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2020 North Carolina Tar Heels Women's Soccer Team
The 2020 North Carolina Tar Heels women's soccer team represented the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill during the 2020 NCAA Division I women's soccer season. It was the 44th season of the university fielding a program. The Tar Heels were led by 44th year head coach Anson Dorrance. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the ACC played a reduced schedule in 2020 and the NCAA Tournament was postponed to 2021. 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. The Tar Heels finished the fall season 11–1–0, 8–0–0 in ACC play to finish in first place. As the second seed in the ACC Tournament, they defeated Virginia Tech, and Virginia, before losing to Florida State in the final. The Tar Heels finished the spring season 4–0 and received an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament. As the second seed in the tournament, they defeated Denver in the Seco ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anson Dorrance
Albert Anson Dorrance IV (born April 9, 1951) is an American soccer coach. He is currently the head coach of the women's soccer program at the University of North Carolina. He has one of the most successful coaching records in the history of athletics. Under Dorrance's leadership, the Tar Heels have won 21 of the 31 NCAA Women's Soccer Championships. The Tar Heels' record under Dorrance stood at 809-67-36 (.907 winning percentage) over 33 seasons at the end of the 2017 season. He has led his team to a 101-game unbeaten streak and coached 13 different women to a total of 20 National Player of the Year awards. The NCAA has recognized Dorrance as the Women's Soccer Coach of the Year seven times (1982, 1986, 1997, 2000, 2001, 2003 and 2006) and as the Men's Soccer Coach of the Year in 1987. On March 10, 2008 Dorrance was elected to the National Soccer Hall of Fame. Early life Dorrance was born in Bombay, India on April 9, 1951, the son of an American oil executive. He spent his yo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Koskinen Stadium
Koskinen Stadium is a 4,500-seat (7,000-capacity) stadium in Durham, North Carolina on the campus of Duke University. It serves as home to Duke's soccer and lacrosse teams. The stadium is named in honor of Duke benefactors John Koskinen and Patricia Koskinen. See also *Duke Blue Devils men's lacrosse The Duke Blue Devils men's lacrosse team represents Duke University in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I men's lacrosse. Duke currently competes as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) and plays its home ga ... References External links Duke Athletics - Koskinen Stadium College lacrosse venues in the United States College soccer venues in the United States Duke Blue Devils soccer Lacrosse venues in North Carolina Soccer venues in North Carolina Sports venues in Durham, North Carolina Duke Blue Devils sports venues Duke Blue Devils lacrosse {{NorthCarolina-sports-venue-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2020 Duke Blue Devils Women's Soccer Team
The 2020 Duke Blue Devils women's soccer team represented Duke University during the 2020 NCAA Division I women's soccer season. The Blue Devils were led by head coach Robbie Church, in his twentieth season. They played home games at Koskinen Stadium. This was the team's 33rd season playing organized women's college soccer and their 33rd playing in the Atlantic Coast Conference. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the ACC played a reduced schedule in 2020 and the NCAA Tournament was postponed to 2021. 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. The Blue Devils finished the fall season 7–4–2, 4–2–2 in ACC play to finish in sixth place. As the fifth seed in the ACC Tournament, they defeated Clemson before losing to eventual champions Florida State in the Semifinals. The Blue Devils finished the spring season 3–1–1 and received an at-lar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ACC Network
ACC Network (ACCN) is an American multinational subscription-television channel owned and operated by ESPN Inc. Dedicated to coverage of the Atlantic Coast Conference, it was announced in July 2016 and launched on August 22, 2019. The channel operates from ESPN's headquarters in Bristol, Connecticut, though some programming and staff is in Charlotte, North Carolina. The network's digital platform, ACC Network Extra (ACCNX), streams on ESPN.com and the ESPN app for ACC Network subscribers, and carries ACC events not broadcast on television. History There had been repeated calls for the ACC to establish its own cable channel, similar to those that had or were being established by other Power Five conferences. From July 1, 2012, to June 30, 2013 (in the midst of realignment that saw Pittsburgh, Syracuse and Louisville announce that they would join the ACC, Maryland leave for the Big Ten, and Notre Dame join the ACC outside of football), the ACC took in less television revenue t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Chapel Hill is a town in Orange, Durham and Chatham counties in the U.S. state of North Carolina. Its population was 61,960 in the 2020 census, making Chapel Hill the 17th-largest municipality in the state. Chapel Hill, Durham, and the state capital, Raleigh, make up the corners of the Research Triangle (officially the Raleigh–Durham–Cary combined statistical area), with a total population of 1,998,808. The town was founded in 1793 and is centered on Franklin Street, covering . It contains several districts and buildings listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and UNC Health Care are a major part of the economy and town influence. Local artists have created many murals. History The area was the home place of early settler William Barbee of Middlesex County, Virginia, whose 1753 grant of 585 acres from John Carteret, 2nd Earl Granville was the first of two land grants in what is now the Chapel Hill-Durham area. Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2020 Wake Forest Demon Deacons Women's Soccer Team
The 2020 Wake Forest Demon Deacons women's soccer team represented Wake Forest University during the 2020 NCAA Division I women's soccer season. The Demon Deacons were led by head coach Tony Da Luz, in his eighteenth season. They played home games at Spry Stadium. This is the team's 26th season playing organized women's college soccer, all of which have been played in the Atlantic Coast Conference. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic The COVID-19 pandemic, also known as the coronavirus pandemic, is an ongoing global pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The novel virus was first identif ..., the ACC played a reduced schedule in 2020 and the NCAA Tournament was postponed to 2021. 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. The Demon Deacons finished the fall sea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bubba Cunningham
Lawrence R. "Bubba" Cunningham (born May 12, 1962) is an American college athletics administrator. He was named athletic director for the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 2011. He was previously athletic director for Ball State University from 2002 to 2005 and for the University of Tulsa from 2005 to 2011. Early life and education Lawrence R. Cunningham was born in Flint, Michigan, and was later raised in Naples, Florida. He attended the University of Notre Dame, playing golf there and getting his bachelor's and master's degrees in 1984 and 1988, respectively. Cunningham also began his career as an athletic director at Notre Dame, being their associate athletics director from 1995-2002. Athletic Director Ball State Cunningham was for the first time made athletics director at Ball State in 2002. His biggest accomplishment at Ball State was a $12 million campaign to renovate their football stadium. Tulsa Cunningham accepted his second athletics director job at Tulsa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emily Fox (soccer)
Emily Ann Fox (born July 5, 1998) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a defender for North Carolina Courage of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) and the United States national team. She played college soccer for the North Carolina Tar Heels. College career In 2017, Fox started the first thirteen games of her freshman season with the Tar Heels before suffering a torn ACL and missed the remainder of the season. She was named to the third team All-ACC and the All-Freshman Team in 2017. In 2018, Fox returned to the starting lineup, and at one point started eighteen straight games. Due to her call-up to the USWNT in November 2018, Fox missed the ACC Tournament Semi-Finals and Final as well as the first round of the NCAA Tournament. North Carolina made it all the way to the Final of the 2018 College Cup, where they lost 1–0 to Florida State. Fox was named to the 2018 first-team All-ACC. Club career Fox played more minutes than any other NWSL rookie in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brianna Pinto
Brianna Alexis Smalls Pinto (born May 24, 2000) is an American soccer player who currently plays as a midfielder for North Carolina Courage of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL). Pinto has played for the United States youth national teams at the 2016 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup and the 2018 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup and was named the United States Soccer Federation's Young Female Player of the Year in 2019. At age 16, Pinto was the youngest player named to the United States women's team's squad for the 2017 SheBelieves Cup. Early life Pinto was born in New Haven, Connecticut and grew up in Durham, North Carolina. At age 9, her father Hassan, who played for North Carolina's men's soccer team, placed her on the boys team at Triangle FC in Raleigh, North Carolina after contacting former North Carolina women's players, Mia Hamm, Kristine Lilly and Cindy Parlow, who told him they developed at an early age by playing against boys. At age 13, she joined Capital Area Soccer Le ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taylor Otto
Taylor Marie Otto (born October 23, 1997) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a midfielder for A-League Women club Melbourne City. Club career Born in Cleveland, Ohio, Otto began her career with CASL ECNL before joining the North Carolina Tar Heels of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She red shirted her first season with the Tar Heels after she participated with the United States under-20 side at the FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup. The next season, in 2017, she became the starting center-back for the Tar Heels, playing all 22 games for the side. After spending four seasons with the Tar Heels, Otto had played 84 matches, scoring 11 goals. Racing Louisville On January 13, 2021, Otto was selected first pick of the second round (11th overall) of the NWSL Draft by Racing Louisville. She made her debut for the side on April 15, 2021, in the NWSL Challenge Cup against the Washington Spirit, coming on as a 78th-minute substitute in a 1–0 defeat. On ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
