2025 North Carolina Courage Roster

National Women's Soccer League (NWSL)
Team Record: 9-9-8 - 35 points
Finishing 9th in the NWSL
Coach: Sean Nahas (5-5-4)
Coach: Nathan Thackeray (4-3-5)
Location: Cary, North Carolina
2025 North Carolina Courage Statistics

The North Carolina Courage of the National Women's Soccer League ended the 2025 season with a record of 9 wins and 9 losses and 8 ties for 35 points finishing ninth in the NWSL.

The Courage recorded 37 goals and gave up 39. Manaka Matsukubo scored 11 goals for North Carolina and recorded 4 assists, while Casey Murphy recorded a 1.02 goals against average, best among goalkeepers with enough qualifying appearances.

Sean Nahas and Nathan Thackeray coached the team.

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Player Pos. Birth Date Height Weight Hometown
Maycee BellDSeptember 18, 20005'10"Wichita, KS USA
Hannah BetfortDApril 1, 19995'11"Charleston, SC
Marisa BovaGJune 9, 20006'2"Hartland, WI
Katie CappellettiGSeptember 12, 20026'0"Fayetteville, NY
Aline GomesMJuly 7, 20055'6"Tabatinga, Brazil
Hensley HancuffGAugust 3, 20006'3"Edmond, OK
Riley JacksonMDecember 2, 20055'7", USA
Natalie JacobsM,DAugust 16, 19975'8"Coto de Caza, CA
Shinomi KoyamaMJanuary 31, 20055'3"Osaka, Japan
Kaleigh KurtzDSeptember 9, 19945'8"Greer, SC
Payton LinnehanFMarch 25, 20015'4"Douglas, MA USA
Tyler LussiFJanuary 26, 19950'0"Lutherville, MD
Heather MacNabFOctober 9, 20015'10"Indianapolis, IN
Manaka MatsukuboMJuly 28, 20045'1"106, Japan
Charlotte McLeanDMarch 1, 20005'7"Sydney, Australia
Casey MurphyGApril 25, 19966'1"Bridgewater, NJ USA
Amber NguyenMFebruary 26, 20025'3"Snellville, GA
Denise O'SullivanMFebruary 4, 19945'4"Cork, IRL
Olivia PenaM5'1"Irving, TX
Briana PintoMMay 24, 20005'5"Durham, NC
Felicitas RauchDApril 30, 19965'6"Hannoversch Munden, Germany
Ashley SanchezM,FMarch 16, 19995'2"Pasadena, CA
Meredith SpeckFFebruary 1, 19935'3"Rockville Centre, NY
Natalia StaudeDApril 30, 20015'6"Atlanta, GA USA
Cortnee VineFApril 9, 19985'6"Shepparton, Australia
Dani WeatherholtMMarch 17, 19945'8"Capistrano Beach, CA
Ryan WilliamsD5'7"
Olivia WingateFFebruary 20, 20005'7"Wilmington, MA


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