2024 Stanford Cardinal women's soccer team

2024 Stanford Cardinal women's soccer
2024 Stanford Cardinal women's soccer
NCAA Tournament, Semifinals
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
U. Soc. Coaches poll	No. 4
TopDrawerSoccer.com	No. 4
Record	16–5–2 (5–4–1 ACC)
Head coach	Paul Ratcliffe (22nd season);
Assistant coaches	Paul Hart (4th season); Daisy Sanchez (3rd season); Brianna Visalli (1st season);
Home stadium	Cagan Stadium
	Seasons ← 2023 2025 →

2024 ACC women's soccer standings
v t e	Conf						Overall
Team	W		L		T	PCT	W		L		T	PCT
No. 3 Duke ‍†‍‍^y	9	–	0	–	1	.950	18	–	3	–	1	.841
No. 2 Wake Forest ‍‍‍^y	7	–	2	–	1	.750	16	–	4	–	4	.750
No. 13 Florida State ‍‍‡‍^y	7	–	2	–	1	.750	15	–	2	–	4	.810
No. 1 North Carolina ‍‍‍^y	7	–	3	–	0	.700	22	–	5	–	0	.815
No. 7 Virginia Tech ‍‍‍^y	6	–	2	–	2	.700	14	–	6	–	3	.674
No. 6 Notre Dame ‍‍‍^y	5	–	1	–	4	.700	14	–	4	–	4	.727
California ‍‍‍^y	5	–	4	–	1	.550	13	–	6	–	2	.667
No. 4 Stanford ‍‍‍^y	5	–	4	–	1	.550	16	–	5	–	2	.739
Virginia ‍‍‍^y	5	–	5	–	0	.500	13	–	5	–	1	.711
Boston College ‍‍‍	4	–	4	–	2	.500	12	–	5	–	2	.684
Pittsburgh ‍‍‍	3	–	5	–	2	.400	9	–	6	–	3	.583
Louisville ‍‍‍	2	–	5	–	3	.350	7	–	6	–	5	.528
SMU ‍‍‍	2	–	6	–	2	.300	6	–	9	–	2	.412
Clemson ‍‍‍	2	–	7	–	1	.250	6	–	8	–	3	.441
Miami (FL) ‍‍‍	1	–	6	–	3	.250	5	–	8	–	4	.412
NC State ‍‍‍	1	–	6	–	3	.250	4	–	10	–	4	.333
Syracuse ‍‍‍	0	–	9	–	1	.050	6	–	10	–	2	.389


† – Conference champion ‡ – 2024 ACC Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of December 10, 2024 Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Poll Source: The ACC

The 2024 Stanford Cardinal women's soccer team represent Stanford University during the 2024 NCAA Division I women's soccer season. The Cardinal are led by head coach Paul Ratcliffe, in his twenty-second season. They play their home games at Cagan Stadium in Stanford, California. This is the team's 41st season playing organized women's college soccer and their 1st playing in the Atlantic Coast Conference.

Previous season

The Panthers finished the season 20–1–4 overall and 8–0–3 in Pac-12 play to finish in second place. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament and were the second seed in the UCLA Bracket. They defeated Pepperdine in the First Round, seventh-seed South Carolina in the Second Round, and sixth-seed Mississippi State in the Round of 16 to reach the Quarterfinals. There they defeated fifth-seed Nebraska in overtime to advance to the College Cup. In the Semifinals they defeated BYU 2–1 to reach the final. Stanford entered the final undefeated, but lost 5–1 to Florida State and finished runner up.^[1]

Offseason

Departures

Departures
Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Year	Hometown	Reason for Departure
Ryan Campbell	1	GK	5'11"	Senior	Laguna Beach, California	Graduated
Katie Duong	6	MF	5'4"	Graduate Student	Portland, Oregon	Graduated; drafted 53rd overall in the 2024 NWSL Draft
Astrid Wheeler	9	MF	5'5"	Senior	Atlanta, Georgia	Graduated
Maya Doms	10	MF	5'6"	Graduate Student	Davis, California	Graduated; drafted 8th overall in the 2024 NWSL Draft
Catherine Paulson	11	MF/FW	5'7"	Junior	Los Altos, California	Graduated
Mia Watanabe	13	FW	5'7"	Senior	Kaneohe, Hawaii	Graduated
Julia Leontini	14	MF	5'7"	Senior	Danville, California	Graduated
Kennedy Wesley	15	DF	5'5"	Graduate Student	Rossmoor, California	Graduated; drafted 12th overall in the 2024 NWSL Draft
Sarah Paulson	16	DF	5'7"	Junior	Los Altos, California	Graduated
Esha Gupta	26	DF	5'7"	Freshman	Mountain View, California	—

Recruiting class

Source:^[2]

Name	Hometown	Club	TDS Rating
Elizabeth Boamah FW	San Diego, California	San Diego Surf SC	^[3]
Maria Crisera MF	Manhattan Beach, California	Beach FC	^[4]
Ella Emri DF	San Diego, California	San Diego Surf SC	^[5]
Kaiya Jota GK	Pasadena, California	LA Breakers FC	^[6]
Eleanor Klinger MF	Cleveland, Ohio	Internationals SC (OH)	^[7]
Charlotte Kohler FW	Woodside, California	Mountain View Los Altos SC	^[8]
Sophie Murdock DF	Los Altos, California	Mountain View Los Altos SC	^[9]
Samantha Smith MF	Boise, Idaho	Boise Thorns	^[10]
Jaden Thomas FW	Dallas, Texas	FC Dallas (ECNL)	^[11]

Squad

Roster

As of August 15, 2024^[12]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
0	GK	USA	Alyssa Savig
2	DF	USA	Elise Evans
3	FW	USA	Allie Montoya
4	DF	USA	Freya Spiekerkoetter
5	MF	USA	Shae Harvey
6	DF	USA	Sophie Murdock
7	DF	USA	Lizzie Boamah
8	MF	USA	Mia Bhuta
9	FW	USA	Jaden Thomas
10	MF	USA	Charlotte Kohler
11	MF	USA	Eleanor Klinger
12	MF	USA	Jasmine Aikey
13	DF	USA	Sammy Smith
14	MF	USA	Mia Crisera
15	DF	USA	Ella Emri


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
17	FW	USA	Erica Grilione
18	DF	USA	Avani Brandt
20	FW	USA	Andrea Kitahata
21	MF	USA	Joelle Jung
22	GK	USA	Kaiya Jota
23	DF	USA	Nya Harrison
24	FW	USA	Maryn Wolf
25	FW	USA	Samantha Williams
27	DF	USA	Kellie Pagador
28	DF	USA	Logan Smith
30	GK	USA	Haley Craig
31	FW	USA	Amalie Pianim
32	MF	USA	Aki Yuasa
33	FW	USA	Lumi Kostmayer

Team management

Position	Staff
Head Coach	Paul Ratcliffe
Assistant Coach	Paul Hart
Assistant Coach	Daisy Sanchez
Assistant Coach	Brianna Visalli
Director of Operations	Mike Davis

Source:^[12]

Schedule

Source:^[13]^[14]

Date Time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (Attendance) City, State
Exhibition
August 9* 6:30 p.m.	No. 2	at San Jose State	None reported^[15]		Spartan Soccer Complex San Jose, CA
Non-Conference Regular Season
August 15* 6:00 p.m., ESPN+	No. 2	at San Francisco	W 1–0	1–0–0	Negoesco Stadium (858) San Francisco, CA
August 18* 1:00 p.m., ACCNX	No. 2	UC Irvine	W 3–0	2–0–0	Cagan Stadium (1,427) Stanford, CA
August 22* 7:00 p.m., MW	No. 2	at San Diego State	W 3–1	3–0–0	SDSU Sports Deck (937) San Diego, CA
August 25* 2:00 p.m., ESPN+	No. 2	at Cal State Fullerton	W 1–0	4–0–0	Titan Stadium (1,207) Fullerton, CA
September 1* 1:00 p.m., ACCNX	No. 2	Washington State	W 2–0	5–0–0	Cagan Stadium (1,831) Stanford, CA
September 5* 5:00 p.m., ESPN+	No. 1	at Saint Mary's	W 1–0	6–0–0	Saint Mary's Stadium (527) Moraga, CA
September 8* 1:00 p.m., ACCNX	No. 1	USC	W 2–1	7–0–0	Cagan Stadium (1,887) Stanford, CA
September 15* 1:00 p.m., ESPN+	No. 1	at No. 11 Santa Clara	W 1–0	8–0–0	Stevens Stadium (2,004) Santa Clara, CA
ACC Regular season
September 19 4:00 p.m., ACCNX	No. 1	at No. 13 Wake Forest	L 0–1	8–1–0 (0–1–0)	Spry Stadium (1,229) Winston-Salem, NC
September 22 10:00 a.m., ACCNX	No. 1	at NC State	W 2–0	9–1–0 (1–1–0)	Dail Soccer Field (786) Raleigh, NC
September 26 7:00 p.m., ACCNX	No. 6	Miami (FL)	W 1–0	10–1–0 (2–1–0)	Cagan Stadium (1,767) Stanford, CA
September 29 1:00 p.m., ACCNX	No. 6	Pittsburgh	T 1–1	10–1–1 (2–1–1)	Cagan Stadium (1,835) Stanford, CA
October 5 5:00 p.m., ACCNX	No. 9	at SMU	W 2–1	11–1–1 (3–1–1)	Washburne Stadium (1,037) Dallas, TX
October 10 7:00 p.m., ACCNX	No. 7	No. 1 Duke	L 1–4	11–2–1 (3–2–1)	Cagan Stadium (2,348) Stanford, CA
October 13 1:00 p.m., ACCNX	No. 7	No. 2 North Carolina	W 1–0	12–2–1 (4–2–1)	Cagan Stadium (2,087) Stanford, CA
October 17 4:00 p.m., ACCN	No. 6	at Louisville	W 1–0	13–2–1 (5–2–1)	Lynn Stadium (325) Louisville, KY
October 20 11:00 a.m., ACCN	No. 6	at No. 12 Notre Dame	L 0–3	13–3–1 (5–3–1)	Alumni Stadium (901) Notre Dame, IN
October 31 7:00 p.m., ACCNX	No. 14т	California	L 2–3	13–4–1 (5–4–1)	Cagan Stadium (1,561) Stanford, CA
NCAA Tournament
November 15 6:00 p.m., ESPN+	(3) No. 14т	UC Santa Barbara First Round	W 5–0	14–4–1	Cagan Stadium (1,904) Stanford, CA
November 22 1:00 p.m., ESPN+	(3) No. 14т	vs. UConn Second Round	W 2–1	15–4–1	Razorback Field (1,516) Fayetteville, AR
November 24 4:00 p.m., ESPN+	(3) No. 14т	at (2) No. 5 Arkansas Round of 16	T 1–1 (4–2 PKs)	15–4–2	Razorback Field (2,214) Fayetteville, AR
November 29 2:00 p.m., ESPN+	(3) No. 14т	(4) No. 13 Notre Dame Quarterfinals	W 2–0	16–4–2	Cagan Stadium (2,042) Stanford, CA
December 6 2:00 p.m., ESPNU	(3) No. 14т	(2) No. 3 Wake Forest Semifinals	L 0–1	16–5–2	WakeMed Soccer Park (10,333) Cary, NC
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from United Soccer Coaches. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Pacific.

Awards and honors

Recipient	Award	Date	Ref.
Elise Evans	Pre-season All-ACC Team	August 8, 2024	^[16]
Jasmine Aikey	Pre-season All-ACC Team	August 8, 2024	^[16]
Elise Evans	Pre-season Hermann Trophy Watchlist	August 15, 2024	^[17]
Jasmine Aikey	Pre-season Hermann Trophy Watchlist	August 15, 2024	^[17]
Jasmine Aikey	ACC Co-Defensive Player of the Week – Week 5	September 17, 2024	^[18]
Jasmine Aikey	All-ACC Second Team	November 6, 2024	^[19]
Mia Bhuta	All-ACC Second Team
Elise Evans	All-ACC Third Team
Eleanor Klinger	ACC All-Freshman Team

Rankings

Ranking movements
**Legend:** ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
т = Tied with team above or below ( ) = First-place votes
	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	Final
United Soccer^[20]	2	2	2	1 (6)	1 (8)	1 (8)	6	9	7	6	12	14т	Not released					4
TopDrawer Soccer^[21]	2	2	2	1	1	1	6	7	5	5	9	11	15	15	15	7	4	4

References

^ "Florida State beats Stanford for its fourth women's soccer national championship — all since 2014". AP News. December 4, 2023. Retrieved December 5, 2023.
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^ "Kaiya Jota". topdrawersoccer.com. Top Drawer Soccer. Retrieved July 23, 2024.
^ "Eleanor Klinger". topdrawersoccer.com. Top Drawer Soccer. Retrieved July 23, 2024.
^ "Charlotte Kohler". topdrawersoccer.com. Top Drawer Soccer. Retrieved July 23, 2024.
^ "Sophie Murdock". topdrawersoccer.com. Top Drawer Soccer. Retrieved July 23, 2024.
^ "Samantha Smith". topdrawersoccer.com. Top Drawer Soccer. Retrieved July 23, 2024.
^ "Jaden Thomas". topdrawersoccer.com. Top Drawer Soccer. Retrieved July 23, 2024.
^ ^a ^b "2024 Women's Soccer Roster". gostanford.com. Stanford University Athletics. Retrieved August 15, 2024.
^ "2024 Women's Soccer Schedule". gostanford.com. Stanford University Athletics. Retrieved July 23, 2024.
^ "Cardinal Announces Inaugural ACC Slate". gostanford.com. Stanford University Athletics. May 31, 2024. Retrieved July 23, 2024.
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[2] "Cardinal Signs Seven for Next Season". gostanford.com. Stanford University Athletics. December 7, 2023. Retrieved July 23, 2024.

[3] "Elizabeth Boamah". topdrawersoccer.com. Top Drawer Soccer. Retrieved July 23, 2024.

[4] "Maria Crisera". topdrawersoccer.com. Top Drawer Soccer. Retrieved July 23, 2024.

[5] "Ella Emri". topdrawersoccer.com. Top Drawer Soccer. Retrieved July 23, 2024.

[6] "Kaiya Jota". topdrawersoccer.com. Top Drawer Soccer. Retrieved July 23, 2024.

[7] "Eleanor Klinger". topdrawersoccer.com. Top Drawer Soccer. Retrieved July 23, 2024.

[8] "Charlotte Kohler". topdrawersoccer.com. Top Drawer Soccer. Retrieved July 23, 2024.

[9] "Sophie Murdock". topdrawersoccer.com. Top Drawer Soccer. Retrieved July 23, 2024.

[10] "Samantha Smith". topdrawersoccer.com. Top Drawer Soccer. Retrieved July 23, 2024.

[11] "Jaden Thomas". topdrawersoccer.com. Top Drawer Soccer. Retrieved July 23, 2024.

[auto-12] "2024 Women's Soccer Roster". gostanford.com. Stanford University Athletics. Retrieved August 15, 2024.

[13] "2024 Women's Soccer Schedule". gostanford.com. Stanford University Athletics. Retrieved July 23, 2024.

[14] "Cardinal Announces Inaugural ACC Slate". gostanford.com. Stanford University Athletics. May 31, 2024. Retrieved July 23, 2024.

[15] @StanfordWSoccer (August 9, 2024). "Solid Exhibition Showing Stanford scored four goals in a road exhibition at San Jose State on Friday night! ⚽️ @andreakitahata ⚽️ Freya Spiekerkoetter ⚽️ Charlotte Kohler ⚽️ @shaeharvey2023 #GoStanford" (Tweet). Retrieved August 10, 2024 – via Twitter.

[16] "Florida State Selected 2024 ACC Women's Soccer Preseason Favorite". theacc.com. Atlantic Coast Conference. August 8, 2024. Retrieved August 8, 2024.

[17] "2024 Women's Hermann Trophy Watch List Announced". unitedsoccercoaches.org. United Soccer Coaches. August 15, 2024. Retrieved August 19, 2024.

[18] "ACC Announces Women's Soccer Player of Week Honors". theacc.com. Atlantic Coast Conference. September 17, 2024. Retrieved September 17, 2024.

[19] "2024 All-ACC Women's Soccer Awards Announced". theacc.com. Atlantic Coast Conference. November 6, 2024. Retrieved November 6, 2024.

[20] "United Soccer Coaches Top 25 NCAA DI Women — National". unitedsoccercoaches.org. United Soccer Coaches. December 10, 2024. Retrieved December 10, 2024.

[21] "College Soccer National Rankings". TopDrawer Soccer. TopDrawerSoccer. December 10, 2024. Retrieved December 10, 2024.

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