2019 North Carolina Tar Heels women's soccer team

2019 North Carolina Tar Heels women's soccer
2019 North Carolina Tar Heels women's soccer
ACC Regular Season; ACC Tournament
NCAA Tournament, Runners-Up
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
U. Soc. Coaches poll	No. 2
TopDrawerSoccer.com	No. 2
Record	24–2–1 (9–0–1 ACC)
Head coach	Anson Dorrance (43rd season);
Assistant coaches	Chris Ducar (24th season); Damon Nahas (4th season); Heather O'Reilly (1st season);
Home stadium	Fetzer Field
	Seasons ← 2018 2020 →

2019 ACC women's soccer standings
v t e	Conf						Overall
Team	W		L		T	PCT	W		L		T	PCT
No. 2 North Carolina ‍†‍‡‍^y	9	–	0	–	1	.950	24	–	1	–	2	.926
No. 7 Florida State ‍‍‍^y	8	–	2	–	0	.800	18	–	6	–	0	.750
No. 9 Virginia ‍‍‍^y	6	–	0	–	3	.833	17	–	2	–	3	.841
No. 25 Louisville ‍‍‍^y	5	–	3	–	2	.600	13	–	5	–	2	.700
No. 17 NC State ‍‍‍^y	4	–	2	–	4	.600	12	–	7	–	4	.609
No. 18 Duke ‍‍‍^y	3	–	1	–	6	.600	9	–	4	–	7	.625
Clemson ‍‍‍^y	5	–	5	–	0	.500	11	–	7	–	2	.600
Notre Dame ‍‍‍^y	4	–	4	–	2	.500	11	–	8	–	2	.571
Virginia Tech ‍‍‍^y	4	–	4	–	2	.500	12	–	5	–	2	.684
Pittsburgh ‍‍‍	2	–	6	–	2	.300	5	–	10	–	3	.361
Miami ‍‍‍	2	–	7	–	1	.250	5	–	9	–	2	.375
Wake Forest ‍‍‍	1	–	6	–	3	.250	6	–	8	–	4	.444
Syracuse ‍‍‍	1	–	7	–	1	.167	3	–	11	–	2	.250
Boston College ‍‍‍	1	–	8	–	1	.150	8	–	8	–	2	.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.

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.	Nation	Player
0	GK	USA	Claudia Dickey
1	FW	USA	Madison Schultz
3	FW	USA	Ru Mucherera
4	FW	USA	Bridgette Andrzejewski
5	MF	USA	Mary Elliot McCabe
6	FW	USA	Taylor Otto
7	DF	USA	Julia Dorsey
8	MF	USA	Brianna Pinto
9	MF	USA	Rachel Dorwart
10	MF	USA	Rachel Jones
11	MF	USA	Emily Fox
12	FW	USA	Alexis Strickland
13	FW	USA	Isabel Cox
14	MF	USA	Morgan Goff
15	FW	USA	Zoe Redei
16	FW	USA	Aleigh Gambone


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
17	GK	USA	Marz Josephson
18	MF	USA	Natalie Chandler
19	FW	ENG	Alessia Russo
20	MF	USA	Libby Moore
21	MF	USA	Miah Araba
22	DF	USA	Tori Hansen
23	DF	ENG	Lotte Wubben-Moy
25	DF	USA	Maycee Bell
26	FW	USA	Hallie Klanke
27	DF	ENG	Lois Joel
28	MF	USA	Maggie Pierce
30	DF	USA	Brooke Bingham
45	MF	USA	Cameron Keating
52	FW	USA	Izzy Brown
99	MF	USA	Laura Sparling

Team management

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:^[1]

Schedule

Source:^[2]

Date Time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (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. 2	No. 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. 2	at Washington Husky Invitational	W 3–2	3–0–0	Husky Soccer Stadium (1,811) Seattle, WA
September 1, 2019* 2:30 p.m.	No. 2	vs. Portland Husky Invitational	W 4–0	4–0–0	Husky Soccer Stadium (1,339) Seattle, WA
September 5, 2019* 3:30 p.m.	No. 1	vs. LSU Duke Nike Classic	W 1–0	5–0–0	Koskinen Stadium (284) Durham, NC
September 8, 2019* 11:00 a.m.	No. 1	vs. 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. 1	at Arkansas	L 0–2	7–1–0	Razorback Field (1,058) Fayetteville, AR
ACC Regular season
September 21, 2019 7:30 p.m.	No. 4	at 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. 3	No. 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. 3	at No. 11 Duke	T 0–0 ^2OT	11–1–1 (4–0–1)	Koskinen Stadium (3,176) Durham, NC
October 13, 2019 1:00 p.m.	No. 3	at 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. 3	No. 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. 3	No. 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. 3	at 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. 3	vs. (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. 3	vs. (3) No. 1 Virginia Final	W 2–1 ^2OT	19–1–1	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. 2	No. 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) ^2OT	24–1–1	Avaya Stadium (9,591) San Diego, CA
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from United Soccer Coaches. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

2020 NWSL College Draft

Player	Team	Round	Pick #	Position
Bridgette Andrzejewski	Houston Dash	2	18	F

Source:^[3]

Rankings

Ranking movement
**Legend:** ██ Improvement in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking. ██ Not ranked the previous week. RV=Others receiving votes.
Poll	Pre	Wk 1	Wk 2	Wk 3	Wk 4	Wk 5	Wk 6	Wk 7	Wk 8	Wk 9	Wk 10	Wk 11	Wk 12	Wk 13	Wk 14	Wk 15	Wk 16	Final
United Soccer^[4]	2	2	1 (24)	1 (29)	4	4	3 (2)	3 (3)	3 (1)	3	3	3	2 (8)	None Released				2 (1)
TopDrawer Soccer ^[5]	3	3	3	2	1	4	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	2

References

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

[auto-1] "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.

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v t e North Carolina Tar Heels women's soccer
Venues	Fetzer Field (1979–2017) Dorrance Field (2017–)
Rivalries	Duke NC State Tobacco Road
Culture & lore	Rameses The Marching Tar Heels
Seasons	2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
College Cup finals	2018 2019 2022
NCAA national championships in bold