The 2020 North Carolina FC season was the 14th season for

North Carolina FC North Carolina FC is an American professional soccer team in Cary, North Carolina, a suburb of Raleigh. Founded in 2006, the team plays in USL League One, the third tier of the American league system. The team has played its home games a ...

and its second in the

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, the second-tier professional soccer league in the

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. The season was suspended March 12 after the opening week because of the

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. It restarted July 11 with a restructured format and schedule, with NCFC's first game scheduled for July 17. The team partnered with rapper J. Cole's Dreamville Festival for kit sponsorship for the season.

Roster

Competitions

Source:

Friendlies

USL Championship

Standings — Group G

Match results

All games broadcast on ESPN+ as part of the USL Championship's rights agreement with the platform. Home games broadcast locally on WRAL-2.

U.S. Open Cup

As a USL Championship club, North Carolina FC was scheduled to enter the competition in the second round, which was to be played April 7–9. Pairings for that round were announced on January 29. The first three rounds of the tournament were postponed on March 13, 2020, amid the

. On August 17, the tournament was canceled.

Squad statistics

Source: Match reports

Appearances and goals

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Goal scorers

Disciplinary record

References

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