The LSU Tigers women's soccer team represents

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in the sport of

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. The Tigers compete in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletics Association (NCAA) and the

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(SEC). The Tigers play their home games at the

LSU Soccer Stadium The LSU Soccer Stadium is a soccer facility located on the campus of Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, United States. The facility was built in 1996. It serves as the home of the LSU Tigers women's soccer team. The two-level stadium ha ...

on the university's

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campus.

History

The LSU Tigers soccer team's first season was in 1995. The Tigers' first coach was Miriam Hickey who compiled a record of 22–17–1 () at LSU from 1995 to 1996. The second coach in LSU soccer history was Gregg Boggs who coached the Tigers from 1997 to 1999. He had a record of 12–44–3 (). In 2000,

George Fotopoulos George Fotopoulos is an American soccer coach with Greek background. He coached the Louisiana State University (LSU) women's soccer team from 2000 to 2004. Fotopoulos went 52–39–14 in five years at LSU, posting a 12–28–6 record in the So ...

was hired as head coach of the LSU soccer team and amassed a record of 52–39–8 () during his 5 years at LSU. During George Fotopoulos' final season in 2004, his wife Danielle Fotopoulos was hired as co-head coach of the LSU soccer team. During her only season at LSU, she along with her husband compiled a record of 8–11–1 () in 2004. In 2005, Brian Lee was named head soccer coach at LSU. He coached LSU for fourteen seasons until he left following the 2018 season. During his tenure the Tigers compiled a record of 143–100–45 () and won 4 SEC West Division titles in 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2011. The Tigers won their first SEC Tournament in program history in 2018.

Year-by-year results

*East and West Divisions were removed in 2013. *Incomplete season due to

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Prominent players

All-Americans

National Soccer Coaches Association of America

Stadium

LSU Soccer Stadium

The LSU Soccer Stadium is a

facility located on the campus of

Baton Rouge Baton Rouge ( ; ) is a city in and the capital of the U.S. state of Louisiana. Located the eastern bank of the Mississippi River, it is the parish seat of East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana's most populous parish—the equivalent of counti ...

. The facility, built in 1996, serves as the home of the LSU Tigers soccer team. The two-level

stadium A stadium ( : stadiums or stadia) is a place or venue for (mostly) outdoor sports, concerts, or other events and consists of a field or stage either partly or completely surrounded by a tiered structure designed to allow spectators to stand o ...

has a

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of 2,197.

Practice and Training facilities

LSU Indoor Practice facility

The

LSU Indoor Practice Facility The LSU Indoor Practice Facility, built in 1991, is a climate-controlled 83,580 square feet facility connected to the Football Operations Center and adjacent to LSU's four outdoor 100-yard football practice fields. It holds the 100-yd Anderson-Fea ...

, built in 1991, is a climate-controlled 8,250 square feet facility. It is used when inclement weather prevents the soccer team from practicing at the

. It holds the 100-yd Anderson-Feazel LSU Indoor field. The playing surface is Momentum Field Turf by SportExe.

Strength and Conditioning facility

The LSU Tigers soccer team weight room is over 10,000 square feet and includes multi-purpose flat surface platform, bench, incline, squat and Olympic lifting stations along with dumbbell bench stations. It is also equipped with medicine balls, hurdles, plyometric boxes, assorted speed and agility equipment, treadmills, stationary bikes and elliptical cross trainers. The weight room features multiple high-definition TV's for multimedia presentations. It is located in the

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Training room

The training room located in the

features hydrotherapy which includes hot/cold Jacuzzis and an underwater treadmill and multiple stations to treat the players.

Current roster

''as of 2022''

Head coaches

Footnotes

References

External links

Official website
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