| Club: | North Carolina Courage |
| Season: | 2022 |
| Chrtitle: | Club President |
| Chairman: | Francie Gottsegen |
| Owner: | Stephen Malik |
| Mgrtitle: | Head Coach |
| Manager: | Sean Nahas |
| Stadium: | Sahlen's Stadium at WakeMed Soccer Park Cary, North Carolina (Capacity: 10,000) |
| League: | NWSL Regular Season |
| League Result: | 7th |
| Cup1: | NWSL Challenge Cup |
| Cup1 Result: | Champions (1st title) |
| League Topscorer: | Debinha (12) |
| Season Topscorer: | Debinha (17) |
| Highest Attendance: | 6,376 (Sept. 24 vs. NJ/NY) |
| Lowest Attendance: | 3,084 (May 18 vs. ORL) |
| Average Attendance: | 4,195 |
| Largest Win: | 5–1 (Sept. 10 vs. LOU) |
| Largest Loss: | 0–2 (July 1 vs. OL Reign) |
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| Prevseason: | 2021 |
| Nextseason: | 2023 |
The 2022 North Carolina Courage season was the team's sixth season as a professional women's soccer team. North Carolina Courage plays in the National Women's Soccer League, the top tier of women's soccer in the United States.
See main article: 2022 NWSL Challenge Cup.
The Challenge Cup is the NWSL's primary league cup tournament. It was first played in 2020 following the cancellation of the regular season due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Angel City and San Diego, new expansion clubs, competed for the first time in the Challenge Cup. In the 2021 cup, North Carolina had failed to advance beyond the group stage. The twelve league teams were divided into three groups, with North Carolina initially competing twice against the other three teams in its group: Gotham, Orlando, and Washington.[1]
The 2022 season of the National Women's Soccer League saw 12 teams play 22 matches: one against every other team, with one match at each club's stadium. Three points were awarded for each win, one point per draw, and none for defeats. At the end of the season, the top two teams qualify for first-round byes in the NWSL Playoffs, while four more teams play in an opening playoff round.[2]
North Carolina has used a total of 30 players during the 2022 season, and there have been 14 different goal scorers. There have also been three squad members — forward Valérie Gauvin, who was traded to the Houston Dash on August 23, 2022;[3] midfielder Haleigh Stackpole; and goalkeeper Marisa Bova — who have not made a first-team appearance in the campaign.
The team has scored a total of 60 goals in all competitions. The highest scorers have been Debinha with 17 goals, and Diana Ordoñez with 12 goals.
Pos = Playing position
Nat. = Nationality
Apps = AppearancesGK = Goalkeeper
DF = Defender
MF = Midfielder
FW = Forward = Yellow cards
= Red cards
Numbers in parentheses denote appearances as substitute. Players with name struck through and marked left the club during the playing season.
| Name | Challenge Cup | NWSL | Total | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||||||||||
| 0 | GK |  | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1 | GK | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2 | DF | | 8 (3) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 (2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 (5) | 2 | 1 | 0 | |
| 3 | DF | | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 30 | 3 | 3 | 0 | |
| 4 | DF | | 7 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 (1) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 27 (2) | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| 5 | MF | | 7 (3) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 22 (5) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 29 (8) | 2 | 2 | 0 | |
| 6 | DF |  | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 2 | 1 | 0 | |
| 7 | MF | | 7 (2) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 16 (5) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 (7) | 1 | 2 | 0 | |
| 8 | MF |  | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 (1) | 1 | 3 | 0 | 27 (1) | 1 | 3 | 0 | |
| 9 | FW |  | 5 (2) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 18 (2) | 7 | 3 | 0 | |
| 10 | MF | | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 17 | 0 | 0 | |
| 11 | DF | | 8 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 19 (7) | 0 | 3 | 0 | 27 (7) | 1 | 5 | 0 | |
| 12 | FW |  | 6 (4) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 19 (2) | 11 | 0 | 0 | 25 (6) | 12 | 1 | 0 | |
| 13 | DF | | 3 (3) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 (8) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 (11) | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 14 | DF | | 1 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 (2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 15 | DF | | 8 (2) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 19 (11) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 27 (13) | 2 | 2 | 0 | |
| 16 | MF | | 4 (2) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 (1) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 (3) | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| 19 | MF |  | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 23 | DF | | 5 (2) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 (4) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 (6) | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 24 | MF | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 (3) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 (3) | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 25 | MF | | 8 (5) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 (10) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 27 (15) | 1 | 2 | 0 | |
| 27 | FW | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 (7) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 10 (7) | 2 | 1 | 0 | |
| 28 | MF | | 1 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 (1) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 (2) | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| 29 | FW | | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 (8) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 10 (8) | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| 33 | FW | | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 (5) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 (5) | 0 | 4 | 0 | |