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Charlotte Lady Eagles is an American women's soccer team, founded in 2000. Between 2002 and 2015 the Lady Eagles were a member of the United Soccer Leagues USL W-League, the second tier of women's soccer in the United States and Canada, and a member of the W-2 League between 2000 and 2002.

Charlotte Lady Eagles

Full name	Charlotte Lady Eagles
Nickname(s)	Lady Eagles
Founded	2000
Stadium	Sportsplex at Matthews Matthews, North Carolina
Capacity	5,000
Chairman	Pat Stewart
Manager	Sam Hope
League	Women's Premier Soccer League
Home colours Away colours

The team plays its home games at the Sportsplex at Matthews in Matthews, North Carolina, alternating between an auxiliary field and the stadium depending on demand. The club's colors are orange, sky blue and white.

The Lady Eagles are a division of Missionary Athletes International (MAI), an organization committed to sharing the message of Christianity through sports ministry. They are a sister organization of the MAI men's USL League Two franchises the Charlotte Eagles and the Southern California Seahorses.

While the W-League folded in 2015, MAI announced plans to continue training women and girls as players and coaches.[1] After three years playing an independent schedule, the Lady Eagles joined the Women's Premier Soccer League for the 2019 season.[2]

Players

Current roster 2019

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 00 GK  USA Sami Sample 1 GK  USA Katie Moore 5 DF  USA Miranda Carrasco 8 MF  USA Melanie Maddox 9 FW  USA Alisha Holcombe 10 FW  ESP Judith Sainz 11 MF  USA Kimber Haley 13 MF  USA Carrie Lewis 16 FW  USA Makena Silber 17 FW  USA Maddi Berthoud 18 DF  USA Maddie McCarty 19 FW  USA Skyler Prillaman

No. Pos. Nation Player 20 MF  USA Abby Ott 21 DF  USA Leah Hoffman 22 MF  USA Allie Hess 23 FW  USA Makayla Walder 24 DF  USA Audrey Ann Beck 25 DF  USA Meredith Hamby 26 FW  USA Jade Montgomery 27 GK  USA Lauryn Harding 28 DF  USA Keely Cartrett 30 DF  USA Morgan Leyble 31 MF  CAN Ellie Warren

Notable former players

• Abby Crumpton
• Keely Dowling
• Kelly Schmedes
• Lydia Vandenbergh
• Annemieke Griffioen
• Hieke Zijlstra
• Ashleigh Gunning
• Leah Fortune

Head coaches

• Lee Horton (2000–2015)
• Mitch Sanford (2015–2018)
• Sam Hope (2018–present)

Year-by-year

Year	League	Reg. Season	Playoffs
2000	USL W-League W-2	1st, Atlantic	Championship Game
2001	USL W-League W-2	1st, Eastern	W-2 Champions
2002	USL W-League	1st, Atlantic	Conference Finals
2003	USL W-League	2nd, Atlantic	Conference Finals
2004	USL W-League	2nd, Atlantic	Conference Finals
2005	USL W-League	1st, Atlantic	Conference Finals
2006	USL W-League	1st, Atlantic	National Semifinals (4th Place)
2007	USL W-League	3rd, Atlantic	Did not qualify
2008	USL W-League	2nd, Atlantic	Conference Semifinals
2009	USL W-League	3rd, Atlantic	Conference Finals
2010	USL W-League	2nd, Atlantic	Conference Finals
2011	USL W-League	2nd, Atlantic	Conference Finals
2012	USL W-League	1st, Southeast	Conference Finals
2013	USL W-League	4th, Southeast	Did not qualify
2014	USL W-League	2nd, Southeast	National Semifinals
2015	USL W-League	2nd, Southeast	Did not qualify
2019	WPSL	1st, Carolinas South	Regional Final

Honors

• Women's Premier Soccer League
  • Carolinas Conference Champions 2019
  • Carolinas Conference South Division Champions 2019

• USL W-League
  • Southeastern Conference Champions 2014
  • Central Conference Champions (2) 2002, 2006
  • Southeastern Division Champions 2012
  • Atlantic Division Champions (3) 2002, 2005, 2006

• USL W-2 League
  • League Champions 2001
  • Eastern Conference Champions 2001
  • Atlantic Conference Champions 2000

• Carolinas Cup
  • Champions 2021

External links

• Charlotte Eagles website
• Charlotte Eagles on WPSL Soccer

References

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