2026 Carolina Core FC season

The 2026 Carolina Core FC Season is the club's third season in existence. This is the second independent club to play in a MLS Next Pro season alongside Chattanooga FC and will be joined by CT United FC in 2026. The club is located in North Carolina, US. Players and staff Current roster

No.Pos.NationPlayer

Staff Eddie Pope – Chief Sporting Officer Donovan Ricketts – Head Coach Amado Guevara – Assistant Coach Vacant – Goalkeeping Coach Robert Ritchie – Director Of Soccer Operations Transfers In Date Position Number Name from Type Fee Ref. January 15, 2026 MF 80 Dyllan John Waterhouse FC Signing Free January 16, 2026 DF 4 Nolan Evers Cobh Ramblers Signing Free January 20, 2026 MF 6 Ricardo Montenegro Inter Miami CF II Signing Free January 22, 2026 DF 99 Grayson Rockhill Georgia Lions Signing Free February 2, 2026 DF 21 Nelson Martinez CD Platense Signing Free February 5, 2026 MF 58 David Diaz Ventura County FC Signing Free February 11, 2026 MF 20 Thomas Raimbault Wisconsin Badgers Signing Free February 11, 2026 MF 7 Tim Zeegers MVV Maastricht Signing Free February 12, 2026 DF 18 Dominique Colon Barcelona City FC Signing Free February 12, 2026 DF 3 Santiago Yepes Leones Loan NA February 12, 2026 DF 22 Nathan Brown Southern Indiana Screaming Eagles Loan NA February 13, 2026 MF 22 Mehdi Zerkane MC Algiers Signing Free February 13, 2026 MF 17 Jair Caiza Independiente Juniors Signing Free March 7, 2026 DF 3 Charles Orbaugh NK Junak Sinj Signing NA March 7, 2026 GK 1 Nick Holliday Crown Legacy FC Loan NA March 7, 2026 GK 44 Trevor Jackson Eintracht Nordhorn Signing NA March 7, 2026 MF 23 Robinson Aguirre Colorado Rapids 2 Signing NA March 7, 2026 GK 90 Nolan Anderson CD Almuñécar City Signing NA March 7, 2026 FW 14 Khalid Balogun District Elite FC Signing NA April 1, 2026 FW 26 Arnaud Tattevin UNCG Spartans Signing NA June 10, 2026 MF 88 Ryan Baer Tacoma Defiance Signing NA June 10, 2026 MF 27 Andrew Czech North Carolina Tar Heels Signing NA June 12, 2026 MF 19 Seth Hammond Hill City FC Signing NA June 27, 2026 DF 25 Bryce Swineheart West Virginia Mountaineers Signing NA June 28, 2026 DF 33 Bodie Ford Barça Residency Academy Signing NA June 28, 2026 MF 55 Graham Ford Barça Residency Academy Signing NA July 4, 2026 MF 24 Tristan Weber Ristozi FC Signing NA July 13, 2026 FW 9 Nicholas Kaloukian FC Urartu Signing NA July 13, 2026 DF 77 Rashid Tetteh Westchester SC Transfer Undisclosed Sum

Out Date Position Number Name To Type Fee Ref. December 9, 2025 MF 3 Zion Scarlett Portland Hearts of Pine Contract Expired NA December 17, 2025 DF 2 Daniel Chica Atlanta United 2 Contract Expired NA December 19, 2025 GK 0 Alex Sutton Sarasota Paradise Contract Expired NA December 19, 2025 GK 1 Andrew Pannenberg "Unattached" Contract Expired NA December 19, 2025 DF 4 Kai Thomas Colorado Rapids 2 Contract Expired NA December 19, 2025 MF 17 Glory Nzingo St Patrick's Athletic Loan Expired NA December 19, 2025 DF 6 Juan Pablo Rodriguez "Unattached" Contract Expired NA December 19, 2025 FW 7 Yekeson Subah "Unattached" Contract Expired NA December 19, 2025 FW 8 Drake Hadeed Antequera U19s Contract Expired NA December 19, 2025 M2F 10 Jacob Evans Sporting JAX Contract Expired NA December 19, 2025 FW 13 Josuha Rodriguez "Unattached" Contract Expired NA December 19, 2025 DF 14 Jathan Juarez "Unattached" Contract Expired NA December 19, 2025 FW 15 David Polanco FC Talant Contract Expired NA December 19, 2025 MF 19 Mateo Sarmiento "Unattached" Contract Expired NA December 19, 2025 DF 20 Ibrahim Covi Spokane Velocity Contract Expired NA December 19, 2025 MF 21 Derek Cuevas CF Vilanova Contract Expired NA December 19, 2025 MF 24 Facundo Canete Monterey Bay FC Transfer Undisclosed December 19, 2025 MF 26 Paul Baptiste Behe Leonardi "Unattached" Contract Expired NA December 19, 2025 FW 28 Federico Stachuk "Unattached" Contract Expired NA December 19, 2025 MF 29 Santiago Cambindo "Unattached" Contract Expired NA December 19, 2025 GK 31 Robert Bailey "Unattached" Contract Expired NA December 19, 2025 DF 44 Christian Diaz "Unattached" Contract Expired NA December 19, 2025 MF 77 Jonathan Bazaes "Unattached" Contract Expired NA December 19, 2025 MF 99 Aryeh Miller "Unattached" Contract Expired NA

Loan In No.Pos.PlayerLoaned fromStartEndSource Loan Out No.Pos.PlayerLoaned fromStartEndSource Non-competitive fixtures Preseason

Competitive fixtures

Standings

Overall table

MLS Next Pro Regular Season

Lamar Hunt US Open Cup

Statistics Appearances and goals

Top scorers {| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%; text-align: center;" |- !width=30|Rank !width=30|Position !width=30|Number !width=175|Name !width=75| !width=75| !width=75| !width=75|Total |- |1 |FW |26 | Arnaud Tattevin |12 |0 |0 |12 |- |2 |MF |20 | Thomas Raimbault |5 |0 |0 |5 |- |3 |FW |58 | David Diaz |4 |0 |0 |4 |- |4 |FW |15 | Antonio Pineda |3 |0 |0 |3 |- |rowspan=4|5 |DF |2 | Charles Orbaugh |2 |0 |0 |2 |- |MF |6 | Ricardo Montenegro |2 |0 |0 |2 |- |FW |11 | Anthony Sumo Jr. |2 |0 |0 |2 |- |MF |7 | Tim Zeegers |1 |1 |0 |2 |- |rowspan=9|8 |DF |4 | Nolan Evers |1 |0 |0 |1 |- |FW |9 | Nicholas Kaloukian |1 |0 |0 |1 |- |MF |16 | Mohamed Diakite |1 |0 |0 |1 |- |MF |19 | Seth Hammond |1 |0 |0 |1 |- |DF |25 | Bryce Swineheart |1 |0 |0 |1 |- |MF |27 | Andrew Czech |1 |0 |0 |1 |- |FW |43 | Jay Stewart |1 |0 |0 |1 |- |DF |99 | Grayson Rockhill |1 |0 |0 |1 |- |NA |NA |Own Goals |1 |0 |0 |1 |- !colspan="4"|Total ! 40 ! 1 ! 0 ! 41

Top assists {| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%; text-align: center;" |- !width=30|Rank !width=30|Position !width=30|Number !width=175|Name !width=75| !width=75| !width=75| !width=75|Total |- |1 |MF |20 | Thomas Raimbault |6 |0 |0 |6 |- |2 |MF |6 | Ricardo Montenegro |4 |1 |0 |5 |- |rowspan=2|3 |DF |2 | Charles Orbaugh |3 |0 |0 |3 |- |DF |33 | Bodie Ford |3 |0 |0 |3 |- |rowspan=5|5 |FW |9 | Nicholas Kaloukian |2 |0 |0 |2 |- |FW |15 | Antonio Pineda |2 |0 |0 |2 |- |MF |19 | Seth Hammond |2 |0 |0 |2 |- |MF |20 | Corey Lundeen |2 |0 |0 |2 |- |FW |58 | David Diaz |2 |0 |0 |2 |- |rowspan=3|10 |MF |5 | Mehdi Zerkane |1 |0 |0 |1 |- |DF |22 | Nathan Brown |1 |0 |0 |1 |- |MF |24 | Tristan Weber |1 |0 |0 |1 |- !colspan="4"|Total ! 29 ! 1 ! 0 ! 30

Disciplinary record {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" |- ! rowspan="2" !width=15| ! rowspan="2" !width=15| ! rowspan="2" !width=120|Player ! colspan="3"|MLS Next Pro ! colspan="3"|U.S. Open Cup ! colspan="3"|MLSNP Playoffs ! colspan="3"|Total |- !width=34; background:#fe9;| !width=34; background:#fe9;| !width=34; background:#ff8888;| !width=34; background:#fe9;| !width=34; background:#fe9;| !width=34; background:#ff8888;| !width=34; background:#fe9;| !width=34; background:#fe9;| !width=34; background:#ff8888;| !width=34; background:#fe9;| !width=34; background:#fe9;| !width=34; background:#ff8888;| |- |1 |GK |align="left"| Nick Holliday |1||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||1||0||0 |- |2 |DF |align="left"| Charles Orbaugh |6||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||6||0||0 |- |3 |DF |align="left"| Santiago Yepes |0||0||0||1||0||0||0||0||0||1||0||0 |- |4 |DF |align="left"| Nolan Evers |4||1||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||4||1||0 |- |5 |MF |align="left"| Mehdi Zerkane |3||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||3||0||0 |- |6 |MF |align="left"| Ricardo Montenegro |2||0||0||1||0||0||0||0||0||3||0||0 |- |7 |MF |align="left"| Tim Zeegers |4||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||4||0||0 |- |8 |MF |align="left"| Corey Lundeen |3||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||3||0||0 |- |9 |FW |align="left"| Nicholas Kaloukian |1||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||1||0||0 |- |10 |FW |align="left"| Jesus Ibarra |0||0||0||1||0||0||0||0||0||1||0||0 |- |11 |FW |align="left"| Anthony Sumo Jr. |4||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||4||0||0 |- |12 |MF |align="left"| Charles Alenga |2||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||2||0||0 |- |14 |MF |align="left"| Khalid Balogun |2||0||0||1||0||0||0||0||0||3||0||0 |- |15 |FW |align="left"| Antonio Pineda |1||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||1||0||0 |- |16 |MF |align="left"| Mohamed Diakite |3||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||3||0||0 |- |17 |MF |align="left"| Jair Caiza |3||0||2||0||0||0||0||0||0||3||0||2 |- |18 |DF |align="left"| Dominique Colon |0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0 |- |19 |MF |align="left"| Seth Hammond |1||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||1||0||0 |- |20 |MF |align="left"| Thomas Raimbault |4||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||4||0||0 |- |21 |DF |align="left"| Nelson Martinez |4||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||4||0||0 |- |22 |DF |align="left"| Nathan Brown |0||0||0||1||0||0||0||0||0||1||0||0 |- |23 |MF |align="left"| Robinson Aguirre |0||0||0||1||0||0||0||0||0||1||0||0 |- |24 |MF |align="left"| Tristan Weber |0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0 |- |25 |DF |align="left"| Bryce Swineheart |2||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||2||0||0 |- |26 |FW |align="left"| Arnaud Tattevin |2||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||2||0||0 |- |27 |MF |align="left"| Andrew Czech |2||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||2||0||0 |- |33 |DF |align="left"| Bodie Ford |0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0 |- |44 |GK |align="left"| Trevor Jackson |0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0 |- |55 |DF |align="left"| Graham Ford |0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0 |- |58 |MF |align="left"| David Diaz |3||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||3||0||0 |- |77 |DF |align="left"| Rashid Tetteh |0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0 |- |80 |MF |align="left"| Dyllan John |1||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||1||0||0 |- |88 |MF |align="left"| Ryan Baer |5||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||5||0||0 |- |90 |GK |align="left"| Nolan Anderson |0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0 |- |99 |DF |align="left"| Grayson Rockhill |0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0 |- !colspan="3"|Total!!63!!1!!2!!6!!0!!0!!0!!0!!0!!69!!1!!2

Awards and Honors MLS NEXT Player of the Month Player Month Reference Arnaud TattevinJuly MLS NEXT Player of the Matchweek Player Matchweek Reference Arnaud Tattevin16 Arnaud Tattevin22

MLS NEXT Pro Goal of the Matchweek Player Matchweek Reference Anthony Sumo Jr.9 David Diaz26

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