The Carolina Courage was a professional soccer team that played in the Women's United Soccer Association. The team played at Fetzer Field on the UNC-Chapel Hill campus in 2001, and then at the soccer-specific SAS Stadium in Cary, North Carolina in 2002 and 2003.[1]
The team was founded in 2000 and began play in 2001.[citation needed] The Courage played their first season at Fetzer Field on the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill campus.[2] They finished the 2001 season in last place, tied with the Washington Freedom on points, with a 6–12–3 record.[3] The Courage moved to the new SAS Soccer Park in Cary for the 2002 season and drew an average of 5,800 spectators to its matches.[2] The team won the 2002 Founders Cup, defeating the Washington Freedom 3–2.[4][5] In 2003, the Carolina Courage finished 7th in the league with seven wins, nine losses, and four ties.[6]
The Women's United Soccer Association announced on September 15, 2003, that it was suspending operations.[7] The Courage name was revived in 2017 by the North Carolina Courage, a new team in the National Women's Soccer League that plays at the same stadium in Cary.[2]
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