Carolina Courage were a professional soccer team that played in the Women's United Soccer Association

Women's United Soccer Association

The Women's United Soccer Association, often abbreviated to the WUSA, was the world's first women's soccer league in which all the players were paid as professionals. Founded in February 2000, the league began its first season in April 2001 with eight teams in the United States...

. 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

Cary, North Carolina

Cary is a large town and suburb of Raleigh, North Carolina in Wake and Chatham counties in the U.S. state of North Carolina. Located almost entirely in Wake County, it is the second largest municipality in that county and the third largest municipality in The Triangle after Raleigh and Durham...

 in 2002 and 2003. The team began play in 2001; the league announced on September 15, 2003, it was suspending operations. After finishing the 2001 season in last place, the Carolina Courage won the 2002 Founders Cup, defeating the Washington Freedom 3–2. The team's founding players were Carla Overbeck, Danielle Fotopoulos

Danielle Fotopoulos

Danielle Ruth Garrett Fotopoulos is a former American college, professional and international soccer player. Fotopoulos holds the all-time National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I records for goals and points, and was a member of the University of Florida team that won the 1998 NCAA...

 and Tiffany Roberts

Tiffany Roberts

Tiffany M. Roberts is an American Soccer player, world and olympic champion. She attended the all-girls' Carondelet High School.She won a gold medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta.-External links:*...

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The Carolina Courage's roster included:

• Erin Baxter
• Danielle Borgman
  Danielle Borgman
  Danielle Lynn Borgman is a professional American soccer player. She previously played at the college level for the University of North Carolina Tar Heels.-External links:* * *...
  
  
• Breanna Boyd
• Meghann Burke
  Meghann Burke
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• Staci Burt
• Nel Fettig
• Danielle Fotopoulos
  Danielle Fotopoulos
  Danielle Ruth Garrett Fotopoulos is a former American college, professional and international soccer player. Fotopoulos holds the all-time National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I records for goals and points, and was a member of the University of Florida team that won the 1998 NCAA...
  
  
• Venus James
• Tracy Grose
  Tracy Grose
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• Unni Lehn
  Unni Lehn
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• Kristin Luckenbill
  Kristin Luckenbill
  Kristin Luckenbill is an American soccer goalkeeper who last played for Sky Blue FC of Women's Professional Soccer and is a former member of the United States women's national soccer team...
  
  
• Robin McCullough
• Brooke O'Hanley
• Carla Overbeck
• Birgit Prinz
  Birgit Prinz
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• Heather Ragsdale
  Heather Ragsdale
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• Hege Riise
  Hege Riise
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• Tiffany Roberts
  Tiffany Roberts
  Tiffany M. Roberts is an American Soccer player, world and olympic champion. She attended the all-girls' Carondelet High School.She won a gold medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta.-External links:*...
  
  
• Danielle Slaton
• Marcia Wallis
• Staci Wilson
  Staci Wilson
  Staci Wilson is an American soccer player and olympic champion.She received a gold medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta....
  
  
• Maite Zabala