Record Crowd Sees Courage and Wave Play to Scoreless Draw Saturday
October 7, 2023 - National Women's Soccer League (NWSL)
North Carolina Courage News Release
CARY, NC - The North Carolina Courage played San Diego Wave FC to a scoreless draw Saturday night in a chilly but electric night at WakeMed Soccer Park. The match saw 10,434 fans enter the gates, which set both a club and WakeMed Soccer Park record.
The Courage had 12 shots to San Diego's four and held 60% of possession on the night. The Courage had the best chance of the opening half when Kerolin and Emily Fox combined to play Narumi through in the box, but her shot was saved off the line by a last-ditch effort from the defender to keep the home side off the board.
The Courage had several more big opportunities to crack the scoreboard throughout the evening, but could not find the goal to get ahead. The Courage will finish the weekend in third place in the NWSL standings with one match remaining.
Match Notes
Denise O'Sullivan became the club record holder for all-time regular season minutes played in the 50' at 9,393 minutes.
The Courage passed with 82% accuracy Saturday; the ninth time this regular season they have eclipsed the 80% threshold
Next Match: The Courage finish the regular season with a trip to face the Washington Spirit next Sunday, October 15, for a 5:00 p.m. ET kickoff at Audi Field. The match will stream live on Paramount+.
Box Score:
NCC (4-3-3): Casey Murphy, Emily Fox, Malia Berkely, Kaleigh Kurtz, Ryan Williams, Narumi Miura, Denise O'Sullivan ©, Haley Hopkins (Mille Gejl - 75'), Manaka Matsukubo (Victoria Pickett - 80'), Kerolin, Tess Boade (Rikke Madsen - 80')
Subs Not Used: Katelyn Rowland, Brianna Pinto, Brittany Ratcliffe, Frankie Tagliaferri, Sydney Collins, Tyler Lussi
SDW (4-3-3): Kailen Sheridan, Madison Pogarch (Kaleigh Riehl - 78'), Naomi Girma, Abby Dahlkemper, Christen Westphal, Danielle Colaprico (Meggie Dougherty-Howard - 58'), Jaedyn Shaw (Makenzy Doniak - 78'), Emily van Egmond, Alex Morgan ©, Kyra Carusa (Taylor Kornieck - 69'), Rachel Hill (Sofia Jacobsson - 78')
Subs Not Used: Amirah Ali, Melanie Barcenas, Sierra Enge, Shae Yanez
Score:
NCC: 0
SDW: 0
Goals:
NCC:
SDW:
Cautions:
NCC: K. Kurtz - 63'
SDW: M. Pogarch - 61'; K. Riehl - 79'; T. Kornieck - 89'
Ejections:
NCC: -
SDW: -
Attendance: 10,434
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