2020 Notre Dame Fighting Irish women's soccer team explained

Sport:	women's soccer
Year:	2020
Team:	Notre Dame Fighting Irish
Conference:	Atlantic Coast Conference
Short Conf:	ACC
Record:	6–7–0
Conf Record:	4–4–0
Head Coach:	Nate Norman
Hc Year:	3rd
Asst Coach1:	Dawn Siergiej
Ac1 Year:	18th
Asst Coach2:	Lauren Sinacola
Ac2 Year:	2nd
Stadium:	Alumni Stadium
Prev Year:	2019
Next Year:	2021

The 2020 Notre Dame Fighting Irish women's soccer team represented the University of Notre Dame during the 2020 NCAA Division I women's soccer season. It was the 33rd season of the university fielding a program. The Fighting Irish were led by 3rd year head coach Nate Norman and played their games at Alumni Stadium.

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 Fighting Irish 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 eighth seed in the ACC Tournament based on tiebreakers. In the tournament they lost to Florida State in the Quarterfinals. They finished the spring season 2–2–0 and were not invited to the NCAA Tournament.

Previous season

See main article: 2019 Notre Dame Fighting Irish women's soccer team.

The Fighting Irish finished the season 11–8–2, 4–4–2 in ACC play to finish in a tie for eighth place. As the eight seed in the ACC Tournament, they lost to North Carolina in the Quarterfinals. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament where they defeated Saint Louis in the first round, before losing to South Carolina in the Second Round.

Squad

Roster

Updated February 12, 2021^[4]

Team management

Position	Staff
Head Coach	Nate Norman
Assistant Coach	Dawn Siergiej
Assistant Coach	Lauren Sinacola
Operations Specialist	Jordan Andrews

Source:

Schedule

Source ^[5] |-!colspan=6 style=""| Fall Regular Season|-!colspan=6 style=";"| ACC Tournament|-!colspan=6 style=""| Exhibition|-!colspan=6 style=""| Spring Regular Season

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^[6]			14	14		13	14	12	13	14

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	RV	RV							None Released
TopDrawer Soccer ^[7]

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: 2020-21 Women's Soccer Roster. und.com. University of Notre Dame Athletics. February 12, 2021.
5. Web site: 2020-21 Women's Soccer Schedule . und.com . February 12, 2021.
6. Web site: United Soccer Coaches Top 25 NCAA DI Women — National. unitedsoccercoaches.org. United Soccer Coaches. May 18, 2021. May 18, 2021.
7. Web site: College Soccer National Rankings. TopDrawer Soccer. May 18, 2021. May 18, 2021.