# 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 following the cancellation of the regular season due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Angel City and 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: Gotham, Orlando, and Washington.

### Group stage
#### Divisional standings

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | T | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | NC | WAS | NJY | ORL |
| 1 | North Carolina Courage | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 7 | +5 | 12 | Advance to knockout stage | — | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 |
| 2 | Washington Spirit | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 7 | +5 | 10 | Advance to knockout stage based on ranking | 2–2 | — | 1–1 | 4–1 |
| 3 | NJ/NY Gotham FC | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 8 | −3 | 6 | | 1–1 | 1–3 | — | 1–1 |
| 4 | Orlando Pride | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 11 | −7 | 2 | | 2–4 | 0–0 | 0–1 | — |

### Championship

Win

## Regular season

The 2022 season of the National Women's Soccer League saw 12 teams play 22 matches: one against every other team, with one match at each club's stadium. Three points were awarded for each win, one point per draw, and none for defeats. At the end of the season, the top two teams qualify for first-round byes in the NWSL Playoffs, while four more teams play in an opening playoff round.

### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | OL Reign | 22 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 32 | 19 | +13 | 40 | NWSL Shield, Playoffs – semi-finals |
| 2 | Portland Thorns FC (C) | 22 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 49 | 24 | +25 | 39 | Playoffs – semi-finals |
| 3 | San Diego Wave FC | 22 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 32 | 21 | +11 | 36 | Playoffs – first round |
| 4 | Houston Dash | 22 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 35 | 27 | +8 | 36 | Playoffs – first round |
| 5 | Kansas City Current | 22 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 29 | 29 | 0 | 36 | Playoffs – first round |
| 6 | Chicago Red Stars | 22 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 34 | 28 | +6 | 33 | Playoffs – first round |
| 7 | North Carolina Courage | 22 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 46 | 33 | +13 | 32 | |
| 8 | Angel City FC | 22 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 23 | 27 | −4 | 29 | |
| 9 | Racing Louisville FC | 22 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 23 | 35 | −12 | 23 | |
| 10 | Orlando Pride | 22 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 22 | 45 | −23 | 22 | |
| 11 | Washington Spirit | 22 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 26 | 33 | −7 | 19 | |
| 12 | NJ/NY Gotham FC | 22 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 16 | 46 | −30 | 13 | |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: September 30, 2022. Source: NWSLsoccer.com

#### Results by matchday

| Matchday | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 |
| Stadium | A | H | H | A | A | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | H | A | A | H | H | H | A | H | A |
| Result | L | L | L | D | W | W | L | L | D | D | D | L | W | W | L | W | W | W | L | W | W | D |
| Position | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 |

## Players

    As of September 30, 2022.
North Carolina has used a total of 30 players during the 2022 season, and there have been 14 different goal scorers. There have also been three squad members — forward Valérie Gauvin, who was traded to the Houston Dash on August 23, 2022; midfielder Haleigh Stackpole; and goalkeeper Marisa Bova — who have not made a first-team appearance in the campaign.
The team has scored a total of 60 goals in all competitions. The highest scorers have been Debinha with 17 goals, and Diana Ordoñez with 12 goals.

### Key

Numbers in parentheses denote appearances as substitute. Players with name struck through and marked † left the club during the playing season.
Player statistics :
| No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | Challenge Cup | Challenge Cup | Challenge Cup | Challenge Cup | NWSL | NWSL | NWSL | NWSL | Total | Total | Total | Total |
| No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | Apps | Goals | | | Apps | Goals | | | Apps | Goals | | |
| 0 | GK | | Katelyn Rowland | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | GK | | Casey Murphy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | | Taylor Smith † | 8 (3) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 (2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 (5) | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | | Kaleigh Kurtz | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 30 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | | Carson Pickett | 7 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 (1) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 27 (2) | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | MF | | Brianna Pinto | 7 (3) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 22 (5) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 29 (8) | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | | Abby Erceg | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | | Malia Berkely | 7 (2) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 16 (5) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 (7) | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | | Denise O'Sullivan | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 (1) | 1 | 3 | 0 | 27 (1) | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | | Kerolin | 5 (2) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 18 (2) | 7 | 3 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | | Debinha | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 17 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | DF | | Merritt Mathias | 8 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 19 (7) | 0 | 3 | 0 | 27 (7) | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| 12 | FW | | Diana Ordoñez | 6 (4) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 19 (2) | 11 | 0 | 0 | 25 (6) | 12 | 1 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | | Ryan Williams | 3 (3) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 (8) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 (11) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | | Katie Bowen | 1 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 (2) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | | Jaelene Daniels | 8 (2) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 19 (11) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 27 (13) | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | | Emily Gray | 4 (2) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 (1) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 (3) | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | | Havana Solaun | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | | Kiki Pickett | 5 (2) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 (4) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 (6) | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | | Frankie Tagliaferri | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 (3) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 (3) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | | Meredith Speck | 8 (5) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 (10) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 27 (15) | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 27 | FW | | Brittany Ratcliffe | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 (7) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 10 (7) | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | | Tess Boade | 1 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 (1) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 (2) | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | FW | | Rylee Baisden | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 (8) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 10 (8) | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 33 | FW | | Jorian Baucom † | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 (5) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 (5) | 0 | 4 | 0 |
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