2019 North Carolina Tar Heels women's soccer team

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.

2019 North Carolina Tar Heels women's soccer
NCAA Tournament, Runners-Up
ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference
U. Soc. Coaches pollNo. 2
TopDrawerSoccer.comNo. 2
2019 record24–2–1 (9–0–1 ACC)
Head coachAnson Dorrance (43rd season)
Assistant coaches
  • Chris Ducar (24th season)
  • Damon Nahas (4th season)
  • Heather O'Reilly (1st season)
Home stadiumFetzer Field
2019 ACC women's soccer standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW 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 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  USA Claudia Dickey
1 FW  USA Madison Schultz
3 FW  USA Ru Mucherera
4 FW  USA Bridgette Andrzejewski
5 MF  USA Mary Elliot McCabe
6 FW  USA Taylor Otto
7 DF  USA Julia Dorsey
8 MF  USA Brianna Pinto
9 MF  USA Rachel Dorwart
10 MF  USA Rachel Jones
11 MF  USA Emily Fox
12 FW  USA Alexis Strickland
13 FW  USA Isabel Cox
14 MF  USA Morgan Goff
15 FW  USA Zoe Redei
16 FW  USA Aleigh Gambone
No. Pos. Nation Player
17 GK  USA Marz Josephson
18 MF  USA Natalie Chandler
19 FW  ENG Alessia Russo
20 MF  USA Libby Moore
21 MF  USA Miah Araba
22 DF  USA Tori Hansen
23 DF  ENG Lotte Wubben-Moy
25 DF  USA Maycee Bell
26 FW  USA Hallie Klanke
27 DF  USA Lois Joel
28 MF  USA Maggie Pierce
30 DF  USA Brooke Bingham
45 MF  USA Cameron Keating
52 FW  USA Izzy Brown
99 MF  USA Laura Sparling

Team management
PositionStaff
Athletic DirectorBubba Cunningham
Head CoachAnson Dorrance
Assistant CoachChris Ducar
Assistant CoachDamon Nahas
Assistant CoachHeather O'Reilly
Director of OperationsTom 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
Main article: 2020 NWSL College Draft
PlayerTeamRoundPick #Position
Bridgette AndrzejewskiHouston Dash218F

Source:[3]

Rankings
Main article: 2019 NCAA Division I women's soccer rankings
Ranking movement
Legend: ██ Improvement in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking. ██ Not ranked the previous week. RV=Others receiving votes.
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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. "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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