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2020 North Carolina Tar Heels women's soccer team

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2020 North Carolina Tar Heels women's soccer
NCAA Tournament, Semifinals
ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference
U. Soc. Coaches pollNo. 3
TopDrawerSoccer.comNo. 4
Record18–2–0 (8–0–0 ACC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
Home stadiumDorrance Field
Seasons
← 2019
2021 →
2020 ACC women's soccer standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT
No. 2 Florida State  ‍y 8 0 0   1.000 13 0 3   .906
No. 3 North Carolina  ‍‍‍y 8 0 0   1.000 18 2 0   .900
No. 4 Virginia  ‍‍‍y 5 2 1   .688 14 4 3   .738
No. 6 Clemson  ‍‍‍y 5 3 0   .625 12 5 2   .684
No. 7 Duke  ‍‍‍y 4 2 2   .625 12 5 4   .667
Louisville  ‍‍‍ 4 4 0   .500 5 7 0   .417
Virginia Tech  ‍‍‍ 4 4 0   .500 8 9 0   .471
Notre Dame  ‍‍‍ 4 4 0   .500 6 7 0   .462
Wake Forest  ‍‍‍ 3 4 1   .438 5 7 2   .429
Pittsburgh  ‍‍‍ 3 5 0   .375 11 5 0   .688
Boston College  ‍‍‍ 1 7 0   .125 3 10 1   .250
Syracuse  ‍‍‍ 1 7 0   .125 1 7 0   .125
Miami  ‍‍‍ 0 8 0   .000 1 11 1   .115
NC State  ‍‍‍ 0 0 0   5 3 1   .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.

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

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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

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Roster

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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. Nation Player
0 GK United States USA Claudia Dickey
1 FW United States USA Sam Meza
2 DF United States USA Abby Allen
4 DF United States USA Paige Tolentino
5 MF United States USA Mary Elliot McCabe
6 FW United States USA Taylor Otto
7 DF United States USA Julia Dorsey
8 MF United States USA Brianna Pinto
9 MF United States USA Rachel Dorwart
10 MF United States USA Rachel Jones
11 MF United States USA Emily Fox
12 FW United States USA Alexis Strickland
13 FW United States USA Isabel Cox
14 MF United States USA Kai Hayes
15 FW United States USA Avery Patterson
16 FW United States USA Aleigh Gambone
No. Pos. Nation Player
17 GK United States USA Marz Josephson
18 MF United States USA Natalie Chandler
20 MF United States USA Libby Moore
21 MF United States USA Miah Araba
22 DF United States USA Tori Hansen
24 FW United States USA Talia DellaPeruta
25 DF United States USA Maycee Bell
26 FW United States USA Hallie Klanke
28 MF United States USA Maggie Pierce
30 DF United States USA Brooke Bingham
32 MF United States USA Madi Pry
33 MF United States USA Riley Quinlan
52 FW United States USA Izzy Brown
71 FW United States USA Mollie Baker
99 MF United States USA Laura Sparling

Team management

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Position Staff
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

Source:[4]

Schedule

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Source:[5]

Date
Time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (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. 1 at 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. 1 No. 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. 1 at Syracuse W 2–0  5–0–0
(5–0–0)
Dorrance Field (1)
Chapel Hill, NC
October 18, 2020
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, 2020*
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, 2020
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, 2020
5:30 p.m., ACCN
No. 1 No. 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. 1 vs. (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. 1 vs. (3) No. 9 Virginia
Semifinals
W 2–0  11–0–0
Sahlen's Stadium (307)
Cary, NC
November 15, 2020
Noon, ESPNU
(2) No. 1 vs. (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. 2 at North Carolina Courage L 1–2 
Sahlen's Stadium (0)
Cary, NC
Spring Season
March 13, 2021
5:30 p.m., SECN+
No. 2 at Tennessee  Postponed[6] 
Regal Stadium
Knoxville, TN
March 20, 2021
1:00 p.m., FLO FC
No. 2 at Delaware W 5–0  12–1–0
Grant Stadium (130)
Newark, DE
March 27, 2021
6:30 p.m., SECN+
No. 2 at Tennessee W 7–0  13–1–0
Regal Stadium (382)
Knoxville, TN
April 1, 2021
1:00 p.m.
No. 2 at 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. 2 No. 16 South Carolina  Exhibition[7] 
Dorrance Field
Chapel Hill, NC
NCAA Tournament
April 30, 2021
3:00 p.m., Youtube
(2) No. 2 vs. 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. 2 vs. 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. 2 vs. (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. 2 vs. (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

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Player Team Round Pick # Position
Emily Fox Racing Louisville 1 1 DF
Brianna Pinto Sky Blue 1 3 MF
Taylor Otto Racing Louisville 2 11 MF

Source:[8]

Rankings

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Fall 2020

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Ranking movement
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Spring 2021

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Ranking movement
Legend: ██ Improvement in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking. ██ Not ranked the previous week. RV=Others receiving votes.
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Final
United Soccer[9] None Released 2 (1) 2 (2) 2 2 (1) 2 (1) 2 2 2 (2) None Released 3 (1)
TopDrawer Soccer [10] 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 4

References

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  1. ^ "ACC Women's Soccer 2020 Preview | College Soccer". TopDrawerSoccer.com. Retrieved November 10, 2020.
  2. ^ "NCAA Division 1 Council Approves Moving 2020 Fall Championships to Spring 2021". SI.com. Retrieved November 10, 2020.
  3. ^ "Atlantic Coast Conference Announces Spring Olympic Sports Schedules". theacc.com. The Atlantic Coast Conference. January 26, 2021. Retrieved February 10, 2021.
  4. ^ a b "2020 Women's Soccer Roster". University of North Carolina Athletics. Retrieved January 26, 2021.
  5. ^ "2020 Women's Soccer Schedule". goheels.com. University of North Carolina. Retrieved March 3, 2021.
  6. ^ "Women's Soccer at Tennessee Postponed". goheels.com. University of North Carolina Athletics. March 11, 2021. Retrieved March 13, 2021.
  7. ^ "Match Against No. 11 South Carolina to be Exhibition Match". goheels.com. UNC Athletics. April 13, 2021. Retrieved April 18, 2021.
  8. ^ Yang, Stephanie (January 13, 2021). "All the picks from the 2021 NWSL College Draft". allforxi.com. Vox Media. Retrieved January 26, 2021.
  9. ^ a b "United Soccer Coaches Top 25 NCAA DI Women — National". unitedsoccercoaches.org. United Soccer Coaches. May 18, 2021. Retrieved May 18, 2021.
  10. ^ "College Soccer National Rankings". TopDrawer Soccer. May 18, 2021. Retrieved May 18, 2021.