2019 North Carolina Tar Heels women's soccer team

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2019 North Carolina Tar Heels women's soccer
North Carolina Tar Heels logo.svg
NCAA Tournament, Runners-Up
Conference Atlantic Coast Conference
U. Soc. Coaches  pollNo. 2
TopDrawerSoccer.comNo. 2
Record24–2–1 (9–0–1 ACC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
Home stadium Fetzer Field
Seasons
 2018
2020  
2019 ACC women's soccer standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L T PCTW L T PCT
No. 2 North Carolina  y901 .9502412 .926
No. 7 Florida State  y820 .8001860 .750
No. 9 Virginia  y603 .8331723 .841
No. 25 Louisville  y532 .6001352 .700
No. 17 NC State  y424 .6001274 .609
No. 18 Duke  y316 .600947 .625
Clemson  y550 .5001172 .600
Notre Dame  y442 .5001182 .571
Virginia Tech  y442 .5001252 .684
Pittsburgh  262 .3005103 .361
Miami  271 .250592 .375
Wake Forest  163 .250684 .444
Syracuse  171 .1673112 .250
Boston College  181 .150882 .500
Conference champion
2019 ACC Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of December 10, 2019
Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Poll
Source: The ACC

The 2019 North Carolina Tar Heels women's soccer team represented the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill during the 2019 NCAA Division I women's soccer season. It was the 43rd season of the university fielding a program. The Tar Heels were led by 43rd year head coach Anson Dorrance.

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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 June 15, 2020 [1]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.Pos.NationPlayer
0 GK Flag of the United States.svg  USA Claudia Dickey
1 FW Flag of the United States.svg  USA Madison Schultz
3 FW Flag of the United States.svg  USA Ru Mucherera
4 FW Flag of the United States.svg  USA Bridgette Andrzejewski
5 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Mary Elliot McCabe
6 FW Flag of the United States.svg  USA Taylor Otto
7 DF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Julia Dorsey
8 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Brianna Pinto
9 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Rachel Dorwart
10 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Rachel Jones
11 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Emily Fox
12 FW Flag of the United States.svg  USA Alexis Strickland
13 FW Flag of the United States.svg  USA Isabel Cox
14 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Morgan Goff
15 FW Flag of the United States.svg  USA Zoe Redei
16 FW Flag of the United States.svg  USA Aleigh Gambone
No.Pos.NationPlayer
17 GK Flag of the United States.svg  USA Marz Josephson
18 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Natalie Chandler
19 FW Flag of England.svg  ENG Alessia Russo
20 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Libby Moore
21 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Miah Araba
22 DF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Tori Hansen
23 DF Flag of England.svg  ENG Lotte Wubben-Moy
25 DF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Maycee Bell
26 FW Flag of the United States.svg  USA Hallie Klanke
27 DF Flag of England.svg  ENG Lois Joel
28 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Maggie Pierce
30 DF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Brooke Bingham
45 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Cameron Keating
52 FW Flag of the United States.svg  USA Izzy Brown
99 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Laura Sparling

Team management

PositionStaff
Athletic Director Bubba Cunningham
Head Coach Anson Dorrance
Assistant CoachChris Ducar
Assistant Coach Damon Nahas
Assistant Coach Heather O'Reilly
Director of OperationsTom Sander

Source: [1]

Schedule

Source: [2]

Date
Time, TV
Rank#Opponent#ResultRecordSite (Attendance)
City, State
Non-Conference Regular season
August 22, 2019*
6:30 p.m.
No. 2 Indiana
Carolina Nike Classic
W 3–0 1–0–0
Dorrance Field (1,481)
Chapel Hill, NC
August 25, 2019*
6:00 p.m.
No. 2No. 8  Duke
Carolina Nike Classic
W 2–0 2–0–0
Dorrance Field (4,215)
Chapel Hill, NC
August 28, 2019*
10:00 p.m.
No. 2at  Washington
Husky Invitational
W 3–2 3–0–0
Husky Soccer Stadium (1,811)
Seattle, WA
September 1, 2019*
2:30 p.m.
No. 2vs.  Portland
Husky Invitational
W 4–0 4–0–0
Husky Soccer Stadium (1,339)
Seattle, WA
September 5, 2019*
3:30 p.m.
No. 1vs.  LSU
Duke Nike Classic
W 1–0 5–0–0
Koskinen Stadium (284)
Durham, NC
September 8, 2019*
11:00 a.m.
No. 1vs.  UNLV
Duke Nike Classic
W 8–0 6–0–0
Koskinen Stadium (621)
Durham, NC
September 12, 2019*
7:00 p.m.
No. 1 Wake Forest W 4–0 7–0–0
Dorrance Field (1,525)
Chapel Hill, NC
September 15, 2019*
1:00 p.m.
No. 1at  Arkansas L 0–2 7–1–0
Razorback Field (1,058)
Fayetteville, AR
ACC Regular season
September 21, 2019
7:30 p.m.
No. 4at No. 20  Louisville W 3–0 8–1–0
(1–0–0)
Lynn Stadium (1,536)
Louisville, KY
September 26, 2019
7:30 p.m.
No. 4 NC State W 1–0 9–1–0
(2–0–0)
Dorrance Field (1,536)
Chapel Hill, NC
September 29, 2019
1:00 p.m.
No. 4 Notre Dame W 3–0 10–1–0
(3–0–0)
Dorrance Field (2,316)
Chapel Hill, NC
October 5, 2019
5:00 p.m.
No. 3No. 8  Clemson W 1–0 11–1–0
(4–0–0)
Dorrance Field (2,783)
Chapel Hill, NC
October 10, 2019
7:00 p.m.
No. 3at No. 11 DukeT 0–0 2OT11–1–1
(4–0–1)
Koskinen Stadium (3,176)
Durham, NC
October 13, 2019
1:00 p.m.
No. 3at  Pittsburgh W 3–1 12–1–1
(5–0–1)
Ambrose Urbanic Field (490)
Pittsburgh, PA
October 17, 2019
7:00 p.m.
No. 3 Boston College W 3–0 13–1–1
(6–0–1)
Newton Soccer Complex (1,027)
Chestnut Hill, MA
October 24, 2019
7:00 p.m.
No. 3No. 5  Florida State W 2–0 14–1–1
(7–0–1)
Dorrance Field (3,021)
Chapel Hill, NC
October 27, 2019
3:00 p.m.
No. 3No. 25  Virginia Tech W 2–0 15–1–1
(8–0–1)
Dorrance Field (2,113)
Chapel Hill, NC
October 31, 2019
7:30 p.m.
No. 3at  Miami (FL) W 3–2 16–1–1
(9–0–1)
Cobb Stadium (750)
Coral Gables, FL
ACC Tournament
November 3, 2019
7:00 p.m.
(1) No. 3(8) Notre Dame
Quarterfinals
W 3–0 17–1–1
Dorrance Field (875)
Chapel Hill, NC
November 8, 2019
5:00 p.m.
(1) No. 3vs. (5) NC State
Semifinal
W 3–0 18–1–1
Sahlen's Stadium (1,875)
Cary, NC
November 10, 2019
12:00 p.m.
(1) No. 3vs. (3) No. 1  Virginia
Final
W 2–1 2OT19–1–1
Sahlen's Stadium (2,492)
Cary, NC
NCAA Tournament
November 16, 2019
6:00 p.m.
(1) No. 2 Belmont
First Round
W 5–0 20–1–1
Dorrance Field (1,076)
Chapel Hill, NC
November 22, 2019
6:00 p.m.
(1) No. 2 Colorado
Second Round
W 1–0 21–1–1
Dorrance Field (4,235)
Chapel Hill, NC
November 24, 2019
1:00 p.m.
(1) No. 2No. 19  Michigan
Round of 16
W 4–0 22–1–1
Dorrance Field (3,672)
Chapel Hill, NC
November 29, 2019
6:00 p.m.
(1) No. 2(2) No. 9  USC
Quarterfinal
W 3–2 23–1–1
Dorrance Field (2,655)
Chapel Hill, NC
December 6, 2019
7:00 p.m.
(1) No. 2 Washington State
Semifinal
W 2–1 24–1–1
Avaya Stadium (7,699)
San Diego, CA
December 8, 2019
8:30 p.m.
(1) No. 2(1) No. 1  Stanford
Final
T 0–0 (4–5 PKs) 2OT24–1–2
Avaya Stadium (9,591)
San Diego, CA
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from United Soccer Coaches. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

2020 NWSL College Draft

PlayerTeamRoundPick #Position
Bridgette Andrzejewski Houston Dash 218F

Source: [3]

Rankings

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United Soccer [4] 221 (24)1 (29)443 (2)3 (3)3 (1)3332 (8)None Released2 (1)
TopDrawer Soccer [5] 333214322222211112

References

  1. 1 2 "2019 Women's Soccer Roster". University of North Carolina Athletics. Retrieved June 15, 2020.
  2. "2019 Women's Soccer Schedule". goheels.com. University of North Carolina. Retrieved June 15, 2020.
  3. "Houston Dash select Bridgette Andrzejewski & Chloe Castaneda at 2020 NWSL College Draft". houstondynamo.com. Houston Dynamo. January 16, 2020. Retrieved June 15, 2020.
  4. "United Soccer Coaches Top 25 NCAA DI Women — National". unitedsoccercoaches.org. United Soccer Coaches. December 10, 2019. Retrieved December 10, 2019.
  5. "College Soccer National Rankings". topdrawersoccer.com. TopDrawer Soccer. December 9, 2019. Retrieved December 9, 2019.