The North Carolina Courage is an American soccer club that plays in the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL). It was founded when the Western New York Flash relocated to Cary, North Carolina, in 2017.
This list includes all players who have made at least one competitive appearance for the Courage. Playing statistics are correct as of November 9,2024 [update] , and they are updated once a year after the conclusion of the NWSL season. [1] [2]
| Yrs | No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | NWSL | Playoffs | Other [a] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||||
| 2021 | 20 | FW |  CAN | Lindsay Agnew | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 2020–2022 | 29 | FW |  USA | Rylee Baisden | 18 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 2022 | 33 | FW | USA | Jorian Baucom | 7 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2024– | 27 | DF | USA | Maycee Bell | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022– | 7 | DF | USA | Malia Berkely | 79 | 3 | 58 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 2 |
| 2022–2023 | 28 | FW | USA | Tess Boade | 24 | 4 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| 2024– | 44 | GK | USA | Marisa Bova | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 2022 | 14 | DF | USA | Katie Bowen | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2021 | 7 | DF |  IRL | Diane Caldwell | 8 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2018 | 2 | DF | CAN | Allysha Chapman | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 2 | DF | USA | Sarah Clark | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2023– | 18 | DF | USA | Sydney Collins | 10 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 2018 | 12 | FW | USA | Frannie Crouse | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017–2020 | 13 | DF | USA | Abby Dahlkemper | 71 | 1 | 57 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 1 |
| 2017–2018 | 1 | GK | CAN | Sabrina D'Angelo | 15 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2017–2019, 2022 | 15 | DF | USA | Jaelene Daniels | 102 | 3 | 83 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 13 | 1 |
| 2017–2022 | 10 | MF |  BRA | Debinha | 126 | 51 | 100 | 35 | 6 | 3 | 20 | 13 |
| 2021 | 15 | DF | USA | Schuyler DeBree | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 2017 | 3 | MF | USA | Makenzy Doniak | 23 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018–2020 | 19 | FW | USA | Crystal Dunn | 44 | 18 | 35 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 1 |
| 2017–2019 | 4 | MF | USA | Elizabeth Eddy | 10 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017–2022 | 6 | DF |  NZL | Abby Erceg | 125 | 8 | 105 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 13 | 2 |
| 2020 | 28 | FW | USA | Danica Evans | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 2023 | 29 | FW |  ENG | Millie Farrow | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2021 | 30 | DF | USA | Kendall Fletcher | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 12 | DF | USA | Emily Fox | 23 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 2023 | 22 | FW |  DEN | Mille Gejl | 18 | 3 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 2024– | 77 | FW | BRA | Aline Gomes | 8 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 16 | MF | USA | Emily Gray | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 2017–2021 | 23 | FW | USA | Kristen Hamilton | 86 | 18 | 71 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 9 | 2 |
| 2020 | 22 | DF | USA | Hailey Harbison | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 2017 | 12 | FW | USA | Ashley Hatch | 24 | 7 | 22 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 2 | DF |  NOR | Nora Holstad Berge | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023– | 5 | FW | USA | Haley Hopkins | 48 | 7 | 36 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 3 |
| 2024– | 16 | MF | USA | Riley Jackson | 22 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 2021 | 34 | MF |  WAL | Angharad James | 17 | 1 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 16 | FW | USA | Darian Jenkins | 14 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017–2018 | 20 | DF |  JPN | Yuri Kawamura | 10 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022– | 9 | FW | BRA | Kerolin | 48 | 19 | 37 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 2 |
| 2018– | 3,30 | DF | USA | Kaleigh Kurtz | 137 | 4 | 106 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 28 | 0 |
| 2019–2020 | 1 | GK | CAN | Stephanie Labbé | 22 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 2023– | 14 | FW | USA | Tyler Lussi | 54 | 10 | 41 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 0 |
| 2021 | 16 | MF | USA | Hailie Mace | 14 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 2022–2023 | 17 | FW | DEN | Rikke Madsen | 24 | 1 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 2018–2022 | 11 | DF | USA | Merritt Mathias | 98 | 5 | 83 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 2 |
| 2023– | 34 | MF | JPN | Manaka Matsukubo | 30 | 5 | 23 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 |
| 2017–2021 | 14 | FW | USA | Jessica McDonald | 90 | 26 | 77 | 20 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 2 |
| 2024– | 33 | DF |  AUS | Charlotte McLean | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2019–2020 | 4 | FW | USA | McKenzie Meehan | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2020 | 27 | DF | USA | Addisyn Merrick | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 2024 | 19 | MF | USA | Landy Mertz | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 2017–2021 | 5 | MF | USA | Sam Mewis | 69 | 15 | 58 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 1 |
| 2019–2020 | 2,27 | DF | USA | Lauren Milliet | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 2020 | 26 | DF | USA | Sinclaire Miramontez | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2023–2024 | 6 | MF | JPN | Narumi Miura | 61 | 2 | 47 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 1 |
| 2021– | 1 | GK | USA | Casey Murphy | 95 | 0 | 87 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 2019–2021 | 37,42 | GK | USA | Samantha Murphy | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 25 | MF | JPN | Fūka Nagano | 11 | 2 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 22 | DF | USA | Stephanie Ochs | 6 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 12 | FW |  MEX | Diana Ordóñez | 25 | 12 | 19 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| 2018–2019 | 17 | MF | USA | Heather O'Reilly | 25 | 2 | 21 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017– | 8,10 | MF | IRL | Denise O'Sullivan | 168 | 5 | 137 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 22 | 1 |
| 2019–2021 | 24 | MF | USA | Peyton Perea | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 2021–2022 | 4 | DF | USA | Carson Pickett | 56 | 1 | 44 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| 2022–2023 | 23 | DF | USA | Kiki Pickett | 22 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| 2023– | 94,99 | MF | CAN | Victoria Pickett | 37 | 1 | 29 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 2022– | 5,8 | MF | USA | Brianna Pinto | 71 | 8 | 52 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 3 |
| 2019 | 12 | FW | USA | Leah Pruitt | 14 | 2 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021–2023 | 11,27 | FW | USA | Brittany Ratcliffe | 37 | 6 | 30 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 |
| 2024– | 11 | DF |  GER | Felicitas Rauch | 26 | 1 | 25 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018–2021 | 16,21 | MF | USA | Cari Roccaro | 51 | 0 | 38 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| 2021 | 12 | FW | USA | Amy Rodriguez | 15 | 3 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 30 | DF | USA | Arianna Romero | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2017 | 8 | MF | BRA | Rosana | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017–2023 | 0,99 | GK | USA | Katelyn Rowland | 70 | 0 | 47 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 20 | 0 |
| 2024– | 2 | MF | USA | Ashley Sanchez | 31 | 6 | 26 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 2023 | 26 | MF | USA | Clara Schilke | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2017, 2021–2022 | 2,11 | DF | USA | Taylor Smith | 52 | 2 | 40 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 2 |
| 2020–2022 | 19 | MF |  JAM | Havana Solaun | 23 | 1 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 2017– | 25 | MF | USA | Meredith Speck | 112 | 7 | 85 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 25 | 0 |
| 2019 | 16 | MF |  SWE | Julia Spetsmark | 12 | 2 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024– | 23 | FW | CAN | Bianca St-Georges | 22 | 3 | 21 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022–2023 | 19,24 | MF | USA | Frankie Tagliaferri | 19 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 |
| 2024– | 22 | FW | AUS | Cortnee Vine | 5 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 17 | FW | USA | Ally Watt | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2024– | 17 | MF | USA | Dani Weatherholt | 25 | 1 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 2017–2021 | 9 | FW | USA | Lynn Williams | 100 | 48 | 81 | 42 | 7 | 0 | 12 | 6 |
| 2018– | 13,20,29 | DF | USA | Ryan Williams | 114 | 0 | 87 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 24 | 0 |
| 2023– | 20 | FW | USA | Olivia Wingate | 36 | 4 | 26 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 2 |
| 2017 | 26 | MF | USA | Sam Witteman | 12 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017–2019 | 7 | MF | USA | McCall Zerboni | 69 | 6 | 65 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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