Courtney Rashelle Wetzel (born February 25, 1989) is an American soccer midfielder who last played professionally in 2014. She played for the Western New York Flash and Portland Thorns FC of the NWSL, and the Ottawa Fury Women and Seattle Sounders Women in the W-League.
Wetzel also played for the Washington state and Region IV Olympic Development Program (ODP) teams. She won the 2004 national championship title with the Washington state ODP team and was a finalist in 2005.
On April 5, 2013 she joined the Portland Thorns FC for the 2013 NWSL season as a discovery player. She scored her first goal for the Thorns during a home match on June 7 against FC Kansas City. Wetzel made 18 appearances for the Thorns during the 2013 season and helped the team win the league's championship title.
On April 5, 2014, Wetzel was traded with Kathryn Williamson and Portland's first-round pick in the 2015 NWSL College Draft to the Western New York Flash for Sarah Huffman and a player to be named later. April 7, 2014, Portland Thorns revealed that the player to be named later was VerĂ³nica Boquete. The draft pick became Jaelene Daniels.
She was waived by the Western New York Flash in September 2014.
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