The 2021 Clemson Tigers women's soccer team represented

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during the

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. The Tigers were led by head coach

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, in his eleventh season. The Tigers home games were played at

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. This was the team's 28th season playing organized soccer. All of those seasons were played in the

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. The Tigers finished the season 12–7–1 and 6–3–1 in ACC play to finish in fifth place. As the fifth seed in the ACC Tournament, they defeated Notre Dame before falling to

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in the Semifinals. They earned an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament, where they lost to

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in the First Round to end their season.

Previous season

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 Tigers finished the fall season 6–4–0, 5–3–0 in ACC play to finish in fourth place. As the fourth seed in the ACC Tournament, they lost to

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1–0 in the Quarterfinals. The Tigers finished the spring season 6–0–0 and received an at-large bid as the fourteenth seed in the NCAA Tournament. They defeated

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and

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on penalties before losing to the eventual champions Santa Clara in the Quarterfinals to end their season.

Offseason

Departures

Recruiting Class

Squad

Roster

Team management

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Schedule

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Goals Record

Disciplinary record

Awards and honors

Rankings

2022 NWSL Draft

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References

External links

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