# 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.
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
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. 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 | ENG | 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

| 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 |
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## Schedule

Source:
| 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) $^{2OT}$ | 24–1–2 | 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 |
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## Rankings

Ranking movement Legend: ██ Improvement in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking. ██ Not ranked the previous week. RV=Others receiving votes. :
| Poll | Pre | Wk 1 | Wk 2 | Wk 3 | Wk 4 | Wk 5 | Wk 6 | Wk 7 | Wk 8 | Wk 9 | Wk 10 | Wk 11 | Wk 12 | Wk 13 | Wk 14 | Wk 15 | Wk 16 | Final |
| United Soccer | 2 | 2 | 1 (24) | 1 (29) | 4 | 4 | 3 (2) | 3 (3) | 3 (1) | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 (8) | None Released | None Released | None Released | None Released | 2 (1) |
| TopDrawer Soccer | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |