- Source: 2018 North Carolina Courage season
The 2018 North Carolina Courage season was the team's second season as a professional women's soccer team. North Carolina Courage played in the National Women's Soccer League, the top tier of women's soccer in the United States. On August 5, the Courage clinched the 2018 NWSL Shield for the second consecutive season after a 2–1 win over Portland. The Courage finished the 2018 regular season with only 1 loss and broke the record for most wins in a season (17), most points (57) and most goals (53).
On September 22, North Carolina defeated the Portland Thorns 3-0 to win the 2018 NWSL Championship and completed one of the most successful seasons for a professional women's soccer team in the United States.
Team
= Coaching staff
=As of May 31, 2018
Source: North Carolina Courage
= First-team roster
=As of December 17, 2018
Source: North Carolina Courage
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Player transactions
= 2018 NWSL College Draft
=Source: National Women's Soccer League
= In
== Out
=Competitions
= National Women's Soccer League
=Preseason
Source: North Carolina Courage
Regular season
Source: North Carolina Courage
Postseason playoffs
League table
Results by round
= International friendlies
=As defending 2017 Shield winners and playoff finalists, the Courage were selected to participate in the inaugural Women's International Champions Cup. They defeated French side Paris Saint-Germain Women in the semi-final round and French side and defending UEFA Women's Champions League titleholders Lyon Women in the final at Miami Garden's Hard Rock Stadium to become the first ever champions of the event.
Statistics
= Appearances
== Goalscorers
=Last updated: September 22, 2018.
Source: Competitive matches
Honors and awards
= NWSL Season Awards
=Most Valuable Player: Lynn Williams (finalist), McCall Zerboni (finalist)
Defender of the Year: Abby Dahlkemper (finalist), Abby Erceg (finalist)
Coach of the Year: Paul Riley (finalist)
Best XI: Abby Dahlkemper, Abby Erceg, McCall Zerboni, Crystal Dunn
Second XI: Merritt Mathias, Debinha, Lynn Williams
= NWSL Championship Game Awards
=Most Valuable Player: Jessica McDonald
= NWSL Team of the Month
== NWSL Player of the Month
== NWSL Player of the Week
== NWSL Goal of the Week
== NWSL Save of the Week
=See also
2018 National Women's Soccer League season
2018 in American soccer
References
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- National Women's Soccer League
- Portland Thorns FC
- Perbudakan
- Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
- Julia Roberts
- Madonna
- Keterlibatan Amerika Serikat dalam pergantian rezim
- Megan Rapinoe
- Viola Davis
- Julianne Moore
- 2018 North Carolina Courage season
- North Carolina Courage
- 2021 North Carolina Courage season
- 2017 North Carolina Courage season
- 2019 North Carolina Courage season
- North Carolina
- North Carolina FC
- Ryan Williams (women's soccer)
- Kaleigh Kurtz
- Curt Johnson (soccer)
