, 2018. Retrieved April 4, 2019 .^ "Seattle Reign acquire Darian Jenkins from North Carolina" . December 17, 2018. Retrieved April 4, 2019 .^ "D'Angelo Leaving For Sweden Soccer" . January 4, 2019. Retrieved April 4, 2019 .^ "Orlando Pride Trade for Defender Morgan Reid" . April 4, 2019. Retrieved April 4, 2019 .^ "NC Courage Preseason Preview" . North Carolina FC . Retrieved March 11, 2019 .^ "2019 Season Schedule" . www.nccourage.com . NC Courage . Retrieved March 11, 2019 .^ a b "Kailen Sheridan Nominated for 2019 NWSL Goalkeeper of the Year" . Archived from the original on October 17, 2019. Retrieved October 17, 2019 .^ "April Player of the Month: Crystal Dunn" . www.nwslsoccer.com . National Women's Soccer League . May 1, 2019. Retrieved May 1, 2019 .^ "July Player of the Month: Kristen Hamilton" . www.nwslsoccer.com . National Women's Soccer League . July 31, 2019. Retrieved August 3, 2019 .^ Balf, Celia (May 3, 2019). "March Team of the Month" . NWSLsoccer . NWSL. Retrieved May 3, 2019 . ^ "May Team of the Month" . NWSLsoccer . NWSL. May 31, 2019. Retrieved May 31, 2019 .^ "June Team of the Month" . July 8, 2019. Retrieved July 8, 2019 .^ "July Team of the Month" . August 3, 2019. Retrieved August 1, 2019 .^ "August Team of the Month" . NWSLsoccer . NWSL. September 5, 2019. Retrieved September 5, 2019 .^ Levine, Matthew. "September Team of the Month" . NWSLsoccer.com . NWSL. Retrieved October 9, 2019 . ^ "Week 8 Player of the Week: Kristen Hamilton" . June 4, 2019. Retrieved June 4, 2019 .^ "Kristen Hamilton, North Carolina Courage Week 12 #NWSL Player of the Week" . Retrieved July 11, 2019 .^ "Week 15 Player of the Week: Kristen Hamilton, North Carolina Courage" . Retrieved September 22, 2019 .^ "Week 22 Player of the Week: Lynn Williams, North Carolina Courage" . September 17, 2019. Retrieved September 22, 2019 .^ Levine, Matthew. "Week 25 Player of the Week: Jessica McDonald, North Carolina Courage" . NWSLsoccer.com . NWSL. Retrieved October 17, 2019 . ^ "Vote: Goal of the Week" . National Women's Soccer League . April 22, 2019. Retrieved April 15, 2019 .^ "Vote: Goal of the Week" . National Women's Soccer League . April 29, 2019. Retrieved April 29, 2019 .^ "Vote: Goal of the Week" . National Women's Soccer League twitter. May 20, 2019. Retrieved May 20, 2019 .^ "Week 8 Goal of the Week Nominees" . National Women's Soccer League twitter. June 3, 2019. Retrieved June 4, 2019 .^ "Week 9 Goal of the Week Nominees" . National Women's Soccer League twitter. June 17, 2019. Retrieved June 17, 2019 .^ "Week 11 Goal of the Week Nominees" . National Women's Soccer League twitter. July 1, 2019. Retrieved July 1, 2019 .^ "Week 12 Goal of the Week nominees #NWSL 2019" . YouTube . Retrieved July 11, 2019 .^ "Week 13 Goal of the Week nominees #NWSL 2019" . NWSL Twitter . Retrieved July 15, 2019 .^ "Week 15 Goal of the Week nominees #NWSL 2019" . YouTube . NWSL. Retrieved July 30, 2019 .^ "Week 16 Goal of the Week nominees #NWSL 2019" . YouTube . NWSL. Retrieved August 9, 2019 .^ "Vote: Save of the Week" . National Women's Soccer League . May 6, 2019. Retrieved May 6, 2019 .^ "Week 7 Save of the Week Nominees" . National Women's Soccer League youtube. Retrieved May 28, 2019 .^ "Vote: Save of the Week" . National Women's Soccer League . May 6, 2019. Retrieved July 2, 2019 .^ "Week 16 Save of the Week nominees #NWSL 2019" . YouTube . NWSL. Retrieved August 9, 2019 .
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