North Carolina Courage

North Carolina Courage

9th in NWSL
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NWSL Table

# TEAM GP GD PTS
1 Kansas City Curre.. 26 +36 65
2 Washington Spirit 26 +9 44
3 Portland Thorns F.. 26 +7 40
4 Orlando Pride 26 +6 40
5 Seattle Reign FC 26 +3 39
6 San Diego Wave FC 26 +7 37
7 Racing Louisville.. 26 -3 37
8 Gotham FC 26 +10 36
9 North Carolina Co.. 26 -2 35
10 Houston Dash 26 -12 30
11 Angel City FC 26 -10 27
12 Utah Royals 26 -14 25
13 Bay FC 26 -15 20
14 Chicago Stars FC 26 -22 20
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Team Leaders

Top Scorers

# Player Goals M A
34 Manaka Matsuku.. 11 26 4
20 Shinomi Koyama 3 25 1
8 Brianna Pinto 3 19 0

Top Assists

# Player Assists M G
34 Manaka Matsuku.. 4 26 11
25 Meredith Speck 3 15 1
13 Ryan Williams 2 26 1