The 2020 Louisville Cardinals women's soccer team represented

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during the

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. The Cardinals were led by head coach

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, 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

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. Due to the

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, 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 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

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in the Quarterfinals. The Cardinals finished the spring season 1–2–0 and were not invited to the NCAA Tournament.

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

Team management

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Schedule

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2021 NWSL College Draft

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Rankings

Fall 2020

Spring 2021

References

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