2020 Pittsburgh Panthers women's soccer team explained

Sport:	women's soccer
Year:	2020
Team:	Pittsburgh Panthers
Conference:	Atlantic Coast Conference
Short Conf:	ACC
Record:	11–5–0
Conf Record:	3–5–0
Hc Year:	3rd
Asst Coach1:	Ben Waldrum
Ac1 Year:	3rd
Asst Coach2:	Dustin Stein
Ac2 Year:	3rd
Stadium:	Ambrose Urbanic Field
Prev Year:	2019
Next Year:	2021

The 2020 Pittsburgh Panthers women's soccer team represented University of Pittsburgh during the 2020 NCAA Division I women's soccer season. The Panthers are led by head coach Randy Waldrum, in his third season. They play home games at Ambrose Urbanic Field. This is the team's 25th season playing organized men's college soccer and their 8th 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 Panthers finished the fall season 9–5–0, 3–5–0 in ACC play to finish in tenth place. They did not qualify for the ACC Tournament. The team won both games of their extra spring season. They were not invited to the NCAA Tournament.

Previous season

The Panthers finished the season 5–10–3 overall, and 2–6–2 in ACC play to finish in tenth place. They did not qualify for the ACC Tournament and were not invited to the NCAA Tournament.

Squad

Roster

Updated February 25, 2021^[4]

Team management

Position	Staff
Head coach	Randy Waldrum
Associate head coach	Ben Waldrum
Assistant coach	Dustin Stein

Source:

Schedule

Source:^{[5] [6]} |-!colspan=6 style=""| Fall Regular Season|-!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^[7]	12	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									None Released
TopDrawer Soccer ^[8]

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 Women's Soccer Roster . pittsburghpanthers.com . University of Pittsburgh Athletics. February 25, 2021.
5. Web site: 2020 Women's Soccer Schedule. pittsburghpanthers.com. University of Pittsburgh. February 25, 2021.
6. Web site: Pitt Announces Two Spring Regular Season Games. pittsburghpanthers.com. University of Pittsburgh. February 4, 2021. February 25, 2021.
7. Web site: United Soccer Coaches Top 25 NCAA DI Women — National. unitedsoccercoaches.org. United Soccer Coaches. May 18, 2021. May 18, 2021.
8. Web site: College Soccer National Rankings. TopDrawer Soccer. May 18, 2021. May 18, 2021.