2020 Louisville Cardinals women's soccer team explained

Sport:	women's soccer
Year:	2020
Team:	Louisville Cardinals
Conference:	Atlantic Coast Conference
Short Conf:	ACC
Record:	5–7–0
Conf Record:	4–4–0
Head Coach:	Karen Ferguson-Dayes
Hc Year:	21st
Asst Coach1:	Andy Stoots
Ac1 Year:	5th
Asst Coach2:	Hunter Norton
Ac2 Year:	5th
Asst Coach3:	Tim Nowak
Ac3 Year:	2nd
Stadium:	Lynn Stadium
Prev Year:	2019
Next Year:	2021

The 2020 Louisville Cardinals women's soccer team represented University of Louisville during the 2020 NCAA Division I women's soccer season. The Cardinals were led by head coach Karen Ferguson-Dayes, 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 Atlantic Coast Conference.

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the ACC played a reduced schedule in 2020 and the NCAA Tournament was postponed to 2021.^{[1] [2]} 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.^[3]

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 Virginia 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^[4]

Team management

Position	Staff
Head Coach	Karen Ferguson-Dayes
Assistant Coach	Andy Stoots
Assistant Coach	Hunter Norton
Assistant Coach	Tim Nowak
Performance Analyst	Declan Doherty
Director of Operations	Jing Hughley

Source:^[4]

Schedule

Source:^{[5] [6]} |-!colspan=6 style=""| Fall Regular Season|-!colspan=6 style=""| ACC Tournament|-!colspan=6 style=""| Spring Regular Season

2021 NWSL College Draft

See main article: 2021 NWSL College Draft.

Source:^[7]

Rankings

See main article: 2020 NCAA Division I women's soccer rankings.

Fall 2020

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Poll	Wk 1	Wk 2	Wk 3	Wk 4	Wk 5	Wk 6	Wk 7	Wk 8	Wk 9	Final
United Soccer^[8]			13	13	13

Spring 2021

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Poll	Pre	Wk 1	Wk 2	Wk 3	Wk 4	Wk 5	Wk 6	Wk 7	Wk 8	Wk 9	Wk 10	Wk 11	Wk 12	Wk 13	Final
United Soccer	None Released									None Released
TopDrawer Soccer ^[9]

Notes and References

1. Web site: ACC Women’s Soccer 2020 Preview College Soccer. 2020-11-10. TopDrawerSoccer.com. en.
2. Web site: NCAA Division 1 Council Approves Moving 2020 Fall Championships to Spring 2021. 2020-11-10. SI.com. en.
3. Web site: Atlantic Coast Conference Announces Spring Olympic Sports Schedules. theacc.com. The Atlantic Coast Conference. January 26, 2021. February 10, 2021.
4. Web site: 2019 Women's Soccer Roster . gocards.com . University of Louisville Athletics. June 30, 2020.
5. Web site: 2020 Women's Soccer - Schedule. January 28, 2021. gocards.com. University of Louisville Cardinals.
6. Web site: Louisville Releases Women's Soccer Spring Schedule. gocards.com. University of Louisville Cardinals. February 10, 2021. February 3, 2021.
7. Web site: All the picks from the 2021 NWSL College Draft. allforxi.com. Vox Media. Stephanie. Yang. January 13, 2021. January 26, 2021.
8. Web site: United Soccer Coaches Top 25 NCAA DI Women — National. unitedsoccercoaches.org. United Soccer Coaches. May 18, 2021. May 18, 2021.
9. Web site: College Soccer National Rankings. TopDrawer Soccer. May 18, 2021. May 18, 2021.