2020 South Florida Bulls women's soccer team

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2020 South Florida Bulls women's soccer
South Florida Bulls wordmark.svg
AAC regular season champions
AAC Tournament champions
NCAA Tournament: Second round
Conference American Athletic Conference
U. Soc. Coaches  pollNo. 15
TopDrawerSoccer.comNo. 12
Record10–1–2 (6–0–1 The American)
Head coach
  • Denise Schilte-Brown (14th season)
Assistant coaches
  • Chris Brown
  • Iban Lopez
Home stadium Corbett Stadium
Seasons
  2019
2021  
2020 American Athletic Conference women's soccer standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L T PCTW L T PCT
No. 15 South Florida †‡y  601 .929902 .909
Memphis y  610 .857830 .727
Cincinnati  331 .500551 .500
East Carolina  332 .500362 .364
Houston  340 .429641 .591
UCF  241 .357241 .357
Temple  251 .313451 .450
Tulsa  160 .143260 .250
SMU  110 .500110 .500
Conference champion
2020 AAC Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of April 18 2021
Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Poll
Source: American Athletic Conference

The 2020 South Florida Bulls women's soccer team represents the University of South Florida during the 2020 NCAA Division I women's soccer season. The regular season began on February 7, 2021 (due to delay brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic) and concluded on April 11. It is the program's 26th season fielding a women's soccer team, and their 8th season in the American Athletic Conference. The 2020 season is Denise Schilte-Brown's 14th year as head coach for the program. The Bulls completed the regular season unbeaten for the first time in program history, with seven wins, zero losses, and two ties. They won the American Athletic Conference regular season title for the third time overall and second time in three years, then won the conference tournament for the second season in a row to clinch the AAC's autobid to the NCAA Tournament. They were eliminated in the second round of the tournament by Texas A&M.

Contents

Roster

As of April 16, 2021 [1]

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 Madison Holcombe
1 GK Flag of the United States.svg  USA Sydney Martinez
2 DF Flag of Jamaica.svg  JAM Chyanne Dennis
3 DF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Alanna Lutchmansingh
4 DF Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  CAN Vivianne Bessette
5 MF Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  CAN Fanny Pelletier Laroche
6 DF Flag of England.svg  ENG Lucy Roberts
7 MF Flag of New Zealand.svg  NZL Katie Kitching
8 MF Flag of Spain.svg  ESP Rosalia Muino Gonzalez
9 FW Flag of Iceland.svg  ISL Solveig Johannesdottir Larsen
10 MF Flag of Spain.svg  ESP Paula Leblic
11 FW Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  CAN Madeleine Penman Derstine
12 FW Flag of the United States.svg  USA Lizzie Spears
13 DF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Camryn Lizardi
14 FW Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  CAN Serita Thurton
15 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Sabrina Wagner
No.Pos.NationPlayer
16 DF Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  CAN Olivia Cooke
17 MF Flag of Germany.svg  GER Chiara Hahn
18 DF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Maya Alicea
19 FW Flag of the United States.svg  USA Chloe Zamiela
22 MF Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  CAN Dominique Marcelli
23 FW Flag of the United States.svg  USA Ashley Meade
24 FW Flag of the United States.svg  USA Bella Kober
25 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Katie Moore
26 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Hayden Fredericks
27 DF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Aideen O'Donoghue
28 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Madison Waltz Schwartzenberger
29 DF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Landry Singleton
31 GK Flag of the United States.svg  USA Hannah Wrigley
32 GK Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  CAN Katrina Haarmann
33 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Meghan Cavanaugh
35 FW Flag of the United States.svg  USA Sydny Nasello

Schedule

Date
Time, TV
Rank#Opponent#ResultRecordSite
City, State
Preseason
January 30*
1:00 p.m.
FGCU W 1–0 1–0–0
Corbett Stadium
Tampa, FL
Regular season
February 7*
1:00 p.m.
at  FAU W 3–0 1–0–0
(0–0–0)
FAU Soccer Stadium
Boca Raton, FL
February 14
1:00 p.m.,  ESPN+
at  SMU (Canceled)    
Westcott Field
Dallas, TX
February 21
1:00 p.m., ESPN+
Temple W 2–0 2–0–0
(1–0–0)
Corbett Stadium
Tampa, FL
February 27*
6:00 p.m.
at  Florida T 0–0 2OT2–0–1
(1–0–0)
Donald R. Dizney Stadium
Gainesville, FL
March 7
1:00 p.m.
at  ECU W 1–0 3–0–1
(2–0–0)
Stewart Johnson Stadium
Greenville, NC
March 13
7:00 p.m., ESPN+
Tulsa W 3–0 4–0–1
(3–0–0)
Corbett Stadium
Tampa, FL
March 21
6:00 p.m.
No. 24 UCF
War on I-4
W 2–1 5–0–1
(4–0–0)
Corbett Stadium
Tampa, FL
March 28
2:00 p.m., ESPN+
No. 22at  Houston W 3–1 6–0–1
(5–0–0)
Carl Lewis International Complex
Houston, TX
April 3
7:00 p.m., ESPN+
No. 21No. 14  Memphis W 2–1 7–0–1
(6–0–0)
Corbett Stadium
Tampa, FL
April 11
7:00 p.m.
No. 15at  Cincinnati T 1–1 2OT7–0–2
(6–0–1)
Gettler Stadium
Cincinnati, OH
American Athletic Conference Tournament
April 15
7:00 p.m., ESPN+
(1) No. 15(4) ECU
Semifinal
W 1–0 8–0–2
Corbett Stadium
Tampa, FL
April 17
2:00 p.m., ESPN+
(1) No. 15(3) Cincinnati
Final
W 4–0 9–0–2
Corbett Stadium
Tampa, FL
NCAA Tournament
April 27
3:00 p.m.
No. 15Central Connecticut State
First round
W 3–0 10–0–2
Bryan Park
Greensboro, NC
April 30
3:00 p.m.
No. 15(7) No. 13  Texas A&M
Second round
L 0–2 10–1–2
Bryan Park
Greensboro, NC
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from United Soccer Coaches. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Eastern Time.

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Awards and recognition

Players

All-American first team

  • Sydny Nasello

All-American second team

  • Sydney Martinez

AAC Offensive Player of the Year

  • Sydny Nasello

AAC Defensive Player of the Year

AAC Goalkeeper of the Year

  • Sydney Martinez

First team all-conference

  • Sydny Nasello
  • Chyanne Dennis
  • Vivianne Bessette
  • Sydney Martinez
  • Chiara Hahn

Second team all-conference

  • Sabrina Wagner

AAC all-rookie team

  • Vivianne Bessette (unanimous selection)
  • Chiara Hahn (unanimous selection)

Coaches

AAC Coach of the Year

  • Denise Schilte-Brown

Rankings

Ranking movements
Legend:██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
RV = Received votes
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United Soccer Coaches [3] Not releasedRVRV242221151515
TopDrawer Soccer [4] RV2525181717161414131412

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