2025 Carolina Core FC season

The 2025 Carolina Core FC Season is the club's second season in existence. This is the second independent club to play in a MLS Next Pro season alongside Chattanooga FC and will be joined by one other team in 2026. The club is located in North Carolina, US. Players and staff Current roster

No.Pos.NationPlayer

Staff Eddie Pope – Chief Sporting Officer Donovan Ricketts – Head Coach Amado Guevara – Assistant Coach Vacant – Goalkeeping Coach Robert Ritchie – Director Of Soccer Operations Transfers In Date Position Number Name from Type Fee Ref. December 31, 2024 FW 23 Tyler Freeman Hartford Athletic end of loan NA December 31, 2024 FW 28 Federico Stachuk Greenville Triumph SC end of loan NA January 14, 2025 DF 3 Zion Scarlett Greenville Triumph SC Signing Free March 6, 2025 MF 19 Mateo Sarmiento Inter Miami CF Academy Signing Free March 7, 2025 FW 11 Anthony Sumo Jr. Kalonji Pro-Profile Signing Free June 20, 2025 MF 16 Corey Lundeen Savannah Clovers Signing Free August 7, 2025 FW 22 Jesus Ibarra Chattanooga FC Signing Free August 7, 2025 FW 15 Antonio Pineda Hickory FC Signing Free September 11, 2025 MF 18 Mohamed Diakite Apotheos FC Signing Free

Out Date Position Number Name To Type Fee Ref. December 31, 2024 DF 52 Ozzie Cisneros Sporting Kansas City Loan Expired at the end of the year NA December 31, 2024 MF 8 Jesus Orejuela Contract Expired at the end of the year NA December 31, 2024 FW 17 Carlos Mario Diaz Contract Expired at the end of the year NA December 31, 2024 MF 11 Luis Lugo Contract Expired at the end of the year NA December 31, 2024 DF 5 Angel Aguas Contract Expired at the end of the year NA December 31, 2024 FW 9 Papa Ndoye Contract Expired at the end of the year NA December 31, 2024 FW 21 Federico Stachuk Contract Expired at the end of the year NA December 31, 2024 FW 23 Tyler Freeman Ventura County Fusion Contract Expired at the end of the year NA February 28, 2025 DF 18 Jeremiah White IV Legia Warszawa Transfer Undisclosed March 7, 2025 FW 19 Nicholas Pechenyi JKS 1909 Jarosław signing March 11, 2025 MF 68 Ozzie Ramos Texoma FC signing August 25, 2025 FW 7 Yekeson Subah NA Parted ways NA

Loan In No.Pos.PlayerLoaned fromStartEndSource 17 MF Glory Nzingo Swansea City February 14, 2025 December 31, 2025 https://www.swanseacity.com/news/glory-nzingo-joins-carolina-core-fc-loan

Loan Out No.Pos.PlayerLoaned fromStartEndSource Non-competitive fixtures Preseason

Midseason

Competitive fixtures

Standings

Overall table

MLS Next Pro Regular Season

Playoffs

Lamar Hunt US Open Cup

Statistics Appearances and goals

Top scorers {| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%; text-align: center;" |- !width=30|Rank !width=30|Position !width=30|Number !width=175|Name !width=75| !width=75| !width=75| !width=75|Total |- |1 |MF |24 | Facundo Canete |9 |1 |0 |10 |- |2 |MF |17 | Glory Nzingo |8 |0 |1 |9 |- |3 |MF |10 | Jacob Evans |5 |1 |0 |6 |- |4 |FW |13 | Joshua Rodriguez |2 |3 |0 |5 |- |5 |MF |26 | Paul Leonardi |3 |0 |0 |3 |- |rowspan=4|6 |FW |9 | David Polanco |2 |0 |0 |2 |- |FW |11 | Anthony Sumo Jr. |2 |0 |0 |2 |- |MF |21 | Derek Cuevas |2 |0 |0 |2 |- |FW |22 | Jesus Ibarra |2 |0 |0 |2 |- |rowspan=7|10 |DF |2 | Daniel Chica |1 |0 |0 |1 |- |MF |3 | Zion Scarlett |1 |0 |0 |1 |- |DF |4 | Kai Thomas |1 |0 |0 |1 |- |FW |8 | Drake Hadeed |1 |0 |0 |1 |- |DF |14 | Jathan Juarez |1 |0 |0 |1 |- |MF |99 | Aryeh Miller |1 |0 |0 |1

|Own Goals |1 |0 |0 |1 |- !colspan="4"|Total ! 42 ! 5 ! 1 ! 48

Top assists {| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%; text-align: center;" |- !width=30|Rank !width=30|Position !width=30|Number !width=175|Name !width=75| !width=75| !width=75| !width=75|Total |- |1 |MF |24 | Facundo Canete |5 |1 |0 |6 |- |2 |MF |10 | Jacob Evans |4 |0 |0 |4 |- |rowspan=3|3 |DF |13 | Jathan Juarez |3 |0 |0 |3 |- |DF |26 | Paul Leonardi |3 |0 |0 |3 |- |FW |11 | Anthony Sumo Jr. |2 |0 |1 |3 |- |rowspan=5|6 |DF |2 | Daniel Chica |2 |0 |0 |2 |- |FW |15 | Antonio Pineda |2 |0 |0 |2 |- |MF |17 | Glory Nzingo |2 |0 |0 |2 |- |DF |20 | Ibrahim Covi |2 |0 |0 |2 |- |MF |21 | Derek Cuevas |1 |1 |0 |2 |- |rowspan=3|11 |FW |22 | Jesus Ibarra |1 |0 |0 |1 |- |MF |77 | Jonathan Bazaes |1 |0 |0 |1 |- |FW |13 | Joshua Rodriguez |0 |1 |0 |1 |- !colspan="4"|Total ! 28 ! 3 ! 1 ! 32

Disciplinary record {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" |- ! rowspan="2" !width=15| ! rowspan="2" !width=15| ! rowspan="2" !width=120|Player ! colspan="3"|MLS Next Pro ! colspan="3"|U.S. Open Cup ! colspan="3"|MLSNP Playoffs ! colspan="3"|Total |- !width=34; background:#fe9;| !width=34; background:#fe9;| !width=34; background:#ff8888;| !width=34; background:#fe9;| !width=34; background:#fe9;| !width=34; background:#ff8888;| !width=34; background:#fe9;| !width=34; background:#fe9;| !width=34; background:#ff8888;| !width=34; background:#fe9;| !width=34; background:#fe9;| !width=34; background:#ff8888;| |- |0 |GK |align="left"| Alex Sutton |2||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||2||0||0 |- |1 |GK |align="left"| Andrew Pannenberg |0||0||0||1||0||0||0||0||0||1||0||0 |- |2 |DF |align="left"| Daniel Chica |6||0||0||0||0||0||1||0||0||7||0||0 |- |3 |MF |align="left"| Zion Scarlett |1||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||1||0||0 |- |4 |DF |align="left"| Kai Thomas |4||0||0||0||0||0||1||0||0||5||0||0 |- |6 |DF |align="left"| Juan Pablo Rodriguez |3||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||3||0||0 |- |7 |FW |align="left"| Yekeson Subah |0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0 |- |8 |FW |align="left"| Drake Hadeed |2||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||2||0||0 |- |9 |FW |align="left"| David Polanco |4||0||1||0||0||0||0||0||0||4||0||1 |- |10 |MF |align="left"| Jacob Evans |1||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||1||0||0 |- |11 |FW |align="left"| Anthony Sumo Jr. |1||0||1||0||0||0||0||0||0||1||0||1 |- |12 |MF |align="left"| Charles Alenga |4||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||4||0||0 |- |13 |FW |align="left"| Joshua Rodriguez |3||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||3||0||0 |- |14 |DF |align="left"| Jathan Juarez |2||0||0||1||0||0||0||0||0||3||0||0 |- |15 |FW |align="left"| Antonio Pineda |0||0||0||0||0||0||1||0||0||1||0||0 |- |17 |MF |align="left"| Glory Nzingo |1||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||1||0||0 |- |18 |MF |align="left"| Mohamed Diakite |0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0 |- |19 |MF |align="left"| Mateo Sarimento |0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0 |- |20 |DF |align="left"| Ibrahim Covi |10||2||0||1||0||0||0||0||0||11||2||0 |- |21 |MF |align="left"| Derek Cuevas |1||0||0||1||0||0||0||0||0||2||0||0 |- |22 |FW |align="left"| Jesus Ibarra |2||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||2||0||0 |- |24 |MF |align="left"| Facundo Canete |7||0||0||1||0||0||0||0||0||8||0||0 |- |26 |DF |align="left"| Paul Leonardi |4||0||0||1||0||0||1||0||0||6||0||0 |- |28 |FW |align="left"| Federico Stachuk |0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0 |- |29 |MF |align="left"| Santiago Cambindo |1||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||1||0||0 |- |31 |GK |align="left"| Robert Bailey |0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0 |- |44 |DF |align="left"| Christian Diaz |0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0 |- |77 |MF |align="left"| Jonathan Bazaes |1||0||0||1||0||0||0||0||0||2||0||0 |- |99 |MF |align="left"| Aryeh Miller |4||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||4||0||0 |- !colspan="3"|Total!!64!!2!!2!!7!!0!!0!!4!!0!!0!!75!!2!!2

Awards and honors MLS NEXT Pro Team of the Matchweek Matchweek Reference42627

MLS NEXT Pro Player of the Matchweek Player Matchweek Reference Glory Nzingo 12 MLS NEXT Pro Goal of the Matchweek Player Matchweek Reference Glory Nzingo6 Jathan Juarez14 Paul Leonardi29

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