2020 North Carolina Tar Heels women's soccer team explained

Sport:	women's soccer
Year:	2020
Team:	North Carolina Tar Heels
Conference:	Atlantic Coast Conference
Short Conf:	ACC
Record:	18–2–0
Conf Record:	8–0–0
Head Coach:	Anson Dorrance
Hc Year:	44th
Asst Coach1:	Chris Ducar
Ac1 Year:	25th
Asst Coach2:	Damon Nahas
Ac2 Year:	5th
Asst Coach3:	Heather O'Reilly
Ac3 Year:	2nd
Champion:	ACC Regular Season co-champions
Tourney:	NCAA Tournament
Tourney Result:	Semifinals
Nscaarank:	3
Tdsrank:	4
Prev Year:	2019
Next Year:	2021

The 2020 North Carolina Tar Heels women's soccer team represented the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill during the 2020 NCAA Division I women's soccer season. It was the 44th season of the university fielding a program. The Tar Heels were led by 44th year head coach Anson Dorrance.

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 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 Virginia Tech, and Virginia, before losing to Florida State 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 Denver in the Second Round, Washington in the Third Round, and Texas A&M 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, NC State, and Virginia 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

Updated January 26, 2021^[4]

Team management

Position	Staff
Athletic Director	Bubba Cunningham
Head Coach	Anson Dorrance
Assistant Coach	Chris Ducar
Assistant Coach	Damon Nahas
Assistant Coach	Heather O'Reilly
Director of Operations	Tom Sander

Source:^[4]

Schedule

Source:^[5]

2021 NWSL College Draft

See main article: 2021 NWSL College Draft.

Round	Pick #	Position
1	1	DF
1	3	MF
2	11	MF

Source:^[6]

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
Tied with team above or below also with this symbol -->
United Soccer^[7]	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2

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
Tied with team above or below also with this symbol -->
United Soccer	None Released	2 (1)	2 (2)	2	2 (1)	2 (1)	2	2	2 (2)	None Released	3 (1)
TopDrawer Soccer ^[8]	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	4

Notes and References

Web site: ACC Women's Soccer 2020 Preview College Soccer. 2020-11-10. TopDrawerSoccer.com. en.
Web site: NCAA Division 1 Council Approves Moving 2020 Fall Championships to Spring 2021. 2020-11-10. SI.com. en.
Web site: Atlantic Coast Conference Announces Spring Olympic Sports Schedules. theacc.com. The Atlantic Coast Conference. January 26, 2021. February 10, 2021.
Web site: 2020 Women's Soccer Roster . University of North Carolina Athletics. January 26, 2021.
Web site: 2020 Women's Soccer Schedule. goheels.com. University of North Carolina. March 3, 2021.
Web site: All the picks from the 2021 NWSL College Draft. allforxi.com. Vox Media. Stephanie. Yang. January 13, 2021. January 26, 2021.
Web site: United Soccer Coaches Top 25 NCAA DI Women — National. unitedsoccercoaches.org. United Soccer Coaches. May 18, 2021. May 18, 2021.
Web site: College Soccer National Rankings. TopDrawer Soccer. May 18, 2021. May 18, 2021.