Our sister club in North Carolina gets going with their regular season this Saturday.
The 2016 WPSL season for the Carolina Lady Rapids kicks off this Saturday at Hough Stadium and for the Lady Rapids this is their first foray into the 103 team Women's Premier Soccer League. As we discussed in December of 2015, the Lady Rapids are entering the WPSL this season and will play a summer schedule featuring some of the best local talent in the Charlotte, North Carolina area.
Here is our look at the Lady Rapids:
Home Venue: Hough Stadium--Cornelius, North Carolina
2016 Schedule:
| Date | Time | Opponent | Venue |
| June 4 | 3:00 PM MDT | Greensboro Lady Dynamo | Hough Stadium |
| June 5 | 10:00 AM MDT | Carolina Elite Cobras | Kroc Center Facility |
| June 8 | 5:00 PM MDT | Lake Norman Eclipse | Hough Stadium |
| June 11 | 3:00 PM MDT | Oak City FC | Hough Stadium |
| June 18 | 3:00 PM MDT | Carolina Elite Cobras | Hough Stadium |
| June 24 | 5:00 PM MDT | Greensboro Lady Dynamo | Macpherson Stadium |
| June 26 | 5:00 PM MDT | Lake Norman Eclipse | Mooresville High SChool |
| July 9 | 2:00 PM MDT | Oak City FC | WRAL Soccer Park Durham Bull Stadium Field |
Brandi Arey--Gardner Webb
Kristin Brown--Appalachian State
Grayson Cameron----NC State
Courtney Carroll----Ole Miss
Kyla Clark----UNC Charlotte
Jane Cline----Appalachian State
Cannon Clough----UNC Charlotte
Rachel Coutinho----Belmont Abbey
Rebecca Coutinho----Belmont Abbey
Alex Denny----High Point
Danielle Doyle----Johnson & Wales
Jessica Easley----Appalachian State
Summer Edwards----College of Charleston
Lauren Ellis----Providence HS
Nicole Ferren----Belmont Abbey
Kendall Fischlein----Wake Forest
Kelly Flanders----Appalachian State
Angela Fumo----Gardner Webb University
Kourtney Gaylord----East Tennessee State University
Mary Givens----Princeton
Julia Grainda----UNC Charlotte
Ariel Harris----UNC
Shelby Hicks----UNC Charlotte
Carolyn Huddy----UNC Wilmington
Carrie Lewis----NC State
Virginia Lingo----UNC Charlotte
Justine Lockman----UNC Charlotte
Mary Manser----UNC Charlotte
Jane Perrin Mayer----Gardner Webb University
Virginia McNeill----Samford
Morgan Mosack----Appalachian State
Emery Noll----Carnegie Mellon
Riley Orr----UNC Charlotte
Alison Price----Louisville
Megan Roberson----Appalachian State
Clare Robinson----Wofford
Sarah Teegarden----Wake Forest
Martha Thomas----UNC Charlotte
Outlook:
It is a compressed schedule for the Rapids as they play 8 games in about a month and then transition into playoffs which could add an additional six games.