| Club: | North Carolina |
| Season: | 2018 |
| Chrtitle: | Owner |
| Chairman: | Stephen Malik |
| Mgrtitle: | Head coach |
| Manager: | Colin Clarke |
| Stadium: | Sahlen's Stadium at WakeMed Soccer Park Cary, North Carolina (Capacity: 10,000) |
| League: | USL |
| League Result: | 9th |
| Cup1: | Southern Derby |
| Cup1 Result: | Champions |
| Cup2: | U.S. Open Cup |
| Cup2 Result: | 4th Round |
| League Topscorer: | Daniel Ríos (20) |
| Season Topscorer: | Daniel Ríos (20) |
| Highest Attendance: | 9,505 (September 8 vs. Nashville) |
| Lowest Attendance: | 3,169 (Apr 7 vs. Indy) |
| Largest Win: | 6–1 (September 21 vs. Atlanta United 2) |
| Largest Loss: | 1–4 (May 19 vs. Cincinnati) |
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| Prevseason: | 2017 |
| Nextseason: | 2019 |
The 2018 North Carolina FC season was the club's 12th season of existence. Until the 2017 season, the club was previously known as the Carolina RailHawks. The 2018 season was the clubs first in the USL, having left the NASL at the end of the 2017 season. For the first time since 2009 and its fourth in club history, North Carolina won the Southern Derby, a fan-based U.S. professional soccer cup competition between North Carolina, Charleston Battery, and Charlotte Independence. North Carolina finished the regular season in 9th place with 47 points, missing out on the playoffs by 2 points to Nashville.
| Position | Staff |
|---|---|
| Head coach | Colin Clarke |
| Assistant coach |  Dewan Bader |
| Assistant coach | Greg Shields |
| Assistant coach | Nic Platter |
| Assistant coach | Michael Milazzo |
| Head Athletic Trainer | Shawn Wilson |
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See main article: 2018 USL season.
See main article: Eastern Conference (USL).
See main article: 2018 U.S. Open Cup.
Schedule Source[1]
Source: Match reports
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| width=60 | Place | width=60 | Position | width=60 | Nation | width=60 | Number | width=150 | Name | width=150 | USL Regular Season | width=150 | U.S. Open Cup | width=80 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | FW |  | 14 | Daniel Ríos | 20 | 0 | 20 | ||||||||
| 2 | FW | 8 | Donovan Ewolo | 7 | 1 | 8 | |||||||||
| FW | 9 | Marios Lomis | 5 | 3 | 8 | ||||||||||
| 4 | MF |  | 10 | Kyle Bekker | 7 | 0 | 7 | ||||||||
| 5 | MF | | 6 | Austin da Luz | 5 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||
| 6 | MF | | 23 | Zach Steinberger | 4 | 0 | 4 | ||||||||
| DF | | 31 | Steven Miller | 4 | 0 | 4 | |||||||||
| 8 | DF | | 13 | Connor Tobin | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||
| MF | 18 | Marcel Kandziora | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||||
| 10 | DF | | 3 | Peabo Doue | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||
| MF | 7 | Dre Fortune | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| FW | 11 | Wuilito Fernandes | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||
| FW |  | 17 | Bernhard Luxbacher | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| MF | 23 | Ty Shipalane | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||
| TOTALS | 58 | 8 | 66 | ||||||||||||
| Number | Nation | Position | Name | USL Regular Season | U.S. Open Cup | Total | |||||
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | | DF | Peabo Doue | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 4 | MF | Victor Igbekoyi | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
| 5 | | DF | Michael Harrington | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 6 | | MF | Austin da Luz | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| 7 | FW | Donovan Ewolo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| 8 | MF | Dre Fortune | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |||
| 9 | FW | Marios Lomis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| 10 | | MF | Kyle Bekker | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| 11 | FW | Wuilito Fernandes | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| 13 | | DF | Connor Tobin | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| 14 | | FW | Daniel Ríos | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 16 | | MF | Graham Smith | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 | ||
| 18 | MF | Marcel Kandziora | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |||
| 23 | | MF | Zach Steinberger | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 31 | | DF | Aaron Guillen | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | ||
| 33 | | DF | Steven Miller | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| 98 | DF | Futty Danso | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| 99 | MF | Nelson Blanco | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| TOTALS | 51 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 56 | 1 | |||||