South Carolina Gamecocks women's soccer

South Carolina Gamecocks
South Carolina Gamecocks
Founded	1995
University	University of South Carolina
Head coach	(14th season)
Conference	SEC
Location	Columbia, SC
Stadium	Stone Stadium ; (Capacity: 5,700)
Nickname	Gamecocks
Colors	Garnet and black;
Home	Away
NCAA Tournament College Cup
	2017
NCAA Tournament Quarterfinals
	2014, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2021
NCAA Tournament Round of 16
	2009, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2021
NCAA Tournament Round of 32
	2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021
NCAA Tournament appearances
	1998, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021
Conference Tournament championships
	2009, 2019
Conference Regular Season championships
	2011, 2016, 2017

The South Carolina Gamecocks women's soccer team represents the University of South Carolina and competes in the Southeastern Conference. The team was formed in 1995 and plays its home games at Stone Stadium. Shelley Smith is the current head coach of the women's soccer team, with her husband Jamie as the associate.^[2]^[3] The Gamecocks have played in 14 NCAA Tournaments, posting 10 Round of 32 appearances, six Round of 16 appearances, five Quarterfinal appearances, and a College Cup berth in 2017.

Head coaches[]

Statistics correct as of the end of the 2016 NCAA Division I women's soccer season

List of South Carolina Gamecocks head women's soccer coaches
Name	Years	Seasons	Won	Lost	Tie	Pct.
	1995–2000	6	55	57	5	.491
	2001–present	19	254	117	48	.637
All-Time		25	309	174	53	.626

Year-by-Year Results[]

Statistics correct as of the end of the 2016 NCAA Division I women's soccer season

List of South Carolina Gamecocks women's soccer seasons
Season	Head coach	Regular season					Postseason
		Overall	Conference				Conference	NCAA
		Overall	Conference	Division	Finish	Results	Conference	NCAA
1995	Sue Kelly	8–10–2	SEC	Eastern	5th	0–7–1	—	—
1996	Sue Kelly	10–7–2	SEC	Eastern	6th	2–5–1	—	—
1997	Sue Kelly	8–11–0	SEC	Eastern	T–5th	2–6–0	—	—
1998	Sue Kelly	11–7–1	SEC	Eastern	T–5th	4–4–0	—	First Round
1999	Sue Kelly	14–6–0	SEC	Eastern	T–3rd	6–3–0	Quarterfinals	—
2000	Sue Kelly	4–16–0	SEC	Eastern	6th	1–8–0	—	—
2001	Shelley Smith	8–7–3	SEC	Eastern	6th	2–6–1	—	—
2002	Shelley Smith	13–6–2	SEC	Eastern	3rd	4–3–2	Quarterfinals	—
2003	Shelley Smith	10–8–3	SEC	Eastern	T–5th	3–4–2	Quarterfinals	—
2004	Shelley Smith	8–10–2	SEC	Eastern	6th	2–7–2	—	—
2005	Shelley Smith	6–12–0	SEC	Eastern	6th	2–9–0	—	—
2006	Shelley Smith	11–6–5	SEC	Eastern	5th	5–2–4	Semifinals	—
2007	Shelley Smith	14–6–3	SEC	Eastern	4th	5–4–2	Semifinals	First Round
2008	Shelley Smith	11–7–4	SEC	Eastern	3rd	5–4–2	Quarterfinals	First Round
2009	Shelley Smith	19–4–2	SEC^†	Eastern	2nd	7–3–1	Champions	Round of 16
2010	Shelley Smith	17–6–2	SEC	Eastern	2nd	8–2–1	Finals	Round of 32
2011	Shelley Smith	16–7–0	SEC	Eastern^‡	1st	9–2–0	Quarterfinals	Round of 32
2012	Shelley Smith	7–10–4	SEC	Eastern	5th	3–7–3	Second Round	—
2013	Shelley Smith	17–4–2	SEC	Eastern	3rd	8–2–1	Semifinals	Round of 32
2014	Shelley Smith	14–6–5	SEC	Eastern	5th	5–3–3	Semifinals	Quarterfinals
2015	Shelley Smith	12–5–3	SEC	Eastern	5th	6–3–2	Quarterfinals	First Round
2016	Shelley Smith	21–2–1	SEC	Eastern^‡	1st	11–0–0	Semifinals	Quarterfinals
2017	Shelley Smith	19–3–1	SEC	Eastern^‡	1st	9–0–1	Quarterfinals	College Cup
2018	Shelley Smith	14–6–1	SEC	Eastern	T-3rd	6–3–1	Semifinals	Round of 32
2019	Shelley Smith	19–2–3	SEC^†	Eastern	2nd	7–0–3	Champions	Quarterfinals
2020	Shelley Smith		SEC	Eastern

Attendance[]

Over the past few seasons, the South Carolina Gamecocks have become one of the national leaders in attendance for Women's Soccer. Since 2014 the program ranks in the top three nationally in total and average attendance.

The current attendance record of 6,354 was set on August 24 in a 1–0 victory over Clemson.

Year	Games	Overall W–L	Overall Win Pct	NCAA W–L	NCAA Win Pct	Total Attendance (SEC/Nat Rank)	Avg Attendance (SEC/Nat Rank)
	11	11–0	1.000	1–0	1.000	14,997 (4th/12th)	1,363 (4th/10th)
	12	8–3–1	.708	1–0	1.000	32,197 (2nd/2nd)	2,683 (2nd/3rd)
	11	9–2–0	.818	0–1	0.000	29,206 (2nd/3rd)	2,655 (2nd/3rd)
	14	13–1–0	.929	3–1	.750	38,209 (1st/1st)	2,729 (2nd/3rd)
	12	11–0–1	.958	4–0	1.000	24,773 (2nd/4th)	2,064 (2nd/4th)
Totals	60	52–6–2	.883	9–2	.818	139,382	2,323

References[]

^ "Colors – Communications and Public Affairs | University of South Carolina". Retrieved July 16, 2019.
^ "University of South Carolina Official Athletic Site". Gamecocksonline.com. Retrieved 2015-04-26.
^ "Stone Stadium Review". stadiumjourney.com. Retrieved 2015-04-26.

External links[]

Official website

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[1] "Colors – Communications and Public Affairs | University of South Carolina". Retrieved July 16, 2019.

[2] "University of South Carolina Official Athletic Site". Gamecocksonline.com. Retrieved 2015-04-26.

[3] "Stone Stadium Review". stadiumjourney.com. Retrieved 2015-04-26.

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