2021 Louisville Cardinals women's soccer team
The 2021 Louisville Cardinals women's soccer team represented University of Louisville during the 2021 NCAA Division I women's soccer season. The Cardinals were led by head coach Karen Ferguson-Dayes, in her twenty-second season. They played home games at Lynn Stadium. This was the team's 37th season playing organized women's college soccer and their 8th playing in the Atlantic Coast Conference.
| 2021 Louisville Cardinals women's soccer | |
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| Conference | Atlantic Coast Conference |
| Record | 7–7–2 (3–6–1 ACC) |
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| Home stadium | Lynn Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | T | PCT | W | L | T | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 8 Virginia †y | 8 | – | 0 | – | 2 | .900 | 18 | – | 3 | – | 2 | .826 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 1 Florida State ‡y | 7 | – | 1 | – | 2 | .800 | 21 | – | 1 | – | 3 | .900 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 5 Duke y | 7 | – | 2 | – | 1 | .750 | 16 | – | 4 | – | 1 | .786 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 16 Notre Dame y | 7 | – | 3 | – | 0 | .700 | 14 | – | 6 | – | 2 | .682 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Clemson y | 6 | – | 3 | – | 1 | .650 | 12 | – | 7 | – | 1 | .625 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 14 North Carolina y | 5 | – | 2 | – | 3 | .650 | 12 | – | 3 | – | 3 | .750 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 25 Wake Forest y | 6 | – | 4 | – | 0 | .600 | 16 | – | 6 | – | 0 | .727 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Virginia Tech y | 5 | – | 3 | – | 2 | .600 | 12 | – | 6 | – | 2 | .650 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Pittsburgh | 4 | – | 6 | – | 0 | .400 | 11 | – | 7 | – | 0 | .611 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| NC State y | 4 | – | 6 | – | 0 | .400 | 9 | – | 9 | – | 2 | .500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Louisville | 3 | – | 6 | – | 1 | .350 | 7 | – | 7 | – | 2 | .500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Boston College | 1 | – | 9 | – | 0 | .100 | 7 | – | 10 | – | 1 | .417 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Miami (FL) | 1 | – | 9 | – | 0 | .100 | 4 | – | 12 | – | 0 | .250 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Syracuse | 0 | – | 10 | – | 0 | .000 | 4 | – | 12 | – | 1 | .265 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| † – Conference champion ‡ – 2021 ACC Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of December 7, 2021 Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Poll Source: The ACC | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The Cardinals finished the season 7–7–2 overall and 3–6–1 in ACC play to finish in eleventh place. The team did not qualify for the ACC Tournament and were not invited to the NCAA Tournament.
Previous 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 ACC did not play a spring league schedule, but did allow teams to play non-conference games that would count toward their 2020 record in the lead up to the NCAA Tournament.[3]
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. The Cardinals finished the spring season 1–2–0 and were not invited to the NCAA Tournament.
Squad
Roster
- As of January 6, 2022 [4]
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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| Karen Ferguson-Dayes | Head Coach |
| Nick Stirrett | Assistant Coach |
| Hunter Norton | Assistant Coach |
| Declan Doherty | Performance Analyst |
| Jing Hughley | Director of Operations |
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Schedule
Source:[5]
| Date Time, TV |
Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | Site (Attendance) City, State | ||||||
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| Exhibition | |||||||||||
| August 14* 7:30 p.m. |
Ball State | W 2–0 | – |
Lynn Stadium Louisville, KY | |||||||
| Non-Conference Regular Season | |||||||||||
| August 19* 7:30 p.m., ACCNX |
Western Michigan | W 6–2 | 1–0–0 |
Lynn Stadium (503) Louisville, KY | |||||||
| August 27* 7:30 p.m., ACCNX |
James Madison | W 4–3 | 2–0–0 |
Lynn Stadium (357) Louisville, KY | |||||||
| August 29* 7:30 p.m., ACCNX |
Northern Kentucky | W 3–0 | 3–0–0 |
Lynn Stadium (536) Louisville, KY | |||||||
| September 2* 8:00 p.m., ESPN+ |
at Saint Louis | W 1–0 | 4–0–0 |
Hermann Stadium (1,552) St. Louis, MO | |||||||
| September 5* 7:30 p.m., ACCNX |
Western Kentucky | L 0–1 | 4–1–0 |
Lynn Stadium (623) Louisville, KY | |||||||
| September 10* 5:00 p.m., ACCNX |
No. 16 Michigan | T 1–1 2OT | 4–1–1 |
Lynn Stadium (600) Louisville, KY | |||||||
| ACC Regular Season | |||||||||||
| September 17 7:00 p.m., ACCNX |
at Miami (FL) | W 3–2 2OT | 5–1–1 (1–0–0) |
Cobb Stadium (154) Coral Gables, FL | |||||||
| September 23 6:00 p.m., ACCN |
at Syracuse | W 2–1 | 6–1–1 (2–0–0) |
SU Soccer Stadium (23) Syracuse, NY | |||||||
| September 26 1:00 p.m., ACCNX |
No. 1 Florida State | L 0–3 | 6–2–1 (2–1–0) |
Lynn Stadium (376) Louisville, KY | |||||||
| October 2 7:00 p.m., ACCNX |
Wake Forest | W 2–1 OT | 7–2–1 (3–1–0) |
Lynn Stadium (397) Louisville, KY | |||||||
| October 7 8:00 p.m., ACCRSN |
at No. 24 Notre Dame | L 0–3 | 7–3–1 (3–2–0) |
Alumni Stadium (289) Notre Dame, IN | |||||||
| October 10 1:00 p.m., ACCNX |
NC State | L 1–2 | 7–4–1 (3–3–0) |
Lynn Stadium (483) Louisville, KY | |||||||
| October 15 4:00 p.m., ACCNX |
Boston College | L 1–2 | 7–5–1 (3–4–0) |
Lynn Stadium (385) Louisville, KY | |||||||
| October 21 7:00 p.m., ACCNX |
at No. 2 Virginia | L 1–4 | 7–6–1 (3–5–0) |
Klöckner Stadium (1,564) Charlottesville, VA | |||||||
| October 24 1:00 p.m., ACCNX |
at Clemson | T 1–1 2OT | 7–6–2 (3–5–1) |
Riggs Field (284) Clemson, SC | |||||||
| October 28 5:00 p.m., ACCN |
No. 2 Duke | L 0–1 | 7–7–2 (3–6–1) |
Lynn Stadium (304) Louisville, KY | |||||||
| *Non-conference game. #Rankings from United Soccer Coaches. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. | |||||||||||
Rankings
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| Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | Final |
| United Soccer[6] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Not released | — | |||
| TopDrawer Soccer[7] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
References
- "ACC Women's Soccer 2020 Preview | College Soccer". TopDrawerSoccer.com. Retrieved November 10, 2020.
- "NCAA Division 1 Council Approves Moving 2020 Fall Championships to Spring 2021". SI.com. Retrieved November 10, 2020.
- "Atlantic Coast Conference Announces Spring Olympic Sports Schedules". theacc.com. The Atlantic Coast Conference. January 26, 2021. Retrieved February 10, 2021.
- "2021 Women's Soccer Roster". gocards.com. University of Louisville Athletics. Retrieved January 6, 2022.
- "2021 Women's Soccer - Schedule". gocards.com. University of Louisville Cardinals. Retrieved March 25, 2022.
- "United Soccer Coaches Top 25 NCAA DI Women — National". unitedsoccercoaches.org. United Soccer Coaches. December 7, 2021. Retrieved December 7, 2021.
- "College Soccer National Rankings". topdrawersoccer.com. TopDrawer Soccer. December 7, 2021. Retrieved December 7, 2021.