2020 North Carolina Tar Heels women's soccer team

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2020 North Carolina Tar Heels women's soccer
North Carolina Tar Heels logo.svg
NCAA Tournament, Semifinals
Conference Atlantic Coast Conference
U. Soc. Coaches  pollNo. 3
TopDrawerSoccer.comNo. 4
Record18–2–0 (8–0–0 ACC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
Home stadium Dorrance Field
Seasons
  2019
2021  
2020 ACC women's soccer standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L T PCTW L T PCT
No. 2 Florida State  y800 1.0001303 .906
No. 3 North Carolina  y800 1.0001820 .900
No. 4 Virginia  y521 .6881443 .738
No. 6 Clemson  y530 .6251252 .684
No. 7 Duke  y422 .6251254 .667
Louisville  440 .500570 .417
Virginia Tech  440 .500890 .471
Notre Dame  440 .500670 .462
Wake Forest  341 .438572 .429
Pittsburgh  350 .3751150 .688
Boston College  170 .1253101 .250
Syracuse  170 .125170 .125
Miami  080 .0001111 .115
NC State  000 531 .611
Conference champion
2020 ACC Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of May 18, 2021
Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Poll
Source: The ACC
Note: † Due to COVID-19, NC State suspended the 2020 women's fall soccer season. They did participate in the spring season.

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.

Contents

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 ACC did not play a spring league schedule, but did allow teams to play non-conference games that would count toward their 2020 record in the lead up to the NCAA Tournament. [3]

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. The Tar Heels finished the spring season 4–0 and received an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament. As the second seed in the tournament, they defeated Denver in the Second Round, Washington in the Third Round, and Texas A&M in the Quarterfinals before losing to Santa Clara in the Semifinals to end their season.

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 [4]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. 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 Sam Meza
2 DF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Abby Allen
4 DF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Paige Tolentino
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 Kai Hayes
15 FW Flag of the United States.svg  USA Avery Patterson
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
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
24 FW Flag of the United States.svg  USA Talia DellaPeruta
25 DF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Maycee Bell
26 FW Flag of the United States.svg  USA Hallie Klanke
28 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Maggie Pierce
30 DF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Brooke Bingham
32 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Madi Pry
33 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Riley Quinlan
52 FW Flag of the United States.svg  USA Izzy Brown
71 FW Flag of the United States.svg  USA Mollie Baker
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 CoachDamon Nahas
Assistant Coach Heather O'Reilly
Director of OperationsTom Sander

Source: [4]

Schedule

Source: [5]

Date
Time, TV
Rank#Opponent#ResultRecordSite (Attendance)
City, State
Fall Regular season
September 17, 2020
5:30 p.m.,  ACCNX
Wake Forest W  4–1  1–0–0
(1–0–0)
Dorrance Field (0)
Chapel Hill, NC
September 20, 2020
11:00 a.m., ACCN
Virginia Tech W  1–0  2–0–0
(2–0–0)
Dorrance Field (0)
Chapel Hill, NC
September 27, 2020
3:30 p.m., ACCN
No. 1at No. 7  Duke W  2–0  3–0–0
(3–0–0)
Koskinen Stadium (0)
Durham, NC
October 1, 2020
4:00 p.m.,  ACCRSN
No. 1No. 3  Clemson W  2–0  4–0–0
(4–0–0)
Dorrance Field (0)
Chapel Hill, NC
October 15, 2020
7:00 p.m., ACCNX
No. 1at  Syracuse W  2–0  5–0–0
(5–0–0)
Dorrance Field (1)
Chapel Hill, NC
October 18, 2020
1:00 p.m.
No. 1at  Boston College W  3–1  6–0–0
(6–0–0)
Newton Campus Soccer Field (0)
Chestnut Hill, MA
October 23, 2020*
7:00 p.m., ACCNX
No. 1No. 4 DukeW  1–0  7–0–0
(6–0–0)
Dorrance Field (0)
Chapel Hill, NC
October 29, 2020
8:00 p.m., ACCN
No. 1at  Louisville W  3–1  8–0–0
(7–0–0)
Lynn Stadium (112)
Louisville, KY
November 1, 2020
5:30 p.m., ACCN
No. 1No. 13  Notre Dame W  2–0  9–0–0
(8–0–0)
Dorrance Field (0)
Chapel Hill, NC
ACC Tournament
November 10, 2020
5:30 p.m., ACCN
(2) No. 1vs. (7) Virginia Tech
Quarterfinals
W  1–0  10–0–0
Sahlen's Stadium (217)
Cary, NC
November 13, 2020
8:00 p.m., ACCN
(2) No. 1vs. (3) No. 9  Virginia
Semifinals
W  2–0  11–0–0
Sahlen's Stadium (307)
Cary, NC
November 15, 2020
Noon,  ESPNU
(2) No. 1vs. (1) No. 2  Florida State
Finals
L  2–3  11–1–0
Sahlen's Stadium (320)
Cary, NC
Spring Exhibition
March 6, 2021
Noon
No. 2at  North Carolina Courage L  1–2  
Sahlen's Stadium (0)
Cary, NC
Spring Season
March 13, 2021
5:30 p.m.,  SECN+
No. 2at  Tennessee  Postponed [6]  
Regal Stadium
Knoxville, TN
March 20, 2021
1:00 p.m., FLO FC
No. 2at  Delaware W  5–0  12–1–0
Grant Stadium (130)
Newark, DE
March 27, 2021
6:30 p.m., SECN+
No. 2at TennesseeW  7–0  13–1–0
Regal Stadium (382)
Knoxville, TN
April 1, 2021
1:00 p.m.
No. 2at  Villanova W  1–0  14–1–0
Higgins Soccer Complex (43)
Villanova, PA
April 13, 2021
7:00 p.m., ACCNX
No. 2 Columbus State W  6–0  15–1–0
Dorrance Field (560)
Chapel Hill, NC
April 17, 2021
1:00 p.m., ACCNX
No. 2No. 16  South Carolina  Exhibition [7]  
Dorrance Field
Chapel Hill, NC
NCAA Tournament
April 30, 2021
3:00 p.m., Youtube
(2) No. 2vs.  Denver
Second Round
W  2–0  16–1–0
Sportsplex at Matthews (327)
Matthews, NC
May 5, 2021
3:00 p.m., NCAA Livestream
(2) No. 2vs. No. 21  Washington
Third Round
W  1–0  17–1–0
WakeMed Soccer Park (150)
Cary, NC
May 9, 2021
1:00 p.m., NCAA Livestream
(2) No. 2vs. (7) No. 11  Texas A&M
Quarterfinals
W  1–0  18–1–0
WakeMed Soccer Park (164)
Cary, NC
May 13, 2021
8:30 p.m.,  ESPN2
(2) No. 2vs. (11) No. 10  Santa Clara
Semifinals
L  1–3  18–2–0
WakeMed Soccer Park (2,166)
Cary, NC
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from United Soccer Coaches. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

2021 NWSL College Draft

PlayerTeamRoundPick #Position
Emily Fox Racing Louisville 11DF
Brianna Pinto Sky Blue 13MF
Taylor Otto Racing Louisville 211MF

Source: [8]

Rankings

Fall 2020

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United Soccer [9] 1111111122

Spring 2021

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Final
United Soccer [9] None Released2 (1)2 (2)22 (1)2 (1)222 (2)None Released3 (1)
TopDrawer Soccer [10] 222222222222224

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