2019 North Carolina Tar Heels women's soccer team

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2019 North Carolina Tar Heels women's soccer
North Carolina Tar Heels logo.svg
NCAA Tournament, Runners-Up
ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference
U. Soc. Coaches pollNo. 2
TopDrawerSoccer.comNo. 2
2019 record24–2–1 (9–0–1 ACC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Chris Ducar (24th season)
  • Damon Nahas (4th season)
  • Heather O'Reilly (1st season)
Home stadiumFetzer Field
Seasons
← 
2020 →
2019 ACC women's soccer standings
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. 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 Madison Schultz
3 FW Zimbabwe ZIM Ru Mucherera
4 FW United States USA Bridgette Andrzejewski
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 Morgan Goff
15 FW United States USA Zoe Redei
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
19 FW England ENG Alessia Russo
20 MF United States USA Libby Moore
21 MF United States USA Miah Araba
22 DF United States USA Tori Hansen
23 DF England ENG Lotte Wubben-Moy
25 DF United States USA Maycee Bell
26 FW United States USA Hallie Klanke
27 DF England ENG Lois Joel
28 MF United States USA Maggie Pierce
30 DF United States USA Brooke Bingham
45 MF United States USA Cameron Keating
52 FW United States USA Izzy Brown
99 MF United States 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[]

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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[]

  1. ^ a b "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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