2026 Carolina Core FC season

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OwnerMegan Oglesby
Matt Penley
Mark Penley
General managerEddie Pope
Head coachDonovan Ricketts
StadiumTruist Point
Carolina Core FC
2026 season
OwnerMegan Oglesby
Matt Penley
Mark Penley
General managerEddie Pope
Head coachDonovan Ricketts
StadiumTruist Point
MLS Next ProEastern Conference:
Overall:
2026 U.S. Open CupFirst Round
Top goalscorerLeague: 3 players 1 Goal
All: 3 players 1 Goal
Highest home attendance4,016 vs Orlando City B March 14
Lowest home attendance1,091 vs Virginia Dream FC March 19
Average home league attendance4,016 (1 missing), with U.S. Open Cup 2,554
Biggest defeatAtlanta United 2 2–1 Carolina Core March 8
Carolina Core FC 2–3 Orlando City B March 14
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The 2026 Carolina Core FC Season is the club's third 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 CT United FC in 2026. The club is located in North Carolina, US.

Current roster

As of April 11, 2026
No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK  USA Nick Holliday (on loan from Crown Legacy FC)
2 DF  USA Charles Orbaugh
3 DF  COL Santiago Yepes (on loan from Leones F.C.)
4 DF  USA Nolan Evers
5 MF  ALG Mehdi Zerkane
6 MF  USA Ricardo Montenengro
7 DF  NED Tim Zeegers
8 MF  USA Corey Lundeen
10 FW  USA Jesus Ibarra
11 FW  LBR Anthony Sumo Jr.
12 MF  TAN Alenga Charles
14 FW  USA Khalid Balogun
15 FW  USA Tony Pineda
16 MF  USA Mohamed Diakite
17 DF  ECU Jeffrey Caiza
18 DF  USA Dominique Colon
20 MF  NZL Thomas Raimbault
21 MF  USA Nelson Martinez
22 DF  USA Nathan Brown
23 MF  USA Robinson Aguirre
26 FW  CTA Arnaud Tattevin
44 GK  USA Trevor Jackson
58 MF  USA David Diaz
80 MF  JAM Dyllan John
90 GK  USA Nolan Anderson
99 DF  USA Grayson Rockhill

Staff

Transfers

In

Date Position Number Name from Type Fee Ref.
January 15, 2026MF80Jamaica Dyllan JohnJamaica Waterhouse FCSigningFree[1]
January 16, 2026DF4United States Nolan EversRepublic of Ireland Cobh RamblersSigningFree[2]
January 20, 2026MF6United States Ricardo MontenegroUnited States Inter Miami CF IISigningFree[3]
January 22, 2026DF99United States Grayson RockhillUnited States Georgia LionsSigningFree[4]
February 2, 2026DF21United States Nelson MartinezEl Salvador CD PlatenseSigningFree[5]
February 5, 2026MF58United States David DiazUnited States Ventura County FCSigningFree[6]
February 11, 2026MF20New Zealand Thomas RaimbaultUnited States Wisconsin BadgersSigningFree[7]
February 11, 2026MF7Netherlands Tim ZeegersNetherlands MVV MaastrichtSigningFree[8]
February 12, 2026DF18United States Dominique ColonSpain Barcelona City FCSigningFree[9]
February 12, 2026DF3Colombia Santiago YepesColombia LeonesLoanNA[10]
February 12, 2026DF22United States Nathan BrownUnited States Southern Indiana Screaming EaglesLoanNA[11]
February 13, 2026MF22Algeria Mehdi ZerkaneAlgeria MC AlgiersSigningFree[12]
February 13, 2026MF17Ecuador Jair CaizaEcuador Independiente JuniorsSigningFree[13]
March 7, 2026DF3United States Charles OrbaughCroatia NK Junak SinjSigningNA[14]
March 7, 2026GK1United States Nick HollidayUnited States Crown Legacy FCLoanNA[15]
March 7, 2026GK44United States Trevor JacksonGermany Eintracht NordhornSigningNA[16]
March 7, 2026MF23El Salvador Robinson AguirreUnited States Colorado Rapids 2SigningNA[17]
March 7, 2026GK90United States Nolan AndersonSpain CD Almuñécar CitySigningNA[18]
March 7, 2026FW14United States Khalid BalogunUnited States District Elite FCSigningNA[19]
April 1, 2026FWCentral African Republic Arnaud TattevinUnited States UNCG SpartansSigningNA[20]

Out

Date Position Number Name To Type Fee Ref.
December 9, 2025MF3Jamaica Zion ScarlettUnited States Portland Hearts of PineContract ExpiredNA[21][22]
December 17, 2025DF2United States Daniel ChicaUnited States Atlanta United 2Contract ExpiredNA[23][24]
December 19, 2025GK0United States Alex SuttonUnited States Sarasota ParadiseContract ExpiredNA[25][26]
December 19, 2025GK1United States Andrew Pannenberg"Unattached"Contract ExpiredNA[27]
December 19, 2025DF4United States Kai ThomasUnited States Colorado Rapids 2Contract ExpiredNA[28][29]
December 19, 2025MF17Republic of Ireland Glory NzingoRepublic of Ireland St Patrick's AthleticLoan ExpiredNA[30][31]
December 19, 2025DF6Argentina Juan Pablo Rodriguez"Unattached"Contract ExpiredNA[32]
December 19, 2025FW7United States Yekeson Subah"Unattached"Contract ExpiredNA[33]
December 19, 2025FW8Antigua and Barbuda Drake Hadeed"Unattached"Contract ExpiredNA[34]
December 19, 2025DF10England Jacob EvansUnited States Sporting JAXContract ExpiredNA[35][36]
December 19, 2025FW13Honduras Josuha Rodriguez"Unattached"Contract ExpiredNA[37]
December 19, 2025DF14United States Jathan Juarez"Unattached"Contract ExpiredNA[38]
December 19, 2025FW15Colombia David PolancoKyrgyzstan FC TalantContract ExpiredNA[39]
December 19, 2025MF19Colombia Mateo Sarmiento"Unattached"Contract ExpiredNA[40]
December 19, 2025DF20France Ibrahim CoviUnited States Spokane VelocityContract ExpiredNA[41][42]
December 19, 2025MF21Dominican Republic Derek CuevasSpain CF VilanovaContract ExpiredNA[43]
December 19, 2025MF24Argentina Facundo CaneteUnited States Monterey Bay FCTransferUndisclosed[44][45]
December 19, 2025MF26France Paul Baptiste Behe Leonardi"Unattached"Contract ExpiredNA[46]
December 19, 2025FW28Argentina Federico Stachuk"Unattached"Contract ExpiredNA[47]
December 19, 2025MF29Colombia Santiago Cambindo"Unattached"Contract ExpiredNA[48]
December 19, 2025GK31United States Robert Bailey"Unattached"Contract ExpiredNA[49]
December 19, 2025DF44United States Christian Diaz"Unattached"Contract ExpiredNA[50]
December 19, 2025MF77Chile Jonathan Bazaes"Unattached"Contract ExpiredNA[51]
December 19, 2025MF99Liberia Aryeh Miller"Unattached"Contract ExpiredNA[52]

Loan In

No. Pos. Player Loaned from Start End Source

Loan Out

No. Pos. Player Loaned from Start End Source

Non-competitive fixtures

Preseason

January 31 Charleston Battery Cancelled Carolina Core FC Mount Pleasant, South Carolina
Stadium: Patriots Point Soccer Complex
Attendance: Behind Closed Doors
February 14 Carolina Core FC v FC Cincinnati 2 High Point, North Carolina
1:00 PM EDT Stadium: Truist Point
February 17 Carolina Core FC 1–0 Inter Miami CF II High Point, North Carolina
6:30 PM EDT Stadium: Truist Point
February 22 Carolina Core FC 0–3 Crown Legacy FC High Point, North Carolina
3:00 PM EDT Stadium: Truist Point

Competitive fixtures

Statistics

References

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