by Fran Stuchbury
November 9, 2021 – National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL) – North Carolina Courage
The North Carolina Courage finished a challenging season with a playoff loss to the Washington Spirit Sunday. On September 30, 2021, the Courage announced that Head Coach Paul Riley had been fired. The last five games of the season the Courage went 1-3-1 under interim head coach Sean Nahas but were able to hang onto the last playoff spot, the sixth seed, on the last day of the National Women’s Soccer League regular season. They ended up losing to the Washington Spirit 1-0 in the NWSL Playoff Quarterfinals.
Here is the North Carolina Courage season by the numbers.
- 1 – Tie at home
- 1- Victory by interim head coach Sean Nahas
- 1- Penalty kick scored by Amy Rodriguez, only one for the Courage during the season
- 3 – Victories on the road
- 5 – Most assists by Carson Pickett
- 5 – Ties on the road
- 6 – Victories at home
- 6 – Most yellow cards by Merritt Mathias
- 7 – Most goals by forward Lynn Williams
- 8 – Regular season victories by former head coach Paul Riley
- 9 – Regular Season victories.
- 9 – Regular Season Losses
- 11 – Clean sheets for Courage goalkeeper Casey tied a NWSL record
- 15 – Most times substituted in the games by Ryan Williams
- 23 – Most times offsides by Jessica McDonald
- 24 – All regular season games played by Carson Pickett, the only Courage player to do so.
- 25 – Most fouls drawn by Denise O’Sullivan
- 26 – Players played in at least one game
- 27 – Most fouls committed by Denise O’Sullivan
- 28 – Shots on target by forward Lynn Williams
- 55 – Most interceptions by Carson Pickett
- 65 – Shots by forward Lynn Williams
- 96 – Saves from Courage goalkeeper Casey Murphy
- 233 – Most crosses by Carson Pickett
- 2,145 – Most minutes played by Carson Pickett
- 7,064 – Most fans at a home game on October 17th against NJ/NY Gotham FC
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