NC Courage

Cary’s TST soccer festival wraps up

June 15, 2024 Jesse Deal

CARY — Soccer fans and teams from across the globe converged at Cary’s WakeMed Soccer Park earlier this week to watch the conclusion of the second-annual The Soccer Tournament (TST) that ran between June 5-10. […]

Courage wins second straight NWSL Challenge Cup

September 13, 2023 The Associated Press

CARY — Kerolin and Manaka Matsukubo each scored and the North Carolina Courage beat Racing Louisville 2-0 on Saturday to win the National Women’s Soccer League Challenge Cup for the second consecutive year. After a […]

NC Courage chart new course with Nahas

March 16, 2022 Brett Friedlander

Charlotte FC celebrated a memorable debut recently with a festive home opener before 74,000 fans at Bank of America Stadium. But it’s not the only professional soccer club in North Carolina making a fresh start. […]

Courage players show solidarity in return to soccer field

October 7, 2021 Brett Friedlander

Members of the North Carolina Courage were not made available to the media after the team’s 3-1 win against Racing Louisville on Wednesday. But that doesn’t mean the players didn’t let their feelings be known […]

NC Courage coach’s firing leads to NWSL pause

October 6, 2021 Brett Friedlander

An investigative report published by The Athletic last Thursday has set off a chain reaction that led to the firing of North Carolina Courage coach Paul Riley and a systematic overhaul in the way the […]

NC Courage fires coach amid past allegations of sexual misconduct

September 30, 2021 Brett Friedlander

CARY — The North Carolina Courage have fired coach Paul Riley after allegations of sexual misconduct came to light Thursday in a published report by The Athletic. The investigative report by Meg Linehan quotes former […]

Tokyo Olympics Day 13: Pair of Ryans leaves Korea cryin’

August 5, 2021 Brett Friedlander

It took not one, but two Ryans to pitch Team USA into the gold medal game of the Olympic baseball competition. And both have ties to North Carolina. Joe Ryan, who was with the Durham […]

Tokyo Olympics Day 10: A silver lining to Keni Harrison’s Olympic story

August 2, 2021 Brett Friedlander

It took several minutes for the photo finish to determine second and third place in the women’s Olympic 110 meter hurdles in Tokyo on Monday. But Keni Harrison wasn’t waiting for the outcome to be […]

Toyko Olympics Day 9: Gnarly haul of medals for BMX Freesylers

August 1, 2021 Brett Friedlander

They represented Venezuela, Switzerland and the United States. But the one thing Daniel Dhers, Nikita DuCarroz and Hannah Roberts all have in common — besides an ability to do gravity defying tricks on a bicycle […]

Tokyo Olympics Day 1: Another Duke basketball coach going for gold

July 24, 2021 Brett Friedlander

Mike Krzyewski isn’t leading the U.S. men’s basketball team at the Olympics this year, so it’s up to women’s coach Kara Lawson to uphold the Blue Devils’ gold medal tradition. Lawson is coaching the U.S. […]