2020 Louisville Cardinals women's soccer team
The 2020 Louisville Cardinals women's soccer team represented University of Louisville during the 2020 NCAA Division I women's soccer season. The Cardinals were led by head coach Karen Ferguson-Dayes, in her twenty-first season. They played home games at Lynn Stadium. This was the team's 36th season playing organized women's college soccer and their 7th playing in the Atlantic Coast Conference.
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| Conference | Atlantic Coast Conference |
| 2020 record | 4–5–0 (4–4–0 ACC) |
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| Home stadium | Lynn Stadium |
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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 Cardinals finished the fall season 4–5–0, 4–4–0 in ACC play to finish in a tie for sixth place. They were awarded the sixth seed in the ACC Tournament based on tiebreakers. In the tournament they lost to Virginia in the Quarterfinals.
Previous season
The Cardinals finished the season 13–5–2, 5–3–2 in ACC play to finish in fourth place. As the fourth seed in the ACC Tournament, they lost to NC State in the Quarterfinals. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament where they defeated Lipscomb before losing to BYU in the Second Round.
Squad
Roster
Updated January 28, 2021[3]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Team management
| Position | Staff |
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| Head Coach | Karen Ferguson-Dayes |
| Assistant Coach | Andy Stoots |
| Assistant Coach | Hunter Norton |
| Assistant Coach | Tim Nowak |
| Performance Analyst | Declan Doherty |
| Director of Operations | Jing Hughley |
Source:[3]
Schedule
Source:[4]
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Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | Site (Attendance) City, State | ||||||
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| ACC Regular Season | |||||||||||
| September 17 7:00 p.m., ACCNX |
at Miami (FL) | W 3–0 | 1–0–0 (1–0–0) |
Cobb Stadium (30) Coral Gables, FL | |||||||
| September 20 1:00 p.m., ACCN |
at Florida State | L 0–1 | 1–1–0 (1–1–0) |
Seminole Soccer Complex (331) Tallahassee, FL | |||||||
| October 1 4:00 p.m., ACCN |
Syracuse | W 3–0 | 2–1–0 (2–1–0) |
Lynn Stadium (325) Louisville, KY | |||||||
| October 4 Noon, ACCRSN |
Boston College | W 2–0 | 3–1–0 (3–1–0) |
Lynn Stadium (237) Louisville, KY | |||||||
| October 15 8:00 p.m., ACCN |
No. 13 | at No. 11 Virginia | L 0–2 | 3–2–0 (3–2–0) |
Klöckner Stadium (161) Charlottesville, VA | ||||||
| October 18 2:00 p.m., Fox Sports Go |
No. 13 | at Virginia Tech | W 1–0 | 4–2–0 (4–2–0) |
Thompson Field (161) Blacksburg, VA | ||||||
| October 25 1:30 p.m., ACCN |
No. 13 | Notre Dame | L 0–1 | 4–3–0 (4–3–0) |
Lynn Stadium (145) Louisville, KY | ||||||
| October 29 8:00 p.m., ACCN |
No. 1 North Carolina | L 1–3 | 4–4–0 (4–4–0) |
Lynn Stadium (112) Louisville, KY | |||||||
| ACC Tournament | |||||||||||
| November 10 8:00 p.m., ACCN |
(6) | vs. (3) No. 9 Virginia Quarterfinals |
L 1–4 | 4–5–0 |
Sahlen's Stadium (217) Cary, NC | ||||||
| *Non-conference game. #Rankings from United Soccer Coaches. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. | |||||||||||
Rankings
Fall 2020
| Poll | Wk 1 |
Wk 2 |
Wk 3 |
Wk 4 |
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Final |
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| United Soccer[6] | 13 | 13 | 13 |
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.
- "2019 Women's Soccer Roster". gocards.com. University of Louisville Athletics. Retrieved June 30, 2020.
- "2020 Women's Soccer - Schedule". gocards.com. University of Louisville Cardinals. Retrieved January 28, 2021.
- Yang, Stephanie (January 13, 2021). "All the picks from the 2021 NWSL College Draft". allforxi.com. Vox Media. 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 1, 2021. Retrieved February 3, 2021.