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Florida Gators women's soccer

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Florida Gators soccer
Founded1995
UniversityUniversity of Florida
Head coachSamantha Bohon
ConferenceSEC
Eastern Division
LocationGainesville, Florida
StadiumDonald R. Dizney Stadium
(Capacity: 1,500)
NicknameFlorida Gators
ColorsOrange and blue[1]
   
NCAA Tournament championships
1998
NCAA Tournament College Cup
1998, 2001
NCAA Tournament Quarterfinals
1996, 1998, 2001, 2003, 2014, 2017
NCAA Tournament Round of 16
1996, 1997, 1998, 2001, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017
NCAA Tournament Round of 32
1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017
NCAA Tournament appearances
1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019
Conference Tournament championships
1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2004, 2007, 2010, 2012, 2015, 2016
Conference Regular Season championships
1996, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2015

The Florida Gators women's soccer team represents the University of Florida in the sport of college soccer. The Gators compete in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletics Association (NCAA) and the Southeastern Conference (SEC). They are coached by Samantha Bohon and play their home games at Donald R. Dizney Stadium on the university's Gainesville, Florida campus. They have won thirteen conference championships and one NCAA national championship.

History

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Becky Burleigh was named the first head coach of the start-up Florida Gators soccer program on June 28, 1994.[2] Since the Gators' began play in the fall of 1995, the team has compiled a record of 414-120-36 and a winning percentage of 0.7579, and Burleigh's Gators teams have qualified for the NCAA Tournament in 21 of the 24 seasons of the program's history.[2]

In 1998, in the Gators soccer program's fourth year of existence, the Gators won their first NCAA national title by defeating the defending national champion North Carolina Tar Heels 1–0 in the final game of the tournament.[3] The 1998 Gators finished 26–1, having lost their only match to the same North Carolina team that the Gators defeated in the NCAA championship final.[3] Players from the Gators' 1998 national championship team included All-Americans Erin Baxter, Danielle Fotopoulos and Heather Mitts.[3]

In addition to their 1998 national championship season, the Gators have advanced to the NCAA tournament semi-final once (2001), the quarter-finals four times (1996, 2003, 2014, 2017), and the round of sixteen six times (2006, 2007, 2008, 2012, 2014, 2017).[2]

The Gators play in the Southeastern Conference.[4] In conference play, the Gators teams have won ten SEC championships, and twelve SEC tournament titles, leading all other SEC teams since the Florida soccer team began play in 1995.[5] Most recently, the Gators won the SEC championship (regular season) again in 2015 and the SEC championship (tournament) in 2016. In 2016, the Gators advanced to the third round of the NCAA tournament before losing to Auburn.[2] The Gators finished the 2016 season 8–3-0 in the SEC, and 17-5-1 overall.[2]

Burleigh announced she would retire at the end of the team's 2020–21 season[6] and was replaced by Emery-Riddle head coach Samantha Bohon.

Roster

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As of September 5, 2024[7]

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 Dominican Republic DOM Paloma Peña
1 GK United States USA Jayden Emmanuel
2 MF United States USA Elyse Campbell
3 FW United States USA Tatum O'Coyne
4 FW United States USA Megan Hinnenkamp
5 GK United States USA Alexa Goldberg
6 DF United States USA Avery Upton
7 DF United States USA Lauren McCloskey
8 FW United States USA Charlotte McClure
9 DF United States USA Josie Curtis
10 MF United States USA Madison Jones
11 FW United States USA Sophie White
12 FW United States USA Ryleigh Acosta
13 FW Sweden SWE Vera Blom
14 DF United States USA Njeri Butts
15 MF United States USA Lauren Donovan
16 DF United States USA Emilee Hauser
17 FW United States USA Delaney Tellex
18 FW Sweden SWE Liwa Nilsson
No. Pos. Nation Player
19 MF United States USA Kaela Standish
20 DF United States USA Anna DeLeon
21 DF United States USA Madison Young
22 MF United States USA Oakley Rasmussen
23 DF United States USA Daviana Vaka
24 MF United States USA Lucy Froitzheim
25 MF United States USA Delaney Tauzel


27 MF United States USA Norah Abbott
28 MF United States USA Emma Duval
29 FW United States USA Lena Bailey
30 FW United States USA Amelia Malkin
31 GK United States USA Paris Bice
32 FW United States USA Zamiyah Hill
33 DF United States USA Skye Barnes

Notable players

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Abby Wambach, first-team All-SEC (1998–2001), first-team All-American (1999, 2001), tied for the school record for career goals
Heather Mitts won two Olympic gold medals with the United States

First-team All-Americans

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The following Florida soccer players have been named first-team All-Americans:[8]

Internationals and professionals

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Coaching staff

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Becky Burleigh became the first head coach of the Florida Gators soccer program on June 28, 1994. Prior to coaching at Florida, Burleigh was the head coach at Berry College, where her Lady Fury teams won two NAIA national championships.[2] At Florida and Berry, Burleigh compiled an overall record of 496-141-43, with a winning percentage of 0.7610.[2] She ranked fourth in total number of wins, and fifth in winning percentage, among all active Division I women's soccer coaches.[2]

Tony Amato served as the coach for the 2021–2022 season before being terminated after 1 season and a 4-12-4 record.

Samantha Bohon was hired as the third coach of the program on May 16, 2022.[15]

James G. Pressly Stadium

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The Florida Gators soccer team plays its home games in James G. Pressly Stadium.[16] Pressly Stadium is a dual-purpose facility serving as home to the soccer team and the men's and women's outdoor track & field teams.[16] It is a lighted stadium and has a seating capacity of approximately 4,500.[16] The stadium is named for James G. Pressly, a 1972 alumnus of the University of Florida College of Law, who made a generous contribution to have the facility upgraded for Division I play.[16]

The Gators soccer team also has the exclusive use of a soccer practice field that was completed as part of the Florida Lacrosse Facility in 2009.[16]

Season records

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NCAA Division I Champions Conference Champions Conference Tournament Champions Division Champions


Season Conference Conference Record Conference Ranking Conference Tournament Results Regular Season Record Final Ranking Post Season Results
Division Overall
1995 SEC 6-1-1 2 2 Auburn
T 0-0 v. Auburn (5-4 Auburn PKs)
14-4-2 NR Did Not Make
1996 SEC 8-0-0 1 1 Lexington
W 3-0 v. Tennessee
W 6-1 v. Auburn
W 3-2 (2OT) v. Arkansas
22-3-0 8 Gainesville
W 7-3 v. NC State
W 5-0 v. Wake Forest
Chapel Hill
L 0-9 v. North Carolina
1997 SEC 7-1-0 2 2 Gainesville
W 6-0 v. Ole Miss
W 3-1 v. Georgia
W 4-2 v. Vanderbilt
20-3-1 9 Gainesville
W 3-2 v. Vanderbilt
Chapel Hill
L 0-5 v. North Carolina
1998 SEC 8-0-0 1 1 Tuscaloosa
W 6-0 v. South Carolina
W 2-0 v. Kentucky
W 2-0 v. Vanderbilt
26-1-0 1 First round Bye
Gainesville
W 5-1 v. James Madison
W 1-0 v. Northwestern
W 3-1 v. Penn State
Greensboro
W 1-0 v. Santa Clara
W 1-0 v. North Carolina
1999 SEC 9-0-0 1 1 Nashville
W 4-3 v. Arkansas
W 3-0 v. Vanderbilt
W 3-0 v. Ole Miss
21-2-0 10 First round Bye
Gainesville
L 0-1 v. Hartford
2000 SEC 9-0-0 1 1 Athens
W 4-1 v. Arkansas
W 2-1 v. Kentucky
W 2-0 v. Georgia
16-8-0 19 First round Bye
Gainesville
L 1-2 v. Florida State
2001 SEC 8-1-0 1 1 Baton Rouge
W 4-0 v. Vanderbilt
W 3-1 v. Kentucky
W 2-1 v. Auburn
21-4-1 4 Gainesville
W 4-0 v. UCF
W 3-0 v. Georgia
W 3-1 v. Clemson
Los Angeles
W 1-0 (2OT) v. UCLA
Dallas
L 2-3 v. Santa Clara
2002 SEC 5-3-0 2 T3 Oxford
W 2-1 v. South Carolina
W 2-0 v. LSU
L 1-2 (2OT) v. Tennessee
10-10-2 NR Did Not Make
2003 SEC 6-2-1 2 3 Orange Beach
W 3-1 v. Vanderbilt
W 4-1 v. Georgia
T 1-1 v. Tennessee (7-6 Tennessee PKs)
19-4-2 8 Gainesville
W 3-2 (2OT) v. UCF
W 4-3 (2OT) v. Mississippi
W 1-0 v. Tennessee
L 1-2 v. Florida State
2004 SEC 7-2-2 2 3 Auburn
W 2-0 v. Alabama
W 3-0 v. Ole Miss
W 2-1 (2OT) v. Tennessee
16-4-3 21 Gainesville
L 2-3 v. UCF
2005 SEC 8-2-1 T2 T3 Orange Beach
L 2-1 v. Auburn
13-6-1 20 Gainesville
L 0-1 (2OT) v. Illinois
2006 SEC 7-1-3 1 1 Orange Beach
W 4-1 v. Georgia
W 2-0 v. South Carolina
L 1-2 v. Kentucky
14-6-5 10 Milwaukee
W 2-0 v. Loyola
T 0-0 v. Marquette (4-3 Florida PKs)
Los Angeles
L 2-3 v. UCLA
2007 SEC 9-2-0 1 1 Orange Beach
W 4-0 v. Kentucky
W 1-0 (2OT) v. LSU
W 4-1 v. Georgia
17-5-3 17 Gainesville
W 3-0 v. Miami
T 0-0 v. UCF (4-3 Florida PKs)
Los Angeles
L 0-1 Southern California
2008 SEC 11-0-0 1 1 Orange Beach
W 2-1 v. Alabama
L 0-3 v. Georgia
19-4-1 10 Gainesville
W 2-1 v. California
W 2-0 v. UCF
L 1-2 v. Texas A&M
2009 SEC 8-1-2 1 1 Orange Beach
W 1-0 (2OT) v. Tennessee
L 0-1 v. South Carolina
16-6-2 15 Columbus
W 2-0 v. Illinois State
L 0-1 (OT) v. Oregon State
2010 SEC 9-1-1 1 1 Orange Beach
W 5-3 v. Vanderbilt
W 3-1 v. Georgia
W 1-0 v. South Carolina
19-2-3 12 Gainesville
W 3-0 v. Mercer
T 0-0 v. Duke (4-2 Duke PKs)
2011 SEC 7-4-0 T2 T3 Orange Beach
W 2-0 v. Georgia
W 2-1 v. Alabama
L 2-3 v. Auburn
17-8-0 RV Gainesville
W 3-0 v. FGCU
L 2-3 v. UCF
2012 SEC 11-2-0 1 1 Orange Beach
W 2-1 v. Mississippi
W 3-0 v. Missouri
W 3-0 v. Auburn
19-5-1 Gainesville
W 2-0 v. FGCU
W 1-0 v. UCF
L 0-2 v. Notre Dame
2013 -SEC 9-2-0 1 Orange Beach
W 1-0 v. Arkansas
W 2-1 v. Mississippi
L 1-2 v. Texas A&M
15-3-1 Gainesville
W 2-0 v. Jacksonville
Durham
L 0-1 v. Duke
2014 SEC 9-2-0 2 Orange Beach
T 1-1 v. Tennessee (Tennessee 5-4 PKs)
17-4-2 Gainesville
W 3-0 v. Mercer
W 3-1 v. UC Berkeley
W 3-2 v. Texas Tech
Palo Alto
T 2-2 v. Stanford (Stanford 4-3 PKs)
2015 SEC 8-2-1 1 Orange Beach
W 2-1 v. Vanderbilt
W 2-0 v. Auburn
W 2-1 v. Texas A&M
19-4-1 6 Gainesville
W 1-0 v. Western Michigan
W 5-2 v. William & Mary
L 1-2 v. Duke
2016 SEC 8-3-0 T3 Orange Beach
T 3-3 v. Missouri (8-7 Florida PKs)
W 1-0 v. South Carolina
W 2-1 (OT) v. Arkansas
17-5-1 10 Gainesville
W 3-0 v. Florida Gulf Coast
W 3-2 (2OT) v. Wisconsin
L 1-2 v. Auburn
2017 SEC 7-3-0 3 Orange Beach
W 1-0 v. Auburn
L 1-2 (OT) v. Texas A&M
17-7-0 Gainesville
W 3-0 v. South Alabama
W 1-0 v. USF
W 1-0 (2OT) v. Washington State
Columbia
L 0-2 v. South Carolina
2018 SEC 4-4-2 8 Orange Beach
T 1-1 v. Auburn (Florida 2-1 PKs)
W 1-0 v. Vanderbilt
L 0-1 (OT) v. Arkansas
7-10-4 NR Did not qualify
Total 188-39-15 44-8-5 414-120-36 35-18-4

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "UF Identity Style Guide". March 1, 2016. Retrieved March 19, 2016.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h 2017 Florida Gators Soccer Media Guide, Year-by-Year Results. Retrieved December 25, 2018.
  3. ^ a b c Pat Dooley, "Top 25 Gator teams: #5 1998 Women's soccer," Gainesville Sun (June 4, 2009). Retrieved July 15, 2009.
  4. ^ See, generally, SECSports.com, Soccer Archived 2009-08-17 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved July 15, 2009.
  5. ^ SECSports.com, Soccer, SEC Soccer Record Book. Retrieved July 15, 2009.
  6. ^ "Burleigh Retiring at Season's End". Florida Gators. Retrieved 2021-04-04.
  7. ^ "2024 Soccer Roster". Florida Gators. Retrieved 2024-09-05.
  8. ^ "GATOR SOCCER PLACES THREE ON NSCAA ALL-AMERICA TEAMS". University of Florida Athletics Department. December 5, 2015. Retrieved February 23, 2016.
  9. ^ Official Site of Abby Wambach, Bio Archived 2012-07-17 at archive.today. Retrieved July 20, 2009.
  10. ^ a b Heather Mitts: The Official Website, About Archived 2009-07-16 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved July 20, 2009.
  11. ^ Armstrong, Laura (February 12, 2016). "Deanne Rose enjoys breakout moment with Canada's Women's National Soccer Team". The Star. Retrieved October 11, 2018.
  12. ^ Davidson, Neil (August 19, 2016). "Canada wins bronze in women's soccer". CTV News. Retrieved October 11, 2018.
  13. ^ "CHRISTEN WESTPHAL THIRD OVERALL PICK IN NWSL DRAFT". University of Florida Athletic Department. January 15, 2016. Retrieved February 23, 2016.
  14. ^ "Kaylan Marckese joins the club". Arsenal Football Club. Retrieved 2022-07-26.
  15. ^ Long, Mark (2022-05-16). "Florida hires Embry-Riddle's Bohon as women's soccer coach". WJXT. Associated Press. Retrieved 2022-05-16.
  16. ^ a b c d e GatorZone.com, Facilities, James G. Pressly Stadium. Retrieved July 16, 2009.
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