GOALNEWS JANUARY 2020 | Page 3

NWSL Champion 2019 Photo credit: Matthew Levine/NWSL NC Courage playing at home rolls over its visitor, Chicago Red Stars, with a victory of 4 x 0 in the final match of the NWSL Championship on Sunday, October 27th, at Sahlen ’s Stadium at WakeMed Soccer Park North Carolina Courage 2019 NWSL Champion Position: 1 Games Played: 24 Won: 15 (62.5%) Drawn: 4 Lost: 5 Goalnews 3 North Carolina Courage had a stellar 2019 season which earned the club a third straight NWSL Shield with a second straight NWSL title. Chicago’s Sam Kerr being awarded the MVP trophy after scoring a record- breaking 18 goals in the regular season.