2020 Florida State Seminoles women's soccer team
The 2020 Florida State Seminoles women's soccer team represented Florida State University during the 2020 NCAA Division I women's soccer season. It was the 26th season of the university fielding a program. The Seminoles were led by 16th year head coach Mark Krikorian.
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| Conference | Atlantic Coast Conference |
| U. Soc. Coaches poll | No. 1 |
| TopDrawerSoccer.com | No. 1 |
| 2020 record | 11–0–0 (8–0–0 ACC) |
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| Home stadium | Seminole Soccer Complex |
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| Team | W | L | T | PCT | W | L | T | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 1 Florida State †‡ | 8 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 1.000 | 11 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 1.000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 2 North Carolina † | 8 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 1.000 | 11 | – | 1 | – | 0 | .917 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 10 Virginia | 5 | – | 2 | – | 1 | .688 | 8 | – | 3 | – | 1 | .708 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 6 Clemson | 5 | – | 3 | – | 0 | .625 | 6 | – | 4 | – | 0 | .600 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 5 Duke | 4 | – | 2 | – | 2 | .625 | 7 | – | 4 | – | 2 | .615 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Louisville | 4 | – | 4 | – | 0 | .500 | 4 | – | 5 | – | 0 | .444 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Virginia Tech | 4 | – | 4 | – | 0 | .500 | 5 | – | 8 | – | 0 | .385 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 14 Notre Dame | 4 | – | 4 | – | 0 | .500 | 4 | – | 5 | – | 0 | .444 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wake Forest | 3 | – | 4 | – | 1 | .438 | 3 | – | 5 | – | 1 | .389 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Pittsburgh | 3 | – | 5 | – | 0 | .375 | 9 | – | 5 | – | 0 | .643 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Boston College | 1 | – | 7 | – | 0 | .125 | 1 | – | 7 | – | 0 | .125 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Syracuse | 1 | – | 7 | – | 0 | .125 | 1 | – | 7 | – | 0 | .125 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Miami | 0 | – | 8 | – | 0 | .000 | 0 | – | 9 | – | 0 | .000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| † – Conference champion ‡ – 2020 ACC Tournament champion As of November 24, 2020; Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Poll Source: The ACC Note: † Due to COVID-19, NC State has suspended the 2020 women's soccer season. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 Seminoles finished the fall season 11–0–0, 8–0–0 in ACC play, to finish in first place. As the first seed in the ACC Tournament, they defeated Notre Dame, Duke, and finally North Carolina to claim the championship.
Previous Season
The Seminoles finished the season 18–6–0, 8–2–0 in ACC play, to finish in second place. As the second seed in the ACC Tournament, they defeated Clemson in the first round before losing in overtime to Virginia in the semifinals. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament where they defeated South Alabama, Brown, and USF, before losing to UCLA in the quarterfinals.
Squad
Roster
Source:[3]
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Team management
| Position | Staff |
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| Athletic Director | David Coburn |
| Head Coach | Mark Krikorian |
| Assistant Coach | Mike Bristol |
| Assistant Coach | Morinao Imaizumi |
| Director of Operations | Nathan Minion |
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Schedule
Source:[5]
| Date Time, TV |
Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | Site (Attendance) City, State | ||||||
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| ACC Regular season | |||||||||||
| September 17 8:00 p.m., ACCN |
No. 2 | Notre Dame | W 5–0 | 1–0–0 (1–0–0) |
Seminole Soccer Complex (298) Tallahassee, FL | ||||||
| September 20 1:00 p.m., ACCN |
No. 2 | Louisville | W 1–0 | 2–0–0 (2–0–0) |
Seminole Soccer Complex (331) Tallahassee, FL | ||||||
| October 1 8:00 p.m., ACCN |
No. 2 | at Virginia Tech | W 4–0 | 3–0–0 (3–0–0) |
Thompson Field (124) Blacksburg, VA | ||||||
| October 4 1:00 p.m., ACCNX |
No. 2 | at Wake Forest | W 4–0 | 4–0–0 (4–0–0) |
Spry Stadium (100) Winston-Salem, NC | ||||||
| October 15 6:00 p.m., ACCN |
No. 2 | at Pittsburgh | W 4–1 | 5–0–0 (5–0–0) |
Ambrose Urbanic Field (50) Pittsburgh, PA | ||||||
| October 18 3:30 p.m., ESPN2 |
No. 2 | at No. 11 Virginia | W 4–3 | 6–0–0 (6–0–0) |
Klöckner Stadium (188) Charlottesville, VA | ||||||
| October 29 4:00 p.m., ACCRSN |
No. 2 | No. 5 Duke | W 1–0 | 7–0–0 (7–0–0) |
Seminole Soccer Complex (284) Tallahassee, FL | ||||||
| November 1 3:00 p.m., ACCRSN |
No. 2 | No. 3 Clemson | W 2–0 | 8–0–0 (8–0–0) |
Seminole Soccer Complex (400) Tallahassee, FL | ||||||
| ACC Tournament | |||||||||||
| November 10 12:30 p.m., ACCN |
(1) No. 2 | vs. (8) No. 12 Notre Dame Quarterfinals |
W 2–0 | 9–0–0 |
Sahlen's Stadium (217) Cary, NC | ||||||
| November 13 5:30 p.m., ACCN |
(1) No. 2 | vs. (5) No. 6 Duke Semifinals |
W 4–0 | 10–0–0 |
Sahlen's Stadium (277) Cary, NC | ||||||
| November 15 Noon, ESPNU |
(1) No. 2 | vs. (2) No. 1 North Carolina Finals |
W 3–2 | 11–0–0 |
Sahlen's Stadium (320) Cary, NC | ||||||
| *Non-conference game. #Rankings from United Soccer Coaches. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. | |||||||||||
Rankings
Fall 2020
| Poll | Wk 1 |
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Final |
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| United Soccer[6] | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
References
- "ACC Women's Soccer 2020 Preview | College Soccer". TopDrawerSoccer.com. Retrieved 2020-11-10.
- "NCAA Division 1 Council Approves Moving 2020 Fall Championships to Spring 2021". SI.com. Retrieved 2020-11-10.
- "2020-21 Soccer roster". Florida State University Athletics. Retrieved January 26, 2021.
- "Soccer Staff Directory". seminoles.com. Florida State University. Retrieved January 26, 2021.
- "2020 Women's Soccer Schedule". seminoles.com. Florida State University. Retrieved January 26, 2021.
- "United Soccer Coaches Top 25 NCAA DI Women — National". unitedsoccercoaches.org. United Soccer Coaches. November 24, 2020. Retrieved January 26, 2021.
- "College Soccer National Rankings". TopDrawer Soccer. February 8, 2021. Retrieved February 8, 2021.