2018 North Carolina Courage season

The 2018 North Carolina Courage season was the team's second season as a professional women's soccer team. North Carolina Courage played in the National Women's Soccer League, the top tier of women's soccer in the United States. On August 5, the Courage clinched the 2018 NWSL Shield for the second consecutive season after a 2–1 win over Portland.^[1][2] The Courage finished the 2018 regular season with only 1 loss and broke the record for most wins in a season (17), most points (57) and most goals (53).^[3]

North Carolina Courage

2018 season
Owner	Stephen Malik
General manager	Curt Johnson
Head coach	Paul Riley
Stadium	Sahlen's Stadium at WakeMed Soccer Park Cary, North Carolina (Capacity: 10,000)
NWSL Regular Season	1st
NWSL Playoffs	Champions
Women's ICC	Champions
Top goalscorer	League: Lynn Williams (14) All: Lynn Williams (14)
Highest home attendance	9,505 (Sept. 8 vs. Houston)
Lowest home attendance	3,011 (Apr. 18 vs. Seattle)
Average home league attendance	5,129
Biggest win	5–0 (September 8 vs. Houston)
Biggest defeat	0–1 (June 16 vs. Utah)
Home colors Away colors
← 2017 2019 →

On September 22, North Carolina defeated the Portland Thorns 3-0 to win the 2018 NWSL Championship and completed one of the most successful seasons for a professional women's soccer team in the United States.^[4]

Team

Coaching staff

As of May 31, 2018

Source: North Carolina Courage^[5]

Position	Staff
Head coach	Paul Riley
Assistant coach	Scott Vallow
Assistant coach	Bill Paladino
Assistant coach	Sean Nahas
Assistant coach	Nathan Thackeray

First-team roster

As of December 17, 2018

Source: North Carolina Courage^[6]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 0 GK  USA Katelyn Rowland 1 GK  CAN Sabrina D'Angelo 4 MF  USA Elizabeth Eddy 5 MF  USA Sam Mewis 6 DF  NZL Abby Erceg 7 MF  USA McCall Zerboni 8 MF  IRL Denise O'Sullivan 9 FW  USA Lynn Williams 10 MF  BRA Debinha 11 DF  USA Merritt Mathias

No. Pos. Nation Player 13 DF  USA Abby Dahlkemper 14 FW  USA Jessica McDonald 15 DF  USA Jaelene Hinkle 16 DF  USA Cari Roccaro 17 MF  USA Heather O'Reilly 19 FW  USA Crystal Dunn 22 DF  USA Julie King 23 FW  USA Kristen Hamilton 25 DF  USA Meredith Speck 31 DF  USA Kaleigh Kurtz

Player transactions

2018 NWSL College Draft

Source: National Women's Soccer League^[7]

Round	Pick	Nat.	Player	Pos.	Previous Team
Round 1	10		Frannie Crouse	FW	Penn State
Round 2	20		Rebecca Rasmusen	MF	University of Colorado
Round 4	38		Morgan Reid	DF	Duke University
Round 4	39		Carlin Hudson	DF	Yale University
Round 4	40		Ryan Williams	DF	TCU

In

Date	Player	Positions played	Previous club	Fee/notes	Ref.
January 16, 2018	Crystal Dunn	FW	Chelsea F.C.	Rights were acquired in trade with the Washington Spirit.	[8]
January 30, 2018	Julie King	DF	Boston Breakers	Acquired during Boston Breakers Dispersal Draft	[9]
January 30, 2018	Allysha Chapman	DF	Boston Breakers	Acquired during Boston Breakers Dispersal Draft	[9]
January 31, 2018	Merritt Mathias	DF	Seattle Reign	Acquired in a trade with the Seattle Reign in exchange for North Carolina's first round pick in the 2019 NWSL College Draft. The Courage also received Seattle's second round pick in 2019.	[10]
June 28, 2018	Heather O'Reilly	MF	Arsenal	Signed after rights were acquired in trade with Utah Royals FC	[11]

Out

Date	Player	Positions played	Destination club	Fee/notes	Ref.
October 23, 2017	Stephanie Ochs	FW		Placed on the Re-Entry Wire after the 2017 Season, wasn't claimed by another team.	[12]
January 16, 2018	Taylor Smith	DF	Washington Spirit	Traded to the Washington Spirit in exchange for the rights to Crystal Dunn.	[8]
January 16, 2018	Ashley Hatch	FW	Washington Spirit	Traded to the Washington Spirit in exchange for the rights to Crystal Dunn.	[8]
May 9, 2018	Allysha Chapman	DF	Houston Dash	Traded to the Houston Dash in exchange for the Houston's first round draft pink in the 2019 NWSL College Draft	[13]
June 28, 2018	Makenzy Doniak	FW	Utah Royals FC	Traded to Utah Royals FC in exchange for the rights to Heather O'Reilly.	[11]

Competitions

National Women's Soccer League

See also: 2018 National Women's Soccer League season

Preseason

Source: North Carolina Courage^[14]

North Carolina Courage v UNC–Chapel Hill

February 25 (25-02)	North Carolina Courage	2–0	UNC–Chapel Hill	Cary, North Carolina
11:00 a.m. ET	Jenkins			Stadium: WakeMed Soccer Park Field 6

NC State University v North Carolina Courage

March 01 (01-03)	NC State University	0–4	North Carolina Courage	Raleigh, North Carolina
11:00 a.m. ET			McDonald Jenkins Hamilton R. Williams	Stadium: Dail Soccer Stadium

North Carolina Courage v University of Tennessee

March 04 (04-03)	North Carolina Courage	2–0	University of Tennessee	Cary, North Carolina
2:00 p.m. ET	Jenkins Hamilton			Stadium: WakeMed Soccer Park

North Carolina Courage v Clemson University

March 10 (10-03)	North Carolina Courage	3–0	Clemson University	Cary, North Carolina
3:30 p.m. ET	Williams McDonald			Stadium: WakeMed Soccer Park Field 4

Washington Spirit v North Carolina Courage

March 17 (17-03)	Washington Spirit	0–3	North Carolina Courage	Richmond, Virginia
7:00 p.m. ET		Report	Erceg 12' McDonald 23' (Dunn) Hamilton 84' Zerboni	Stadium: City Stadium (Richmond)

Regular season

Source: North Carolina Courage^[15]

North Carolina Courage v Portland Thorns FC

March 24 (24-03) 1	North Carolina Courage	1–0	Portland Thorns FC	Cary, North Carolina
3:30 p.m. EST	Hinkle  51' Debinha 70'	Report	Sonnett  33' Horan  35'	Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium at WakeMed Soccer Park Attendance: 4,210
Note: Televised on Lifetime.

North Carolina Courage v Sky Blue FC

March 31 (31-03) 2	North Carolina Courage	1–0	Sky Blue FC	Cary, North Carolina
3:00 p.m. EST	McDonald 90+2' (Hinkle)	Report	Gibbons  66' Stott  86'	Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium at WakeMed Soccer Park Attendance: 4,078

Washington Spirit v North Carolina Courage

April 14 (14-04) 3	Washington Spirit	2–4	North Carolina Courage	Boyds, Maryland
7:00 p.m. EST	Pugh 3' Ordega 58' (Solaun) Johnson  84'	Report	Dunn 20' (McDonald) Zerboni 24' (Williams), 48' (Hamilton) Williams 66' (Dunn)	Stadium: Maryland SoccerPlex Attendance: 3,458 Referee: Jasmine Peralta

North Carolina Courage v Seattle Reign FC

April 18 (18-04) 4	North Carolina Courage	1–0	Seattle Reign FC	Cary, North Carolina
7:00 p.m. EST	Hamilton  14' McDonald 70' (Hamilton)	Report		Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium at WakeMed Soccer Park Attendance: 3,011 Referee: Kevin Broadley

North Carolina Courage v Utah Royals FC

April 21 (21-04) 5	North Carolina Courage	2–2	Utah Royals FC	Cary, North Carolina
3:30 p.m. EST	Mathias 6' Hamilton  17' Dunn 80' Dahlkemper  87'	Report	Ratcliffe  28' 66' Stengel 52'	Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium at WakeMed Soccer Park Attendance: 3,958 Referee: Jon Fremon
Note: Televised on Lifetime.

Houston Dash v North Carolina Courage

April 28 (28-04) 6	Houston Dash	0–2	North Carolina Courage	Houston, Texas
2:30 p.m. CST		Report	Dunn 3' (McDonald) Hamilton 48' (O'Sullivan) Mathias  44'	Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium Referee: Elvis Osmanovic
Note: Televised on Lifetime.

North Carolina Courage v Chicago Red Stars

May 06 (06-05) 7	North Carolina Courage	1–1	Chicago Red Stars	Cary, North Carolina
3:00 p.m. EST	Mewis  45' Zerboni  71' 82'	Report	Kerr 37' Nagasato  45+3' Vasconcelos  73'	Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium at WakeMed Soccer Park Attendance: 4,068 Referee: Marco Vega

North Carolina Courage v Washington Spirit

May 12 (12-05) 8	North Carolina Courage	1–0	Washington Spirit	Cary, North Carolina
7:00 p.m. EST	Erceg 63' (Hinkle)	Report	Ordega  38'	Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium at WakeMed Soccer Park Attendance: 5,866 Referee: Jonathan Bilinksi

Sky Blue FC v North Carolina Courage

May 19 (19-05) 9	Sky Blue FC	1–2	North Carolina Courage	Piscataway, New Jersey
7:00 p.m. EST	Lloyd  15' 90+4' (Killion) Tiernan  85'	Report	Dunn 19' (McDonald) Mewis 27' Rowland  70'	Stadium: Yurcak Field Attendance: 1,923 Referee: Danielle Chesky

Orlando Pride v North Carolina Courage

May 23 (23-05) 10	Orlando Pride	3–4	North Carolina Courage	Orlando, Florida
7:30 p.m. EST	Ubogagu 52' (Marta) Kennedy 65' (Nairn) van Egmond  72' Hill 83' (Marta)	Report	McDonald 32' (O'Sullivan), 90' (Hinkle) Debinha 57' Mewis 62' (Dunn) Erceg  90+3'	Stadium: Orlando City Stadium Attendance: 3,104 Referee: Christina Unkel

Portland Thorns FC v North Carolina Courage

May 30 (30-05) 11	Portland Thorns FC	1–4	North Carolina Courage	Portland, Oregon
7:30 p.m. PST	Sinclair  38' Klingenberg  70' Reynolds 89'	Report	Williams 31' (pen.) 62' (Mewis) Debinha 58' (Dunn) Mewis 64' (Zerboni) Mathias  79' Hamilton  88'	Stadium: Providence Park Attendance: 15,018 Referee: Joe Dickerson

Houston Dash v North Carolina Courage

June 03 (03-06) 12	Houston Dash	1–1	North Carolina Courage	Houston, Texas
6:00 p.m. CST	Ohai 49' (Campbell) Daly  68' Kgatlana  90+3'	Report	Williams  45+1' Crouse 80'	Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium Attendance: 2,941 Referee: Natalie Simon

North Carolina Courage v Utah Royals FC

June 16 (16-06) 13	North Carolina Courage	0–1	Utah Royals FC	Cary, North Carolina
7:00 p.m. EST		Report	Scott  26' Ratcliffe 90+4'	Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium at WakeMed Soccer Park Attendance: 5,164 Referee: Jasmine Peralta

Seattle Reign FC v North Carolina Courage

June 23 (23-06) 14	Seattle Reign FC	1–4	North Carolina Courage	Seattle, Washington
1:00 p.m. PST	Oyster 18'	Report	Williams 27' (Hinkle) Dunn 33' (Williams) 70' (Williams) Mathias 48'	Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 4,032 Referee: Lukasz Szpala

Orlando Pride v North Carolina Courage

June 30 (30-06) 15	Orlando Pride	0–3	North Carolina Courage	Orlando, Florida
3:30 p.m. EST		Report	Debinha 37' Mathias 39' (Debinha) McDonald 40' (Dunn)	Stadium: Orlando City Stadium Attendance: 4,017 Referee: Elvis Osmanovic
Note: Televised on Lifetime.

North Carolina Courage v Chicago Red Stars

July 04 (04-07) 16	North Carolina Courage	4–1	Chicago Red Stars	Cary, North Carolina
7:00 p.m. EST	Dunn 20' (McDonald) Williams 37' (Mathias) Debinha 69' (Mewis) Hamilton 87' (Williams)	Report	Ertz  32' Nagasato 90+3' (pen.)	Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium at WakeMed Soccer Park Attendance: 5,295 Referee: Matthew Franz
Note: Match start delayed 1 hour, 50 minutes due to inclement weather

North Carolina Courage v Washington Spirit

July 11 (11-07) 17	North Carolina Courage	2–0	Washington Spirit	Cary, North Carolina
7:00 p.m. EST	Debinha 12' O'Sullivan  53' McDonald 60' (Dunn)	Report		Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium at WakeMed Soccer Park Attendance: 3,409 Referee: Daniel Gutierrez

Sky Blue FC v North Carolina Courage

July 14 (14-07) 18	Sky Blue FC	0–4	North Carolina Courage	Piscataway, New Jersey
7:00 p.m. EST	Lloyd  85'	Report	Erceg 15' (Hamilton) Williams 56' (Hamilton), 72' (Debinha), 89'	Stadium: Yurcak Field Attendance: 2,376 Referee: Danielle Chesky

Utah Royals FC v North Carolina Courage

July 20 (20-07) 19	Utah Royals FC	0–0	North Carolina Courage	Sandy, Utah
8:00 p.m. MST		Report		Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium Attendance: 8,529 Referee: Christina Unkel

North Carolina Courage v Portland Thorns FC

August 05 (05-08) 20	North Carolina Courage	2–1	Portland Thorns FC	Cary, North Carolina
6:00 p.m. EST	Williams 37' (McDonald), 45'	Report	Sonett  45+3' Horan 49' (Heath) Foord  85'	Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium at WakeMed Soccer Park Attendance: 5,379 Referee: Michael Radchuck

Chicago Red Stars v North Carolina Courage

August 10 (10-08) 21	Chicago Red Stars	1–1	North Carolina Courage	Bridgeview, Illinois
7:00 p.m. CST	Kerr 64' (DiBernardo) Nagasato  72'	Report	Debinha 21' (McDonald) Hamilton  87'	Stadium: Toyota Park Attendance: 3,567 Referee: Matthew Franz

North Carolina Courage v Orlando Pride

August 18 (18-08) 22	North Carolina Courage	3–0	Orlando Pride	Cary, North Carolina
7:00 p.m. ET	Mathias  37' Zadorsky 75' (o.g.) Debinha 81' (Williams) Williams 88' (Mathias)	Report	Van Egmond  28'	Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium at WakeMed Soccer Park Attendance: 7,606 Referee: Kevin Broadley
Note: Game resumed in the 22nd minute on Sunday, August 19 due to weather

Seattle Reign FC v North Carolina Courage

August 25 (25-08) 23	Seattle Reign FC	1–1	North Carolina Courage	Seattle, Washington
1:00 p.m. PST	Nielsen 67' (Fishlock) Taylor  79'	Report	McDonald  23' O'Sullivan  45+3' Mathias  85' Williams 90+6'	Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 4,455

North Carolina Courage v Houston Dash

September 08 (08-09) 24	North Carolina Courage	5–0	Houston Dash	Cary, North Carolina
7:30 p.m. EST	McDonald 13' (Erceg) Dunn 26' Williams 44' (McDonald), 57' (McDonald) Hamilton 70'	Report		Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium at WakeMed Soccer Park Attendance: 9,505

Postseason playoffs

North Carolina Courage v Chicago Red Stars

September 18 (18-09) Semifinal	North Carolina Courage	2–0	Chicago Red Stars	Portland, Oregon
6:00 p.m. PST	McDonald 5' (Dunn) Mathias  72' Mewis 86' (Dunn)	Report		Stadium: Providence Park Attendance: 4,646 Referee: Timothy Ford
Note: Televised on ESPNews. Due to the impending arrival of Hurricane Florence, the league rescheduled the Courage-Red Stars semifinal for September 18 in Portland.[16]

North Carolina Courage v Portland Thorns FC

September 22 (22-09) Final	North Carolina Courage	3–0	Portland Thorns FC	Portland, Oregon
1:30 p.m. PST	Debinha 13' McDonald 40' (Hinkle), 64' (Mathias)  65' O'Sullivan  42'	Report		Stadium: Providence Park Attendance: 21,144 Referee: Guido Gonzalez Assistant referees: Brooke Mayo, Adrienne McDonald Fourth official: Karen Abt
Note: Televised on Lifetime.

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	North Carolina Courage (C)	24	17	6	1	53	17	+36	57	NWSL Shield
2	Portland Thorns FC	24	12	6	6	40	28	+12	42	NWSL Playoffs
3	Seattle Reign FC	24	11	8	5	27	19	+8	41
4	Chicago Red Stars	24	9	10	5	38	28	+10	37
5	Utah Royals FC	24	9	8	7	22	23	−1	35
6	Houston Dash	24	9	5	10	35	39	−4	32
7	Orlando Pride	24	8	6	10	30	37	−7	30
8	Washington Spirit	24	2	5	17	12	35	−23	11
9	Sky Blue FC	24	1	6	17	21	52	−31	9

Source: NWSL
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(C) Champions

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24
Stadium	H	H	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	A	A	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	W	W	W	W	D	W	D	W	W	W	W	D	L	W	W	W	W	W	D	W	D	W	D	W
Position	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

Updated to match(es) played on September 8, 2018. Source: NWSLsoccer.com
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

International friendlies

Main article: 2018 Women's International Champions Cup

As defending 2017 Shield winners and playoff finalists, the Courage were selected to participate in the inaugural Women's International Champions Cup. They defeated French side Paris Saint-Germain Women in the semi-final round and French side and defending UEFA Women's Champions League titleholders Lyon Women in the final at Miami Garden's Hard Rock Stadium to become the first ever champions of the event.

North Carolina Courage v Paris-Saint Germain Women

July 26 (26-07) Semi-final	North Carolina Courage	2–1	Paris-Saint Germain Women	Miami Gardens, Florida
6:15 p.m. ET	McDonald 19' (Kurtz) Speck  56' Jenkins 84' (Williams)	Report	Kurtz 40' (o.g.)	Stadium: Hard Rock Stadium Referee: Natalie Simon

North Carolina Courage v Lyon Women

July 29 (29-07) Final	North Carolina Courage	1–0	Lyon Women	Miami Gardens, Florida
9:00 p.m. ET	O'Reilly 10' (Williams) Roccaro  69'	Report	Buchanan  81'	Stadium: Hard Rock Stadium Referee: Jasmine Peralta
Note: Televised on ESPN2

Statistics

Appearances

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	NWSL Regular Season					NWSL Playoffs					Women's ICC
				Apps	Goals				Apps	Goals				Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
0	GK		Katelyn Rowland	18	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
1	GK		Sabrina D'Angelo	6	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Defenders
6	DF		Abby Erceg	24	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
11	DF		Merritt Mathias	22	3	3	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
13	DF		Abby Dahlkemper	19	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
15	DF		Jaelene Hinkle	20	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
16	DF		Cari Roccaro	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0
20	DF		Yuri Kawamura	1+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1+1	0	0	0	0
22	DF		Julie King	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
25	DF		Meredith Speck	2+12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0
27	DF		Morgan Reid	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0+2	0	0	0	0
29	DF		Ryan Williams	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1+1	0	0	0	0
31	DF		Kaleigh Kurtz	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
Midfielders
4	MF		Elizabeth Eddy	1+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	MF		Sam Mewis	11+6	3	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
7	MF		McCall Zerboni	20	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8	MF		Denise O'Sullivan	20+2	0	2	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
10	MF		Debinha	20+1	8	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
17	MF		Heather O'Reilly	2+6	0	0	0	0	0+2	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0
30	MF		Sarah Teegarden	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0	0
Forwards
9	FW		Lynn Williams	20+1	14	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
12	FW		Frannie Crouse	0+1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
14	FW		Jessica McDonald	20+2	7	1	0	0	2	3	1	0	0	1+1	1	0	0	0
16	FW		Darian Jenkins	0+12	0	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0+2	1	0	0	0
19	FW		Crystal Dunn	21+1	8	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
23	FW		Kristen Hamilton	8+15	3	3	0	0	0+2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
Totals					52	16	0	0		5	3	0	0		3	2	0	0

Last updated: September 22, 2018.
Source: Competitive matches

Goalscorers

Rank	No.	Pos	Nat	Name	NWSL Regular Season	NWSL Playoffs	Women's ICC	Total
1	9	FW		Lynn Williams	14	0	0	14
2	14	FW		Jessica McDonald	7	3	1	11
3	10	FW		Debinha	9	0	0	9
4	19	FW		Crystal Dunn	8	0	0	8
5	5	MF		Samantha Mewis	3	1	0	4
6	7	MF		McCall Zerboni	3	0	0	3
	11	DF		Merritt Mathias	3	0	0	3
	23	FW		Kristen Hamilton	3	0	0	3
9	6	DF		Abby Erceg	2	0	0	2
10	12	FW		Frannie Crouse	1	0	0	1
	17	MF		Heather O'Reilly	0	0	1	1
	21	FW		Darian Jenkins	0	0	1	1
Totals					52	2	3	58

Last updated: September 22, 2018.
Source: Competitive matches

Honors and awards

NWSL Season Awards

See also: NWSL awards

• Most Valuable Player: Lynn Williams (finalist), McCall Zerboni (finalist) ^[17]
• Defender of the Year: Abby Dahlkemper (finalist), Abby Erceg (finalist)^[17]
• Coach of the Year: Paul Riley (finalist)^[17]
• Best XI: Abby Dahlkemper, Abby Erceg, McCall Zerboni, Crystal Dunn^[18]
• Second XI: Merritt Mathias, Debinha, Lynn Williams^[18]

NWSL Championship Game Awards

• Most Valuable Player: Jessica McDonald

NWSL Team of the Month

Month	Goalkeeper	Defenders	Midfielders	Forwards	Ref.
March		Jaelene Hinkle	Debinha	Crystal Dunn	[19]
April		Jaelene Hinkle	Crystal Dunn McCall Zerboni	Jessica McDonald	[20]
May		Abby Erceg	McCall Zerboni	Crystal Dunn	[21]
June		Abby Erceg Merritt Mathias	McCall Zerboni	Crystal Dunn	[22]
July		Abby Erceg	McCall Zerboni		[23]
August		Abby Erceg		Lynn Williams	[24]

NWSL Player of the Month

Month	Result	Player	Ref.
June	Won	Crystal Dunn	[25]

NWSL Player of the Week

Week	Result	Player	Ref
3	Won	McCall Zerboni	[26]
5	Won	McCall Zerboni	[27]
8	Won	Crystal Dunn	[28]
13	Won	Crystal Dunn	[29]
16	Won	Lynn Williams	[30]
19	Won	Lynn Williams	[31]

NWSL Goal of the Week

Week	Result	Player	Ref.
1	Nominated	Debinha	[32]
2	Nominated	Jessica McDonald	[33]
3	Nominated	McCall Zerboni	[34]
4	Won	Merritt Mathias	[35]
5	Nominated	Kristen Hamilton	[36]
8	Nominated	Crystal Dunn	[37]
9	Nominated	Jessica McDonald	[38]
10	Nominated	Frannie Crouse	[39]
13	Nominated	Merritt Mathias	[40]
14	Nominated	Jessica McDonald	[41]
15	Nominated	Lynn Williams	[42]
19	Nominated	Lynn Williams	[43]
24	Nominated	Jessica McDonald	[44]

NWSL Save of the Week

Week	Result	Player	Ref.
5	Nominated	Sabrina D'Angelo	[45]
6	Nominated	Sabrina D'Angelo	[46]
7	Nominated	Katelyn Rowland	[45]
8	Nominated	Katelyn Rowland	[47]
14	Nominated	Katelyn Rowland	[48]
15	Nominated	Denise O'Sullivan	[49]
16	Nominated	Katelyn Rowland	[50]

See also

• 2018 National Women's Soccer League season
• 2018 in American soccer