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2022 North Carolina Courage Season
The 2022 North Carolina Courage season was the team's sixth 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. Challenge Cup The Challenge Cup is the NWSL's primary league cup tournament. It was first played in 2020 NWSL Challenge Cup, 2020 following the cancellation of the regular season due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Angel City FC, Angel City and San Diego Wave FC, San Diego, new expansion clubs, competed for the first time in the Challenge Cup. In the 2021 cup, North Carolina had failed to advance beyond the group stage. The twelve league teams were divided into three groups, with North Carolina initially competing twice against the other three teams in its group: NJ/NY Gotham FC, Gotham, Orlando Pride, Orlando, and Washington Spirit, Washington. Group stage Divisional standings Knockout stage Championship Regular season The 2022 season of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
North Carolina Courage
The North Carolina Courage are an American professional Association football, soccer team based in Cary, North Carolina, that competes in the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL). It was founded on January 9, 2017, after Stephen Malik acquired NWSL franchise rights from the Western New York Flash. The Courage plays its home games at WakeMed Soccer Park. In 2018, the Courage became the first team in NWSL history to win the NWSL Shield, Shield and the Championship in the same season. In 2019, the team became the first team to win the Championship on its home field. History 2017 On January 9, 2017, the North Carolina Courage announced their formation as the relocated Western New York Flash, with a new home of Cary, North Carolina. The Courage officially hired Paul Riley (footballer), Paul Riley, the Flash's coach prior to relocation, on January 30, 2017. The team played their first match, on April 15, 2017, against the Washington Spirit, and won 1–0 with a goal by McCall ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2020 NWSL Challenge Cup
The 2020 NWSL Challenge Cup was a tournament during the 2020 National Women's Soccer League season to mark the league's return to action from the COVID-19 pandemic. It was the first professional team sports event to return to play in United States. Originally planned as a one-off tournament, the NWSL announced that the Challenge Cup would return in the 2021 NWSL season as a league cup competition. Format The Challenge Cup was originally planned as a 25-game tournament featuring all nine NWSL clubs. However, on June 22, the Orlando Pride withdrew following six positive COVID-19 tests among players and four more among non-playing staff. On June 23, the NWSL released the revised schedule of an 8-team, 23-game tournament. On June 22, the NWSL announced the full rules and regulations for the tournament. Each team would play four games in a preliminary round, with eight teams advancing to a single-elimination knockout bracket. Teams would be ranked by points in the preliminary rou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andi Sullivan
Andi Maureen Sullivan (born December 20, 1995) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a midfielder for the Washington Spirit of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) and the United States national team. Sullivan played college soccer for the Stanford Cardinal, where she won an NCAA championship and the Hermann Trophy in 2017. She was drafted first overall by the Spirit in the 2018 NWSL College Draft. She won an NWSL Championship with the Spirit in 2021. Sullivan made her senior international debut for the United States in 2016. She represented her country at the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup. Early life Raised in Lorton, Virginia, Sullivan is the youngest of four siblings and attended South County High School. She played club soccer for Lee Mount Vernon, Bethesda Soccer Club (Freedom) and McLean Youth Soccer. In 2013, she was named the national Youth Player of the Year by the National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA). Top Drawer Soccer rank ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trinity Rodman
Trinity Rain Moyer-Rodman (born May 20, 2002) is an American professional association football, soccer player who plays as a Forward (association football), forward for the Washington Spirit of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) and the United States women's national soccer team, United States national team. Rodman was selected second by the Spirit in the 2021 NWSL Draft at age 18, making her the youngest draftee in NWSL history at the time. She won the NWSL Championship and earned NWSL Rookie of the Year and NWSL Best XI#2021, NWSL Best XI honors in her first season in 2021. Rodman was named the U.S. Soccer Player of the Year, U.S. Soccer Young Female Player of the Year in 2021 before making her senior international debut the next year. She scored three goals at the Football at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament, 2024 Paris Olympics, where the United States won gold. Early life Rodman was born in Newport Beach, California, to Michelle Moyer and former pro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sam Staab
Samantha Keala Staab (born March 28, 1997) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a center back for Chicago Stars FC of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL). She was drafted by the Washington Spirit in 2019 after playing collegiately for the Clemson Tigers. Staab debuted for the United States national team in 2024. Early life Staab was raised in San Diego, California. She is part Hawaiian through one grandmother. She played club soccer for the DMCV Sharks in her childhood. She attended Scripps Ranch High School, where she played varsity soccer all four years and captained the team in her last two years. Clemson Tigers Staab attended Clemson University, where she played for the Tigers women's soccer team from 2015 to 2018. She was selected for the ACC All-Freshman team in 2015 after starting all 20 games in her first season. After making the All-ACC second team in each of the next two years, she was selected to the All-ACC first team in her senior season. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Courtney Petersen
Courtney Lynn Petersen (born October 28, 1997) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a defender for Racing Louisville FC of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL). She played college soccer for the Virginia Cavaliers. She was selected by the Orlando Pride in the first round of the 2020 NWSL draft. Early life Growing up in Canton, Michigan, Petersen played youth soccer as a midfielder for Michigan Hawks ECNL and was voted to numerous ECNL Top-11 squads. In 2014 she was named as an NSCAA Youth All-American. Coming out of high school, Petersen ranked as the No. 23 recruit in the nation by TopDrawerSoccer.com. Virginia Cavaliers In October 2013, Petersen committed to playing college soccer at the University of Virginia. She played four seasons for the Virginia Cavaliers between 2015 and 2019, sitting out the 2016 season to focus fully on national team duty for the 2016 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup. Predominantly a left-sided full-back, Petersen proved to be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Merritt Mathias
Merritt Elizabeth Mathias (born July 2, 1990) is an American former professional soccer player who most recently played as a right back for Angel City FC of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL). She has won three NWSL Shields and three NWSL Championships during her twelve seasons in the NWSL: one Championship with FC Kansas City, one Shield with Seattle Reign FC, and two doubles with the North Carolina Courage. She played extensively with the youth national team and earned one cap with the United States senior team in 2018. Early life Born in Birmingham, Alabama, Mathias attended and played for Oak Mountain High School in Birmingham. Mathias was one of the top-ranked recruits in the nation according to Soccer Buzz Magazine. She was a Parade Magazine high school All-America selection in 2007 and the 2006 and 2007 National High School Coaches Association All-America. University of North Carolina, Texas A&M University, 2008–2011 Mathias attended the University of North Car ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taylor Smith (soccer, Born 1993)
Taylor Nicole Smith (born December 1, 1993) is an American professional association football, soccer player who plays as a Defender (association football), defender for Liga MX Femenil club Club León (women), León. Smith played college soccer for the UCLA Bruins women's soccer, UCLA Bruins and helped the team to its first-ever 2013 NCAA Division I Women's Soccer Tournament, national title in 2013. She played eight seasons in the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) for the Western New York Flash, North Carolina Courage, Washington Spirit, OL Reign, and NJ/NY Gotham FC. She won NWSL Championships with the Flash in 2016 NWSL Championship, 2016 and Gotham in 2023 NWSL Championship, 2023. She represented the United States women's national soccer team, United States at youth and senior levels, earning 10 caps with the senior national team. Early life Born and raised in Fort Worth, Texas, Smith attended Fort Worth Country Day School where she captained the varsity soccer team for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jennifer Cudjoe
Jennifer Cudjoe (born 7 March 1994) is a Ghanaian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for DC Power FC in the USL Super League and the Ghana women's national football team, Ghana women's national team. Club career Cudjoe signed a short-term contract with Sky Blue FC for the 2020 NWSL Challenge Cup. She made her NWSL debut on 30 June 2020. Cudjoe was selected by Racing Louisville FC in the 2020 NWSL Expansion Draft, but Sky Blue soon acquired her back in a trade. On 23 August 2024, Cudjoe signed for USL Super League team DC Power FC. International career Cudjoe accepted her first Ghana women's national football team, senior team roster selection in July 2023 for the 2024 CAF Women's Olympic qualifying tournament. Ghana had previously offered Cudjoe a spot in 2021, which she declined due to concerns about the COVID-19 pandemic and that her concerns about Ghana's lack of support for the squad had not been heeded. She had previously appeared for the Ghana under-20 te ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abby Erceg
Abby May Erceg (born 20 November 1989) is a New Zealand professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Liga MX Femenil club Toluca. She formerly played for the New Zealand national team, where she became the first player (male or female) from New Zealand to play 100 international matches. Erceg played 11 seasons in the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) between 2014 and 2024, playing for the Chicago Red Stars, the Western New York Flash, the North Carolina Courage, and Racing Louisville. She won one NWSL Championship with the Flash and two NWSL Championships and three NWSL Shields with the Courage. Early life Erceg attended Mount Roskill Grammar School. Club career Erceg signed with German side Jena in 2013. She was loaned to the Chicago Red Stars, an NWSL club, and played there for two months during the Bundesliga's 2014 summer break. After she returned and played the first half of the 2014–15 Bundesliga season, she and the Jena club ended her contract during th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brianna Pinto
Brianna Alexis Smalls Pinto (born May 24, 2000) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a midfielder for North Carolina Courage of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL). Raised in Durham, North Carolina, Pinto played college soccer for the North Carolina Tar Heels, where she was a first-team All-American as a sophomore and junior in 2019 and 2020. She was drafted third overall by NJ/NY Gotham FC in the 2021 NWSL Draft and traded to the Courage at the end of the year. Pinto represented the United States youth national team at the 2016 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup and the 2018 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup. At age 16, she became the youngest player called up to the senior national squad for the 2017 SheBelieves Cup. She was named the U.S. Soccer Young Female Player of the Year in 2019. Early life Pinto was born in New Haven, Connecticut and grew up in Durham, North Carolina. At age 9, her father Hassan, who played for North Carolina's men's soccer team, placed h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
