2017 North Carolina Courage season

The 2017 North Carolina Courage season is 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.

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

Review

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.[1]

Team

First-team roster

As of August 13, 2017
Source: North Carolina Courage[2]

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

Transactions

2017 NWSL College Draft

Source: National Women's Soccer League[3]
Round Pick Nat. Player Pos. Notes Previous Team
Round 12Ashley HatchFW[5]Brigham Young University
Round 17Darian JenkinsDFUCLA
Round 220Claire WagnerDF[6]Clemson
Round 327Jaycie JohnsonFW[8]University of Nebraska

In

Date Player Positions played Previous club Fee/notes Ref.
December 23, 2016 Rosana MF Houston Dash Acquired while the franchise operated as the Western New York Flash. [9]
January 5, 2017 Debinha MF Dalian Quanjian F.C. [10]
January 19, 2017 Samantha Witteman MF Orlando Pride Acquired in a trade for Alanna Kennedy. [11]
April 4, 2017 Yuri Kawamura DF Albirex Niigata Ladies [12]
April 10, 2017 Ashley Hatch FW Brigham Young University Signed college draft picks. [13]
Darian Jenkins FW University of California, Los Angeles
June 16, 2017 Stephanie Ochs DF Houston Dash Acquired off waivers. [14]
July 26, 2017 Nora Holstad DF FC Bayern Munich [15]
July 28, 2017 Denise O'Sullivan MF Houston Dash Acquired off waivers. [16]

Out

Date Player Positions played Destination club Fee/notes Ref.
January 19, 2017 Alanna Kennedy DF Orlando Pride Traded to acquire Samantha Witteman. [14]
May 27, 2017 Courtney Niemiec DF Retired. [17]
June 21, 2017 Rosana MF Waived. [18]

Competitions

Preseason

Source: North Carolina FC[19]
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
  • Odermann  84'
[Report Pre 4] Stadium: WakeMed Soccer Park Field 14

Regular season

Source: National Women's Soccer League[20]
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[21]
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[22]
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  62',  70' (Klingenberg) Report Smith  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  24'
Barnes  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  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  90+2'
Report Dydasco  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  23'
Huster  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  77'
Report Colaprico  40'
Nagasato  52'
Ertz  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  63'
Report Roccaro  64'
Van Wyk  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  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  90'
Report Edmonds  22'
Marta  51'  72'
Harris  67'
Kennedy  90+1'
Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium
Attendance: 7,020

Postseason playoffs

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  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  41'
Raso  45+1'
Horan  50'
Brynjarsdóttir  72'
Stadium: Orlando City Stadium
Attendance: 8,124
Note: Televised on Lifetime.

League table

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) Champion.

Results summary

OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
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

Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526
GroundAHHAAHHAHHAHHAAHAAHAAAHAAH
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

NWSL Team of the Month

Month Goalkeeper Defenders Midfielders Forwards Ref.
April Debinha
Sam Mewis
Lynn Williams [23]
June Abby Dahlkemper Sam Mewis Ashley Hatch [24]
July Abby Dahlkemper
Taylor Smith
McCall Zerboni [25]
August Katelyn Rowland Taylor Smith Sam Mewis [26]

NWSL Player of the Week

Week Result Player Ref.
16 Won Sam Mewis [27]

NWSL Goal of the Week

Week Result Player Ref.
1 Nominated McCall Zerboni [28]
2 Nominated Debinha [29]
3 Nominated Lynn Williams [30]
6 Nominated [31]
7 Nominated Debinha [32]
8 Nominated Ashley Hatch [33]
9 Nominated [34]
16 Nominated Sam Mewis [35]

NWSL Save of the Week

Week Result Player Ref.
3 Nominated Sabrina D'Angelo [36]


Statistics

As of June 18, 2017
Source: National Women's Soccer League[37]
N Pos Player GP GS Min G A PK Shot SOG SOG% CK Off Foul YC RC
1GKSabrina D'Angelo7763000000--00100
13DFAbby Dahlkemper10109000002150.00%650100
10MFDébora Debinha109819310221359.09%40900
3FWMakenzy Doniak109657020200.00%00500
4DFElizabeth Eddy202600000--00000
6DFAbby Erceg886871106350.00%00311
23FWKristen Hamilton5115420022100.00%00600
12FWAshley Hatch8226620012866.67%00510
15DFJaelene Hinkle886940104125.00%12800
16FWDarian Jenkins00000000--00000
20DFYuri Kawamura875880002150.00%001010
14FWJessica McDonald8762021019842.11%02100
5MFSamantha Mewis101090022216743.75%701120
17DFCourtney Niemiec00000000--00000
22DFStephanie Ochs10300000--00000
8MFRosana Rosana416800011100.00%01500
0GKKatelyn Rowland3327000000--00000
11DFTaylor Smith10555301022100.00%001310
26DFMeredith Speck201700000--00000
9FWLynn Williams99810320301653.33%07300
26MFSam Witteman7430500011100.00%00810
7MFMcCall Zerboni101090021010550.00%302140
Team Total1401109867171221316952.67%8012110111

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