No team has been more affected by World Cup player absences than North Carolina. Which makes their ongoing success all the more remarkable
Many of the best footballers in the world have been with their national teams at the Women’s World Cup for well over a month and yet, during that time, it’s been business as usual in the National Women’s Soccer League, the highest level of professional women’s soccer in the US and, arguably, the world. (More on that admittedly contentious claim in a moment.)
The NWSL’s regular season runs from March to October and, with no break incorporated into clubs’ schedules to accommodate for this summer’s World Cup, many of the 12 teams have been forced to compete with depleted rosters. Such hurdles make the recent success of the North Carolina Courage all the more impressive.
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