| Club: | North Carolina Courage |
| Season: | 2023 |
| Ownertitle: | Managing Owner |
| Owner: | Steve Malik |
| Chrtitle: | Club President |
| Chairman: | Francie Gottsegen |
| 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: | 3rd |
| Cup1: | NWSL Challenge Cup |
| Cup1 Result: | Champions (2nd title) |
| Cup2: | Playoffs |
| Cup2 Result: | Quarterfinals |
| League Topscorer: | Kerolin (9 goals) |
| Highest Attendance: | (May 6 vs POR) |
| Lowest Attendance: | (Jun 17 vs ORL) |
| Pattern La1: | _nccourage22h |
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| Pattern Ra1: | _nccourage22h |
| Leftarm1: | 002b46 |
| Body1: | 002b46 |
| Rightarm1: | 002b46 |
| Shorts1: | 002b46 |
| Socks1: | 002b46 |
| Pattern B2: | _nccourage23a |
| Leftarm2: | fff |
| Body2: | fff |
| Rightarm2: | fff |
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| Updated: | July 9, 2023 |
| Prevseason: | 2022 |
| Nextseason: | 2024 |
| American: | yes |
The 2023 North Carolina Courage season was the team's seventh season as a professional women's soccer team. The Courage played in the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL), the top tier of women's soccer in the United States.
See also: 2022 North Carolina Courage season.
On June 5, 2023, the Courage announced that Bally Sports South would regionally broadcast eight of the team's games.[1]
See main article: 2023 NWSL Challenge Cup.
See main article: 2023 NWSL Draft. Draft picks are not automatically signed to the team roster. The 2022 NWSL Draft was held on December 18, 2021.
| Player | College | Status | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 |  | FW | Notre Dame | Signed through 2025. | [5] [6] | |
| 8 |  | MF | California | ||||
| 9 | | MF | Florida State | ||||
| 11 | | FW | Virginia | ||||
| Date | Player | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 15, 2022 | | GK | Option exercised. | [7] | |
| | DF | ||||
| | MF | ||||
| | MF | ||||
 | MF | ||||
| | MF | ||||
 | FW | ||||
| | DF | Option declined. | |||
| Date | Player | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 28, 2022 | | DF | Re-signed through 2025 on a guaranteed contract. | ||
| December 6, 2022 | | MF | Free agent re-signed through 2024 on a guaranteed contract. | [8] | |
| January 3, 2023 | | GK | Re-signed through 2025 on a guaranteed contract. | ||
| January 5, 2023 | | MF | Re-signed through 2025 on a guaranteed contract. | ||
| January 19, 2023 | | DF | Re-signed through 2025. | ||
| January 23, 2023 | | FW | Free agent re-signed through 2023, with a mutual option to extend through 2024. | ||
| January 24, 2023 | | GK | Free agent re-signed through 2025. | ||
| Date | Player | Destination club | Fee/notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 15, 2022 | | MF |  Western Sydney Wanderers | Loaned until February 2023. Returned December 17, 2022, due to injury. | [10] [11] | |
| August 15, 2023 | | Hensley Hancuff | Växjö DFF | Loan runs through the 2023-24 Damallsvenskan season. | [12] | |
| Date | Player | Previous club | Fee/notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 1, 2022 |  | DF | NJ/NY Gotham FC | Free-agent signed through 2024 on a guaranteed contract. | [13] [14] | |
| January 20, 2023 | | FW | Angel City FC | Acquired in exchange for Merritt Mathias. | [15] | |
| FW |  BK Häcken FF | Signed through 2024. | [16] | |||
| January 23, 2023 | | DF | Racing Louisville FC | Acquired in exchange for Abby Erceg and Carson Pickett. | [17] | |
| February 7, 2023 | | MF | Tokyo Verdy Beleza | Acquired for an undisclosed transfer fee. Under contract through 2024. | [18] | |
| April 7, 2022 | | MF | NJ/NY Gotham FC | Acquired in exchange for $200,000 in allocation money. | [19] [20] | |
| June 27, 2023 | | Brisbane Roar FC | Short-term national team replacement player signing. | [21] | ||
| | Virginia Cavaliers | |||||
| | ||||||
| July 17, 2023 | | Tokyo Verdy Beleza | Free transfer signed to a two-year contract with an option for an additional year. | [22] [23] | ||
| Date | Player | Destination club | Fee/notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 15, 2022 | | FW | Perth Glory | Contract mutually terminated. | ||
 | DF | Melbourne City | ||||
| December 18, 2022 | | FW | Houston Dash | Traded with the 30th-overall selection of the 2023 NWSL Draft in exchange for the eighth-overall selection in the 2023 NWSL Draft, Houston's natural first-round selection in the 2024 NWSL Draft, a 2023 international slot, and $100,000 in allocation money. | ||
| December 22, 2022 |  | MF | Kansas City Current | Free-agent signing. | ||
| January 14, 2023 | | MF | Liverpool F.C. | Transfer terms not disclosed. | [24] | |
| January 20, 2023 | | DF | Angel City FC | Traded in exchange for Tyler Lussi. | ||
| January 23, 2023 | | DF | Racing Louisville FC | Traded in exchange for Emily Fox. | ||
| | DF | |||||
| Date | Player | List | Injury | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 20, 2023 | | MF | 45-day injured reserve | Shoulder injury suffered while on loan to Western Sydney Wanderers. | [25] | |
| | MF | Season-ending injury | Anterior cruciate ligament tear during preseason. | |||
Trialists are non-rostered invitees during preseason and are not automatically signed. The Courage released their preseason roster on February 3, 2023.[26]
| Player | Previous club | Notes | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Elianna Beard | F.C. Kiryat Gat | Not signed. | |||
| Virginia Cavaliers | Signed as a national team replacement player. | |||||
| Jennifer Cudjoe | NJ/NY Gotham FC | Not signed. | ||||
| Nikia Smith | F.C. Ramat HaSharon | Signed as a national team replacement player. | ||||
| Croix Soto | Oregon Ducks | Not signed. |