2020 South Florida Bulls women's soccer | |
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AAC regular season champions AAC Tournament champions | |
NCAA Tournament: Second round | |
Conference | American Athletic Conference |
U. Soc. Coaches poll | No. 15 |
TopDrawerSoccer.com | No. 12 |
Record | 10–1–2 (6–0–1 The American) |
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Home stadium | Corbett Stadium |
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Team | W | L | T | PCT | W | L | T | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 15 South Florida †‡y | 6 | – | 0 | – | 1 | .929 | 9 | – | 0 | – | 2 | .909 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Memphis y | 6 | – | 1 | – | 0 | .857 | 8 | – | 3 | – | 0 | .727 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cincinnati | 3 | – | 3 | – | 1 | .500 | 5 | – | 5 | – | 1 | .500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
East Carolina | 3 | – | 3 | – | 2 | .500 | 3 | – | 6 | – | 2 | .364 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Houston | 3 | – | 4 | – | 0 | .429 | 6 | – | 4 | – | 1 | .591 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
UCF | 2 | – | 4 | – | 1 | .357 | 2 | – | 4 | – | 1 | .357 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Temple | 2 | – | 5 | – | 1 | .313 | 4 | – | 5 | – | 1 | .450 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tulsa | 1 | – | 6 | – | 0 | .143 | 2 | – | 6 | – | 0 | .250 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
SMU | 1 | – | 1 | – | 0 | .500 | 1 | – | 1 | – | 0 | .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.
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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January 30* 1:00 p.m. | FGCU | W 1–0 | 1–0–0 | Corbett Stadium Tampa, FL | |||||||
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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 2OT | 2–0–1 (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. 22 | at Houston | W 3–1 | 6–0–1 (5–0–0) | Carl Lewis International Complex Houston, TX | ||||||
April 3 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ | No. 21 | No. 14 Memphis | W 2–1 | 7–0–1 (6–0–0) | Corbett Stadium Tampa, FL | ||||||
April 11 7:00 p.m. | No. 15 | at Cincinnati | T 1–1 2OT | 7–0–2 (6–0–1) | Gettler Stadium Cincinnati, OH | ||||||
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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. 15 | Central 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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Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
United Soccer Coaches [3] | Not released | RV | RV | 24 | 22 | 21 | 15 | 15 | 15 | |||
TopDrawer Soccer [4] | RV | 25 | 25 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 12 |
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