2020 North Carolina Tar Heels women's soccer team
The 2020 North Carolina Tar Heels women's soccer team represented the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill during the 2020 NCAA Division I women's soccer season. It was the 44th season of the university fielding a program. The Tar Heels were led by 44th year head coach Anson Dorrance.
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| Conference | Atlantic Coast Conference |
| U. Soc. Coaches poll | No. 2 |
| TopDrawerSoccer.com | No. 2 |
| 2020 record | 11–1–0 (8–0–0 ACC) |
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| Home stadium | Dorrance Field |
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| Team | W | L | T | PCT | W | L | T | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 1 Florida State †‡ | 8 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 1.000 | 11 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 1.000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 2 North Carolina † | 8 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 1.000 | 11 | – | 1 | – | 0 | .917 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 10 Virginia | 5 | – | 2 | – | 1 | .688 | 8 | – | 3 | – | 1 | .708 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 6 Clemson | 5 | – | 3 | – | 0 | .625 | 6 | – | 4 | – | 0 | .600 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 5 Duke | 4 | – | 2 | – | 2 | .625 | 7 | – | 4 | – | 2 | .615 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Louisville | 4 | – | 4 | – | 0 | .500 | 4 | – | 5 | – | 0 | .444 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Virginia Tech | 4 | – | 4 | – | 0 | .500 | 5 | – | 8 | – | 0 | .385 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 14 Notre Dame | 4 | – | 4 | – | 0 | .500 | 4 | – | 5 | – | 0 | .444 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wake Forest | 3 | – | 4 | – | 1 | .438 | 3 | – | 5 | – | 1 | .389 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Pittsburgh | 3 | – | 5 | – | 0 | .375 | 9 | – | 5 | – | 0 | .643 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Boston College | 1 | – | 7 | – | 0 | .125 | 1 | – | 7 | – | 0 | .125 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Syracuse | 1 | – | 7 | – | 0 | .125 | 1 | – | 7 | – | 0 | .125 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Miami | 0 | – | 8 | – | 0 | .000 | 0 | – | 9 | – | 0 | .000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| † – Conference champion ‡ – 2020 ACC Tournament champion As of November 24, 2020; Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Poll Source: The ACC Note: † Due to COVID-19, NC State has suspended the 2020 women's soccer season. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the ACC played a reduced schedule in 2020 and the NCAA Tournament was postponed to 2021.[1][2]
The Tar Heels finished the fall season 11–1–0, 8–0–0 in ACC play to finish in first place. As the second seed in the ACC Tournament, they defeated Virginia Tech, and Virginia, before losing to Florida State in the final.
Previous Season
The Tar Heels finished the season 24–2–1, 8–0–1 in ACC play to finish in first place. As the first seed in the ACC Tournament, they defeated Notre Dame, NC State, and Virginia in order to be crowned champions. They received an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament where they defeated Belmont, Colorado, Michigan, USC, and Washington State before losing to Stanford in the Finals.
Squad
Roster
Updated January 26, 2021[3]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Team management
| Position | Staff |
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| Athletic Director | Bubba Cunningham |
| Head Coach | Anson Dorrance |
| Assistant Coach | Chris Ducar |
| Assistant Coach | Damon Nahas |
| Assistant Coach | Heather O'Reilly |
| Director of Operations | Tom Sander |
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Schedule
Source:[4]
| Date Time, TV |
Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | Site (Attendance) City, State | ||||||
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| ACC Regular season | |||||||||||
| September 17 5:30 p.m., ACCNX |
Wake Forest | W 4–1 | 1–0–0 (1–0–0) |
Dorrance Field (0) Chapel Hill, NC | |||||||
| September 20 11:00 a.m., ACCN |
Virginia Tech | W 1–0 | 2–0–0 (2–0–0) |
Dorrance Field (0) Chapel Hill, NC | |||||||
| September 27 3:30 p.m., ACCN |
No. 1 | at No. 7 Duke | W 2–o | 3–0–0 (3–0–0) |
Koskinen Stadium (0) Durham, NC | ||||||
| October 1 4:00 p.m., ACCRSN |
No. 1 | No. 3 Clemson | W 2–0 | 4–0–0 (4–0–0) |
Dorrance Field (0) Chapel Hill, NC | ||||||
| October 15 7:00 p.m., ACCNX |
No. 1 | at Syracuse | W 2–0 | 5–0–0 (5–0–0) |
Dorrance Field (1) Chapel Hill, NC | ||||||
| October 18 1:00 p.m. |
No. 1 | at Boston College | W 3–1 | 6–0–0 (6–0–0) |
Newton Campus Soccer Field (0) Chestnut Hill, MA | ||||||
| October 23* 7:00 p.m., ACCNX |
No. 1 | No. 4 Duke | W 1–0 | 7–0–0 (6–0–0) |
Dorrance Field (0) Chapel Hill, NC | ||||||
| October 29 8:00 p.m., ACCN |
No. 1 | at Louisville | W 3–1 | 8–0–0 (7–0–0) |
Lynn Stadium (112) Louisville, KY | ||||||
| November 1 5:30 p.m., ACCN |
No. 1 | Notre Dame | W 2–0 | 9–0–0 (8–0–0) |
Dorrance Field (0) Chapel Hill, NC | ||||||
| ACC Tournament | |||||||||||
| November 10 5:30 p.m., ACCN |
(2) No. 1 | vs. (7) Virginia Tech Quarterfinals |
W 1–0 | 10–0–0 |
Sahlen's Stadium (217) Cary, NC | ||||||
| November 13 8:00 p.m., ACCN |
(2) No. 1 | vs. (3) No. 9 Virginia Semifinals |
W 2–0 | 11–0–0 |
Sahlen's Stadium (307) Cary, NC | ||||||
| November 15 Noon, ESPNU |
(2) No. 1 | vs. (1) No. 2 Florida State Finals |
L 2–3 | 11–1–0 |
Sahlen's Stadium (320) Cary, NC | ||||||
| *Non-conference game. #Rankings from United Soccer Coaches. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. | |||||||||||
2021 NWSL College Draft
| Player | Team | Round | Pick # | Position |
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| Emily Fox | Racing Louisville | 1 | 1 | DF |
| Brianna Pinto | Sky Blue | 1 | 3 | MF |
| Taylor Otto | Racing Louisville | 2 | 11 | MF |
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Rankings
Fall 2020
| Poll | Wk 1 |
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Final |
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| United Soccer[6] | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
References
- "ACC Women's Soccer 2020 Preview | College Soccer". TopDrawerSoccer.com. Retrieved 2020-11-10.
- "NCAA Division 1 Council Approves Moving 2020 Fall Championships to Spring 2021". SI.com. Retrieved 2020-11-10.
- "2020 Women's Soccer Roster". University of North Carolina Athletics. Retrieved January 26, 2021.
- "2020 Women's Soccer Schedule". goheels.com. University of North Carolina. Retrieved January 26, 2021.
- Yang, Stephanie (January 13, 2021). "All the picks from the 2021 NWSL College Draft". allforxi.com. Vox Media. Retrieved January 26, 2021.
- "United Soccer Coaches Top 25 NCAA DI Women — National". unitedsoccercoaches.org. United Soccer Coaches. November 24, 2020. Retrieved January 26, 2021.
- "College Soccer National Rankings". TopDrawer Soccer. February 8, 2021. Retrieved February 8, 2021.
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