The 2020 North Carolina Tar Heels women's soccer team represented the

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during the

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. It was the 44th season of the university fielding a program. The Tar Heels were led by 44th year head coach

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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 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

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, and

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, before losing to

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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

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in the Second Round,

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in the Third Round, and

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in the Quarterfinals before losing to Santa Clara in the Semifinals to end their season.

Previous season

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,

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, and

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

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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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2020 in sports in North Carolina

North Carolina Tar Heels women's soccer seasons