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Stanford Cardinal Women's Soccer
The Stanford Cardinal women's soccer team represents Stanford University in the Atlantic Coast Conference of NCAA Division I association football, soccer. Home games are played at Laird Q. Cagan Stadium, located on the university's campus in Palo Alto, California, Palo Alto. Paul Ratcliffe (soccer), Paul Ratcliffe has coached the Cardinal since 2003, winning Pac-12 Coach of the Year eight times. During his tenure as head coach, the team won the 2011 NCAA Division I Women's Soccer Tournament, 2011, 2017 NCAA Division I Women's Soccer Tournament, 2017, and 2019 NCAA Division I Women's Soccer Tournament, 2019 NCAA Division I Women's Soccer Tournament, national championships, and nine Pac-12 titles, played in nine College Cup tournaments, and reached five NCAA Division I Women's Soccer Championship, NCAA Division I tournament finals. Five Stanford Cardinal players have been awarded the Hermann Trophy, which is awarded annually to the top college soccer player: Kelley O'Hara (2009), Ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bernard Muir
Bernard Montgomery Muir (born July 22, 1968) is an American college athletics administrator who is currently the athletic director at Stanford Cardinal, Stanford University. Prior to Stanford, Muir served in the same position at the Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens, University of Delaware and Georgetown Hoyas, Georgetown University. Early life and education Born in Gainesville, Florida, Muir attended Brown University, where he earned a bachelor's degree in organizational behavior and management and played basketball, serving as the team's co-captain in his senior year. He went on to earn a master's degree in sports administration from Ohio University. Sports administration career Muir worked as assistant director of the NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship and then joined the staff of University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame athletic director Kevin White (athletic director), Kevin White. In 2005, Muir was named athletic director at Georgetown University, and in 2009, was hired in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
NCAA Division I Women's Soccer Championship
The NCAA Division I Women's Soccer Championship, sometimes known as the Women's College Cup, is an American college soccer tournament conducted by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), and determines the Division I women's national champion. History The NCAA began conducting a single division Women's Soccer Championship tournament in 1982 with a 12-team tournament. The tournament became the Division I Championship in 1986, when Division III was created for non-scholarship programs. Currently, the tournament field consists of 64 teams. The semifinals and final of the tournament, held at a single site every year, are collectively known as the Women's College Cup (analogous to the College Cup in men's soccer). Historically, North Carolina has been the dominant school in Division I women's soccer. Known widely as one of the most successful collegiate programs in any NCAA sport, the Tar Heels have won 22 national championships of the 43 NCAA tournaments contested. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stanford Cardinal Soccer (6307252162)
Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly referred to as Stanford University, is a private research university in Stanford, California, United States. It was founded in 1885 by railroad magnate Leland Stanford (the eighth governor of and then-incumbent United States senator representing California) and his wife, Jane, in memory of their only child, Leland Jr. The university admitted its first students in 1891, opening as a coeducational and non-denominational institution. It struggled financially after Leland died in 1893 and again after much of the campus was damaged by the 1906 San Francisco earthquake. Following World War II, university provost Frederick Terman inspired an entrepreneurial culture to build a self-sufficient local industry (later Silicon Valley). In 1951, Stanford Research Park was established in Palo Alto as the world's first university research park. By 2021, the university had 2,288 tenure-line faculty, senior fellows, center fellows, and medical f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nya Harrison
Nya Layson Harrison (born November 9, 2002) is a professional association football, soccer player who plays as a defender (association football), defender for San Diego Wave FC of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL). Born in the United States, she has been called up to represent the Philippines women's national football team, Philippines internationally. She played college soccer for the Stanford Cardinal women's soccer, Stanford Cardinal. Early life Born and raised in San Diego, Harrison attended Del Norte High School (San Diego), Del Norte High School and became captain of the soccer team. While in high school, she played club soccer for San Diego Surf SC, San Diego Surf. She committed to play college soccer for the Stanford Cardinal women's soccer, Stanford Cardinal as a sophomore. She was ranked by ''TopDrawerSoccer'' as the 21st-best prospect of the 2021 class. College career Harrison made 15 appearances as a substitute during her first two seasons with the Stanford Ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kaiya Jota
Kaiya Rose Flintham Jota (born February 5, 2006) is a footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for the Stanford University Cardinal in the United States and the England under-19 national team. Early career Jota attended Marshall Fundamental Secondary School, where she played soccer. She has been named to the Mission Valley League First Team for three consecutive years, and in 2022 she was named to the CIF All-League She committed to play college soccer for the Stanford Cardinal starting in 2024. International career Jota was born in the United States to a Filipino father and an English mother, making her eligible to play for England, Philippines or the United States at international level. Philippines Jota played for Philippines in two fixtures in the U20 Asian Cup qualifiers in March 2023, losing 6–0 to China and getting sent off against Laos. Jota was first invited to train for the Philippines during their September 2022 training camp in California. Due to her inability ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrea Kitahata
Andrea DeMoor Kitahata (born January 1, 2003) is an American college soccer player who plays as a forward for the Stanford Cardinal. She represented the United States at the under-17 and under-20 level. She also played one season of college squash for Stanford. Early life Kitahata was born in San Francisco, one of three children of Ingrid DeMoor and Luther Kitahata, and grew up in Hillsborough, California. She attended San Mateo High School. She captained her club team in the San Jose Earthquakes academy and later won a GA under-19 national title with FC Bay Area Surf. She also played squash growing up and was ranked fourth in the nation at the under-15 level, but gave up the sport after committing to Stanford for soccer. She trained with NWSL club OL Reign the spring before college. College career Kitahata started all but one game for the Stanford Cardinal in her 2021 freshman season. She scored four goals and added a team-high six assists, being named to the All-Pac-12 C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mia Bhuta
Mia Elizabeth Bhuta (born December 29, 2005) is an American college soccer player who plays as a midfielder for the Stanford Cardinal. She represented the United States at the 2022 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup, becoming the first Indian American, male or female, to play at a FIFA tournament. Early life Bhuta was born and raised in the Pittsburgh suburb of Mt. Lebanon, one of three children of Joy and Vyom Bhuta. Her father, who was born in Mumbai and raised in Rajkot, moved to New York as an exchange student to train in tennis at age 16; her mother grew up in Pittsburgh. Her parents met at Mercyhurst University, where her father played college tennis and her mother rowed. Her brother, Noah, is a college football punter for Chicago. Bhuta started playing soccer with her father and brother at a young age before joining the Riverhounds Development Academy and Century United. She then joined Internationals Soccer Club at age 11, for which her family drove her to the club in Medin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Allie Montoya
Allison Montoya is an American college soccer player who plays as a striker for the Stanford Cardinal. Early life Montoya was born in Santa Clara, California, one of two children of Erin and Albertin Montoya, and grew up in Los Altos. Her parents both played college soccer at Santa Clara University; her father became the head coach of National Women's Soccer League club Bay FC in 2024. Montoya attended Mountain View High School, where she was her league's top scorer as a freshman. She was coached at club level by her mother on MVLA Soccer Club, where she played alongside future Stanford teammates Elise Evans and Jasmine Aikey and won ECNL national championships in 2018 and 2021; she was named the ECNL under-17 player of the year in 2021. She committed to Stanford as a freshman in 2019. College career Montoya started 11 of 15 games for the Stanford Cardinal in her 2022 freshman season before tearing her ACL in a game against UCLA, missing the rest of the year. She had ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elise Evans
Elise Aminta Evans (born December 16, 2004) is an American college soccer player who plays as a center back for the Stanford Cardinal. She won bronze with the United States at the 2024 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup. Early life and college career Raised in Redwood City, California, Evans played for the San Jose Earthquakes academy team before joining Bay Area Surf, which she captained. She helped win the Girls' Development Academy under-16 national championship in 2019 and the Girls Academy under-19 title in 2022, where she received the tournament's Golden Ball. She attended Woodside High School, where she scored 18 goals in 12 games playing both defense or forward in her senior year in 2022, being named the California Gatorade Player of the Year and ''USA Today'' and ''Just Women's Sports'' All-American. She committed to Stanford as a freshman and was considered the top recruit of the class of 2022 by ''TopDrawerSoccer''. Stanford Cardinal Evans started for the Stanford Card ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Catarina Macario
Catarina Cantanhede Melônio Macário (; born October 4, 1999) is a professional soccer player who plays as a midfielder or forward for Women's Super League club Chelsea. Born in Brazil, she plays for the United States national team. Macario played college soccer for the Stanford Cardinal, where she won the 2017 and 2019 national championships and was twice awarded the Hermann Trophy, given to college soccer's best player. In 2021, Macario signed with Lyon and won the UEFA Women's Champions League in her first full season. She joined Chelsea in 2023. Macario made her senior debut for the United States in 2021. She won a bronze medal with the team at the Tokyo Olympics later that year. Early life Macario was born in São Luís, Maranhão, Brazil, to Ana Maria Cantanhede and José Melônio Macário. She started playing football at the age of 4, following the footsteps of her older brother, Estevão (known in the U.S. as Steve). She started playing in the academy of Flamengo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andi Sullivan
Andi Maureen Sullivan (born December 20, 1995) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a midfielder for the Washington Spirit of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) and the United States national team. Sullivan played college soccer for the Stanford Cardinal, where she won an NCAA championship and the Hermann Trophy in 2017. She was drafted first overall by the Spirit in the 2018 NWSL College Draft. She won an NWSL Championship with the Spirit in 2021. Sullivan made her senior international debut for the United States in 2016. She represented her country at the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup. Early life Raised in Lorton, Virginia, Sullivan is the youngest of four siblings and attended South County High School. She played club soccer for Lee Mount Vernon, Bethesda Soccer Club (Freedom) and McLean Youth Soccer. In 2013, she was named the national Youth Player of the Year by the National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA). Top Drawer Soccer rank ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Teresa Noyola
Teresa Noyola Bayardo (born 15 April 1990) is a Mexican footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Oakland Soul. She previously played for the Houston Dash, FC Kansas City, and Seattle Reign FC in the National Women's Soccer League, and for Icelandic club Valur. She has been a member of the Mexico women's national team. She also holds American citizenship. In 2011, she was the recipient of the Hermann Trophy award. Early life Born in Mexico City, Mexico to Pedro Noyola and Bárbara Bayardo, Teresa was introduced to the game of soccer at an early age by her father who played baseball. Her family moved to the San Francisco Bay Area in California at age three. Noyola attended Palo Alto High School located across the street from Stanford University, where she would eventually attend college. She earned a high school GPA over 4.0 and was named the National Youth Club Player of the Year by the National Soccer Coaches Association of America, as well as National Scholar-Athl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
