2024 Stanford Cardinal women's soccer team
| 2024 Stanford Cardinal women's soccer | |
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NCAA Tournament, College Cup | |
| Conference | Atlantic Coast Conference |
| U. Soc. Coaches poll | No. 4 |
| TopDrawerSoccer.com | No. 4 |
| Record | 16–5–2 (5–4–1 ACC) |
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| Home stadium | Cagan Stadium |
| Conf. | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 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 represented Stanford University during the 2024 NCAA Division I women's soccer season. The Cardinal were led by head coach Paul Ratcliffe, in his twenty-second season. They played their home games at Cagan Stadium in Stanford, California. This was the team's 41st season playing organized women's college soccer and their 1st playing in the Atlantic Coast Conference.
Stanford began the season ranked second overall and swept through their non-conference season, winning all of their eight games. They only allowed two goals during non-conference play and faced one Power 4 opponent, USC, where they won 2–1. After a 2–0 defeat of Washington State, they ascended to the number one spot in the rankings. The only other goal they allowed was during a 3–1 road victory over San Diego State. They also defeated eleventh ranked Santa Clara to finish the non-conference season. Their first loss came in their ACC conference opener against thirteenth ranked Wake Forest, 1–0. They followed that with a 2–0 victory over NC State, but fell to sixth in the rankings. They went 2–0–1 over their next three matches with the draw coming against Pittsburgh. The next two games were against first ranked Duke and second ranked North Carolina. They split the two games, losing to Duke, but defeating North Carolina. They followed that with a win against Louisville. They finished their ACC season with two losses, one to twelfth ranked Notre Dame and to rivals California.
The Cardinal finished the season 16–5–2 overall and 5–4–1 in ACC play to finish in tie for seventh place. They did not qualify for the ACC Tournament. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament and were the second seed in the Mississippi State Bracket. They defeated UC Santa Barbara in the First Round, UConn in the Second Round, and advanced in penalties verus second-seed Arkansas in the Round of 16 to reach the Quarterfinals. There they avenged a regular season loss to Notre Dame to advance to the College Cup. In the Semifinals they had a rematch with Wake Forest, but they again lost 1–0 to end their season.