2020 Virginia Cavaliers women's soccer team explained

Sport:	women's soccer
Record:	14–4–3
Team:	Virginia Cavaliers
Conference:	Atlantic Coast Conference
Short Conf:	ACC
Nscaarank:	4
Tdsrank:	3
Year:	2020
Head Coach:	Steve Swanson
Conf Record:	5–2–1
Hc Year:	21st
Asst Coach1:	Ron Raab
Ac1 Year:	15th
Asst Coach2:	Jaime Frias
Ac2 Year:	2nd
Stadium:	Klöckner Stadium
Tourney:	NCAA Tournament
Tourney Result:	Semifinals
Prev Year:	2019
Next Year:	2021

The 2020 Virginia Cavaliers women's soccer team represented University of Virginia during the 2020 NCAA Division I women's soccer season. The Cavaliers were led by head coach Steve Swanson, in his twentieth season. They played home games at Klöckner Stadium. This was the team's 35th season playing organized women's college soccer and their 33rd 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 Cavaliers finished the fall season 8–3–1, 5–2–1 in ACC play to finish in third place. In the ACC Tournament they defeated Louisville in the Quarterfinals before losing to North Carolina in the Semifinals. The Cavaliers finished the spring season 2–1–1 and received an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament. As an unseeded team, the Cavaliers defeated SIU Edwardsville in the First Round, BYU in the Second Round, Rice in the Third Round, and TCU in the Quarterfinals before losing to Florida State on penalties in the Semifinals.

Squad

Roster

Updated November 10, 2020^[3]

Team management

Position	Staff
Athletic Director	Carla Williams
Head Coach	Steve Swanson
Associate head coach	Ron Raab
Assistant Coach	Jamie Frias
Volunteer Assistant Coach	Jake Davis
Director of Operations	Eilidh Thomson

Source:^[4]

Schedule

Source:^{[5] [6]}

|-!colspan=6 style=""| Fall Regular Season|-!colspan=6 style=""| ACC Tournament|-!colspan=6 style=""| Spring Exhibition|-!colspan=6 style=""| Spring Regular Season|-!colspan=6 style=""| NCAA Tournament

2021 NWSL College Draft

See main article: 2021 NWSL College Draft.

Player	Team	Round	Pick #	Position
Taryn Torres		3	23	MF
Alissa Gorzak		4	35	FW

Source:^[7]

Rankings

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

Fall 2020

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Tied with team above or below also with this symbol -->	Poll	Wk 1	Wk 2	Wk 3	Wk 4	Wk 5	Wk 6	Wk 7	Wk 8	Wk 9	Final
United Soccer^[8]	11	10	10	11	10	10	10	9	9	10

Spring 2021

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Tied with team above or below also with this symbol -->
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	8	9	9	10	10	12	12	13	None Released	4 (1)
TopDrawer Soccer ^[9]	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	3	6	5	5	4	3	3

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: Women's Soccer. 2020-11-10. Virginia Cavaliers Official Athletic Site. en-US.
4. Web site: 2020 Women's Soccer Coaching Staff. November 10, 2020. virginiasports.com. University of Virginia.
5. Web site: Women's Soccer. 2020-11-10. Virginia Cavaliers Official Athletic Site. en-US.
6. Web site: Virginia Announces Women's Soccer Spring Slate. virginiasports.com. University of Virginia Athletics. February 11, 2021. February 22, 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.