| 2021Louisville Cardinals women's soccer | |
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| Conference | Atlantic Coast Conference |
| Record | 7–7–2 (3–6–1 ACC) |
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| Home stadium | Lynn Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | T | PCT | W | L | T | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 8Virginia †y | 8 | – | 0 | – | 2 | .900 | 18 | – | 3 | – | 2 | .826 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 1Florida State ‡y | 7 | – | 1 | – | 2 | .800 | 21 | – | 1 | – | 3 | .900 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 5Duke y | 7 | – | 2 | – | 1 | .750 | 16 | – | 4 | – | 1 | .786 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 16Notre Dame y | 7 | – | 3 | – | 0 | .700 | 14 | – | 6 | – | 2 | .682 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Clemson y | 6 | – | 3 | – | 1 | .650 | 12 | – | 7 | – | 1 | .625 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 14North Carolina y | 5 | – | 2 | – | 3 | .650 | 12 | – | 3 | – | 3 | .750 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 25Wake Forest y | 6 | – | 4 | – | 0 | .600 | 16 | – | 6 | – | 0 | .727 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Virginia Tech y | 5 | – | 3 | – | 2 | .600 | 12 | – | 6 | – | 2 | .650 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Pittsburgh | 4 | – | 6 | – | 0 | .400 | 11 | – | 7 | – | 0 | .611 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| NC State y | 4 | – | 6 | – | 0 | .400 | 9 | – | 9 | – | 2 | .500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Louisville | 3 | – | 6 | – | 1 | .350 | 7 | – | 7 | – | 2 | .500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Boston College | 1 | – | 9 | – | 0 | .100 | 7 | – | 10 | – | 1 | .417 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Miami (FL) | 1 | – | 9 | – | 0 | .100 | 4 | – | 12 | – | 0 | .250 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Syracuse | 0 | – | 10 | – | 0 | .000 | 4 | – | 12 | – | 1 | .265 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| † – Conference champion ‡ –2021 ACC Tournament champion y – Invited to theNCAA Tournament As of December 7, 2021 Rankings fromUnited Soccer Coaches Poll Source:The ACC | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The2021 Louisville Cardinals women's soccer team representedUniversity of Louisville during the2021 NCAA Division I women's soccer season. The Cardinals were led by head coachKaren Ferguson-Dayes, in her twenty-second season. They played home games atLynn Stadium. This was the team's 37th season playing organized women's college soccer and their 8th playing in theAtlantic Coast Conference.
The Cardinals finished the season 7–7–2 overall and 3–6–1 inACC play to finish in eleventh place. The team did not qualify for theACC Tournament and were not invited to theNCAA Tournament.
Due to theCOVID-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 inACC play to finish in a tie for sixth place. They were awarded the sixth seed in theACC Tournament based on tiebreakers. In the tournament they lost toVirginia in the Quarterfinals. The Cardinals finished the spring season 1–2–0 and were not invited to theNCAA Tournament.
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined underFIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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| Position | Staff |
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| Karen Ferguson-Dayes | Head Coach |
| Nick Stirrett | Assistant Coach |
| Hunter Norton | Assistant Coach |
| Declan Doherty | Performance Analyst |
| Jing Hughley | Director of Operations |
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| Date Time, TV | Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | Site (Attendance) City, State | ||||||
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| August 14* 7:30 p.m. | Ball State | W 2–0 | – | Lynn Stadium Louisville, KY | |||||||
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| August 19* 7:30 p.m., ACCNX | Western Michigan | W 6–2 | 1–0–0 | Lynn Stadium (503) Louisville, KY | |||||||
| August 27* 7:30 p.m., ACCNX | James Madison | W 4–3 | 2–0–0 | Lynn Stadium (357) Louisville, KY | |||||||
| August 29* 7:30 p.m., ACCNX | Northern Kentucky | W 3–0 | 3–0–0 | Lynn Stadium (536) Louisville, KY | |||||||
| September 2* 8:00 p.m., ESPN+ | at Saint Louis | W 1–0 | 4–0–0 | Hermann Stadium (1,552) St. Louis, MO | |||||||
| September 5* 7:30 p.m., ACCNX | Western Kentucky | L 0–1 | 4–1–0 | Lynn Stadium (623) Louisville, KY | |||||||
| September 10* 5:00 p.m., ACCNX | No. 16 Michigan | T 1–1 2OT | 4–1–1 | Lynn Stadium (600) Louisville, KY | |||||||
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| September 17 7:00 p.m., ACCNX | at Miami (FL) | W 3–2 2OT | 5–1–1 (1–0–0) | Cobb Stadium (154) Coral Gables, FL | |||||||
| September 23 6:00 p.m., ACCN | at Syracuse | W 2–1 | 6–1–1 (2–0–0) | SU Soccer Stadium (23) Syracuse, NY | |||||||
| September 26 1:00 p.m., ACCNX | No. 1 Florida State | L 0–3 | 6–2–1 (2–1–0) | Lynn Stadium (376) Louisville, KY | |||||||
| October 2 7:00 p.m., ACCNX | Wake Forest | W 2–1 OT | 7–2–1 (3–1–0) | Lynn Stadium (397) Louisville, KY | |||||||
| October 7 8:00 p.m., ACCRSN | at No. 24 Notre Dame | L 0–3 | 7–3–1 (3–2–0) | Alumni Stadium (289) Notre Dame, IN | |||||||
| October 10 1:00 p.m., ACCNX | NC State | L 1–2 | 7–4–1 (3–3–0) | Lynn Stadium (483) Louisville, KY | |||||||
| October 15 4:00 p.m., ACCNX | Boston College | L 1–2 | 7–5–1 (3–4–0) | Lynn Stadium (385) Louisville, KY | |||||||
| October 21 7:00 p.m., ACCNX | at No. 2 Virginia | L 1–4 | 7–6–1 (3–5–0) | Klöckner Stadium (1,564) Charlottesville, VA | |||||||
| October 24 1:00 p.m., ACCNX | at Clemson | T 1–1 2OT | 7–6–2 (3–5–1) | Riggs Field (284) Clemson, SC | |||||||
| October 28 5:00 p.m., ACCN | No. 2 Duke | L 0–1 | 7–7–2 (3–6–1) | Lynn Stadium (304) Louisville, KY | |||||||
| *Non-conference game.#Rankings fromUnited Soccer Coaches. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. | |||||||||||
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