The 2025

Carolina Core FC Carolina Core FC is an American professional soccer team that is located in High Point, North Carolina. It is an independent team and currently participates in MLS Next Pro. History On November 10, 2022, MLS Next Pro announced that a new indep ...

Season is the club's second season in existence. This is the second independent club to play in a MLS Next Pro season alongside

Chattanooga FC Chattanooga Football Club is an American professional soccer team based in Chattanooga, Tennessee, United States. Founded in 2009, the team is in MLS Next Pro starting in 2024. Prior to joining MLS Next Pro, the club played in the National Indep ...

and will be joined by 3 other teams in 2026. The club is located in

North Carolina North Carolina ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern region of the United States. It is bordered by Virginia to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the east, South Carolina to the south, Georgia (U.S. stat ...

, US.

Players and staff

Current roster

Staff

Eddie Pope George Edward Pope (born December 24, 1973) is an American former soccer player who last played for Real Salt Lake of Major League Soccer and spent eleven years as a defender for the United States national team. He spent most of his career pla ...

– Chief Sporting Officer *

Donovan Ricketts Donovan Damon Ricketts (born 7 June 1977) is a Jamaican former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper and is currently the head coach for Carolina Core FC in MLS Next Pro. Ricketts played more than 100 games for Bradford City in En ...

– Head Coach *

Amado Guevara Amado Guevara (born 2 May 1976) is a Honduran former professional footballer and manager. He was the coach of Puerto Rico from 2018 to 2019. A former midfielder, he is the second all-time cap leader for the Honduras national team seconded by ...

– Assistant Coach * Vacant – Goalkeeping Coach * Robert Ritchie – Director Of Soccer Operations

Transfers

In

Out

Loan In

Loan Out

Non-competitive fixtures

Preseason

Midseason

Competitive fixtures

Standings

Overall table

MLS Next Pro Regular Season

Lamar Hunt US Open Cup

Statistics

Appearances and goals

Top scorers

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Glory Nzingo Glory Nzingo (born 4 November 2004) is an Irish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for MLS Next Pro side Carolina Core, on loan from club Swansea City. Club career Born in Dublin, Nzingo played for the youth sides of Mountview Bo ...

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Jacob Evans Jacob Evans III (born June 18, 1997) is an American professional basketball player for BK Redstone Olomoucko of the National Basketball League (NBL) and the Alpe Adria Cup. He played for the Santa Cruz Warriors of the NBA G League. He played c ...

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Paul Leonardi Paul M. Leonardi was the Duca Family Professor of Technology Management at the University of California, Santa Barbara. He was also the Investment Group of Santa Barbara Founding Director of the Master of Technology Management Program. Leonardi m ...

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Top assists

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Ibrahim Covi Ibrahim Janis Covi (born 21 March 2000) is a French footballer who plays for MLS Next Pro club Carolina Core. Mainly a central defender, he can also play as a defensive midfielder. Club career In March 2017, Covi agreed to move from FCM Auberv ...

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Disciplinary record

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U.S. Open Cup The Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup, commonly known as the U.S. Open Cup (USOC), is a knockout cup competition in men's soccer in the United States. It is the country's oldest ongoing national soccer competition. The competition was first held duri ...

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Juan Pablo Rodriguez ''Juan'' is a given name, the Spanish and Manx versions of ''John''. The name is of Hebrew origin and has the meaning "God has been gracious." It is very common in Spain and in other Spanish-speaking countries around the world and in the Philippi ...

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, 1, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 1, , 0, , 0 , - , 19 , MF , align="left", Mateo Sarimento , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0 , - , 20 , DF , align="left",

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Awards and Honors

MLS NEXT Pro Team of the Matchweek

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MLS NEXT Pro Player of the Matchweek

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, 12 , , -

MLS NEXT Pro Goal of the Matchweek

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, 6 , align=center, , - , align=center, Jathan Juarez , 14 , align=center,

References

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