The 2026 North Carolina Courage season is the team's tenth season as a professional women's soccer team. The Courage play in the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL), the top tier of women's soccer in the United States.
Summary
On January 24, 2026, Mak Lind was announced as the new head coach of the North Carolina Courage.
Going into the 2026 season, Kailen Sheridan, Natalie Jacobs and Ryan Williams were named team captains.
First-team squad Current squad
NationPlayer
Competitions
Regular-season standings
Matches
Transactions
Transfers In DatePlayerPositionSource clubFee/notesRefDecember 4, 2025 Ally SchlegelFW Chicago Stars FCFree agentDecember 8, 2025 Lauryn ThompsonFW Indy ElevenFirst professional contractDecember 9, 2025 Madison WhiteGK Racing Louisville FCFree AgentDecember 10, 2025 Chioma OkaforFW UConn HuskiesFirst professional contractJanuary 8, 2026 Kailen SheridanGK San Diego Wave FCFree agentJanuary 16, 2026 Molly PritchardGK Ohio State BuckeyesFirst professional contractJanuary 23, 2026 Evelyn IjehFW AC Milan WomenTransferJanuary 29, 2026 Cameron BrooksDF Napoli WomenTransferJanuary 31, 2026 Carly WickenheiserMF BK HäckenTransferMarch 9, 2026 Uno ShiragakiDF Cerezo Osaka Yanmar LadiesTransferMarch 10, 2026 Ivy YounceDF Liberty FlamesFirst professional contractJuly 1, 2026 Erica Meg ParkinsonMF Valadares GaiaFree agentJuly 29, 2026 Vilde Bøe RisaMF Atlético MadridFree agent4 September 2026 BiaMF Zenit Saint PetersburgTransfer
Out
DatePlayerPositionDestination clubFee/notesRefNovember 13, 2025 Kaleigh KurtzDF Denver SummitFree agentDecember 1, 2025 Brianna PintoMF Chicago Stars FCFree agentDecember 2, 2025 Katie CappellettiGK Kansas City CurrentOut of contract Tyler LussiFW Carolina Ascent Heather MacNabFW Dallas Trinity Meredith SpeckFW Gotham FCDecember 11, 2025 Marisa JordanGK Kansas City CurrentTradeDecember 11, 2025 Brooklyn CourtnallDF Bay FCTradeDecember 15, 2025 Casey MurphyGK Boston Legacy FCFree agentDecember 31, 2025 Charlotte McLeanDF Sydney FCOut of contractJanuary 12, 2026 Victoria PickettMF AFC TorontoOut of contractJanuary 17, 2026 Denise O'SullivanMF LiverpoolTransfer, £300,000January 28, 2026 Aline GomesMF PachucaTransferJune 2, 2026 Cortnee VineFW Melbourne CityAgreed to a mutual contract terminationJuly 3, 2026 Manaka MatsukuboMF ChelseaTransfer
Statistics
Appearances and goals
Starting appearances are listed first, followed by substitute appearances after the + symbol where applicable.
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References