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January 23, 2021

Soccer

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NWSL teams target NC players at draft; Courage take Canadian Deanne Rose in 1st round

January 20, 2021 Brett Friedlander

If you’re a professional women’s soccer expansion team looking to build a solid foundation for your franchise, you could do a lot worse than building around players from the nation’s most successful college program. That’s […]

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Crystal Dunn’s play on pitch brings weight to actions off it

October 21, 2020 Brett Friedlander

Unless it’s the Olympics or a World Cup, women’s soccer rarely rates more than a blip on the radar of most American sports fans. So when the National Women’s Soccer League had the nation’s attention […]

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Courage players named to National Team roster

October 8, 2020 Brett Friedlander

Three members of the North Carolina Courage have been named to the 27-player roster for the U.S. Women’s National Team. Abby Dahlkemper, Crystal Dunn and Lynn Williams were chosen by coach Vlatko Andonovski to participate […]

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Cary feels pandemic’s pinch because of lost sporting events

September 2, 2020 Brett Friedlander

Cary fancies itself as North Carolina’s “NCAA Championship City” because of the number of high-level college sporting events it hosts. Between the WakeMed Soccer Park, USA Baseball National Training Complex and Cary Tennis Park, the […]

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Crown, Panthers colors highlight name, crest reveal for Charlotte FC

July 22, 2020 North State Journal Staff

While the Major League Soccer will be waiting until 2022 for its Charlotte expansion franchise to begin play, the team revealed Wednesday that it will be known as Charlotte FC. The team’s crest includes a […]

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NC Courage stunned by Portland, knocked out of NWSL Challenge Cup

July 17, 2020 The Associated Press

HERRIMAN, Utah — Rookie Morgan Weaver scored in the 68th minute to send the Portland Thorns into the semifinals of the National Women’s Soccer League’s Challenge Cup with a surprising 1-0 upset victory over the […]

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Charlotte’s MLS team won’t play until 2022, league announces

July 17, 2020 The Associated Press

NEW YORK — Major League Soccer announced it is pushing back the Charlotte franchise’s entry into the league a year, to 2022, because of the coronavirus pandemic. MLS also moved the back the St. Louis […]

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NC Courage, off to 3-0 start, adjust to Challenge Cup bubble

July 8, 2020 Brett Friedlander

People from all walks of life in all areas of the country are getting used to a “new normal” as America negotiates its way through a coronavirus pandemic that has disrupted virtually every aspect of […]

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NC Courage players, opponents kneel during national anthem

June 27, 2020 Anne M. Peterson, The Associated Press

Players for the North Carolina Courage and Portland Thorns knelt during the national anthem Saturday when the National Women’s Soccer League opened the Challenge Cup tournament in Utah. The players wore Black Lives Matter T-shirts […]

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‘No right answer’ as App State cuts 3 men’s sports

June 3, 2020 Brett Friedlander

Appalachian State’s athletic department became the latest to experience collateral damage from the coronavirus pandemic on Friday. Following the lead of a growing number of Group of Five college programs, including in-state cousin East Carolina, […]

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