 The state is also home to the North Carolina Courage of the National Women's Soccer League, who play in Cary.The owner of North Carolina FC, then a member of the men's Division II North American Soccer League but now in the USL Championship, bought the NWSL franchise rights of the Western New York Flash after the 2016 season.The NWSL team was then relocated from Rochester, New York to Cary, moving to NCFC's home of WakeMed Soccer Park.