****Louisville, Kentucky –** **North Carolina Courage (3-2-1, 10 points) secured three points on the road as they defeated Racing Louisville FC (2-3-1, seven points) by a final of 2-0 after two first-half goals. North Carolina dominated possession early in the game and was able to capitalize with the first goal when **Sam Mewis** found **Lynn Williams** who collected the ball and scored to take the 1-0 lead in the 27'. The Courage kept up the pressure as they were able to score quickly again with a goal in the 33' when Williams finished off a corner from **Carson Pickett** with a header to the top right of the net for her second goal of the game. With the win, North Carolina has now defeated Louisville three times this year. The Courage offense did a tremendous job maintaining the ball as they had 63% of the possession and limited Racing Louisville to just two shots on goal. Wales native, **Angharad James** made her NWSL debut for North Carolina. North Carolina and Racing Louisville will now both compete on NWSL's Super Saturday presented by Ally. Louisville will travel to Bridgeview, Illinois to take on the Chicago Red Stars on Saturday, June 26^th at 2:00 PM ET. The Courage will head home to play host to the Portland Thorns FC on Saturday, June 26^th at 7:00 PM ET. Both matches can be streamed live on Paramount+.

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