| Club: | North Carolina |
| Season: | 2019 |
| Chrtitle: | Owner |
| Chairman: | Stephen Malik |
| Mgrtitle: | Head coach |
| Manager: | Dave Sarachan |
| Stadium: | Sahlen's Stadium at WakeMed Soccer Park Cary, North Carolina (Capacity: 10,000) |
| League: | USL Championship |
| League Result: | 7th, Eastern Conference |
| Cup1: | U.S. Open Cup |
| Cup1 Result: | 4th Round |
| League Topscorer: | Steven Miller (9) Robert Kristo (9) |
| Season Topscorer: | Robert Kristo (11) |
| Highest Attendance: | League/All: 6,172 (June 15 vs. Swope Park) |
| Lowest Attendance: | League: 2,833 (August 21 vs. Tampa Bay) All: 1,270 (May 29 vs. Florida Soccer Soldiers, USOC) |
| Largest Win: | 5–0 (August 17 vs. Pittsburgh) |
| Largest Loss: | 0–4 (June 12 at NYCFC, USOC) (August 31 at Loudoun) |
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| Prevseason: | 2018 |
| Nextseason: | 2020 |
The 2019 North Carolina FC season was the club's 13th season of existence. The 2018 season was the club's first in the USL, having left the NASL at the end of the 2017 season. For the fourth time in history and the first time since 2009, North Carolina won the 2018 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. The 2019 season was the first under new coach Dave Sarachan who replaced Colin Clarke.
| Position | Staff |
|---|---|
| Head coach |  Dave Sarachan |
| Assistant coach | John Bradford |
| Assistant coach | Clint Peay |
| Assistant coach | Nic Platter |
See main article: 2019 USL Championship season.
See main article: Eastern Conference (USL Championship).
See main article: 2019 U.S. Open Cup.
As a member of the USL Championship, North Carolina FC entered the tournament in the second round.[1]
Schedule Source[2]
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 Championship Regular Season | width=150 | USL Championship Playoffs | width=150 | U.S. Open Cup | width=80 | Total |
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| 1 | FW | 18 | Robert Kristo | 9 | 0 | 2 | 11 | ||||||||||
| 2 | MF | 31 | Steven Miller | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9 | ||||||||||
| MF | 8 | Dre Fortune | 7 | 1 | 1 | 9 | |||||||||||
| 4 | FW | 7 | Donovan Ewolo | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | ||||||||||
| 5 | FW | 9 | Marios Lomis | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||||
| FW | 11 | Yamikani Chester | 5 | 0 | 1 | 6 | |||||||||||
| 7 | MF | 21 | Nazmi Albadawi | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | ||||||||||
| 8 | DF | 3 | Sam Brotherton | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||||||||||
| 9 | FW | 26 | Tommy McCabe | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||||
| FW | 10 | Ben Speas | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||||||||||
| MF | 6 | Austin da Luz | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||||||||||
| 12 | DF | 27 | D. J. Taylor | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Own goals by opponent | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||||||
| TOTALS | 57 | 2 | 5 | 64 | |||||||||||||
| Number | Nation | Position | Name | USL Championship Regular Season | USL Championship Playoffs | U.S. Open Cup | Total | ||||||||
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | MF | Dre Fortune | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | |||||
| 3 | DF | Sam Brotherton | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |||||
| 31 |  | DF | Aarón Guillén | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||||
| 5 |  | MF | Duval Wapiwo | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||||
| 23 |  | DF | Alex Comsia | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||||
| 21 | MF | Nazmi Albadawi | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |||||
| 16 | | MF | Graham Smith | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||||
| 6 | MF | Austin da Luz | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | |||||
| 27 | DF | D.J. Taylor | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||||
| 11 |  | FW | Yamikani Chester | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||||
| 31 | | MF | Steven Miller | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||||
| 18 |  | FW | Robert Kristo | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||||
| 7 | | FW | Donovan Ewolo | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| 10 | | MF | Ben Speas | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| 14 | | DF | Colton Storm | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| 2 | | DF | Manny Perez | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| 26 | | MF | Tommy McCabe | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| 17 | | DF | Timmy Mehl | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| TOTALS | 43 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 51 | 2 | |||||||