2024 Stanford Cardinal women's soccer team

2024 Stanford Cardinal women's soccer
NCAA Tournament, Semifinals
ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference
U. Soc. Coaches pollNo. 4
TopDrawerSoccer.comNo. 4
Record16–5–2 (5–4–1 ACC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Paul Hart (4th season)
  • Daisy Sanchez (3rd season)
  • Brianna Visalli (1st season)
Home stadiumCagan Stadium
Seasons
← 2023
2025 →
2024 ACC women's soccer standings
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

Main article: 2023 Stanford Cardinal women's soccer team

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" Redshirt 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" Redshirt Junior Los Altos, California Graduated
Esha Gupta 26 DF 5'7" Redshirt Freshman Mountain View, California —


Recruiting class

Source:[2]

Name Nationality Hometown Club TDS Rating
Elizabeth Boamah
FW
 United States San Diego, California San Diego Surf SC [3]
Maria Crisera
MF
 United States Manhattan Beach, California Beach FC [4]
Ella Emri
DF
 United States San Diego, California San Diego Surf SC [5]
Kaiya Jota
GK
 United States Pasadena, California LA Breakers FC [6]
Eleanor Klinger
MF
 United States Cleveland, Ohio Internationals SC (OH) [7]
Charlotte Kohler
FW
 United States Woodside, California Mountain View Los Altos SC [8]
Sophie Murdock
DF
 United States Los Altos, California Mountain View Los Altos SC [9]
Samantha Smith
MF
 United States Boise, Idaho Boise Thorns [10]
Jaden Thomas
FW
 United States 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 United States USA Alyssa Savig
2 DF United States USA Elise Evans
3 FW United States USA Allie Montoya
4 DF United States USA Freya Spiekerkoetter
5 MF United States USA Shae Harvey
6 DF United States USA Sophie Murdock
7 DF United States USA Lizzie Boamah
8 MF United States USA Mia Bhuta
9 FW United States USA Jaden Thomas
10 MF United States USA Charlotte Kohler
11 MF United States USA Eleanor Klinger
12 MF United States USA Jasmine Aikey
13 DF United States USA Sammy Smith
14 MF United States USA Mia Crisera
15 DF United States USA Ella Emri
No. Pos. Nation Player
17 FW United States USA Erica Grilione
18 DF United States USA Avani Brandt
20 FW United States USA Andrea Kitahata
21 MF United States USA Joelle Jung
22 GK United States USA Kaiya Jota
23 DF United States USA Nya Harrison
24 FW United States USA Maryn Wolf
25 FW United States USA Samantha Williams
27 DF United States USA Kellie Pagador
28 DF United States USA Logan Smith
30 GK United States USA Haley Craig
31 FW United States USA Amalie Pianim
32 MF United States USA Aki Yuasa
33 FW United States 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
Elise Evans Pre-season Hermann Trophy Watchlist August 15, 2024 [17]
Jasmine Aikey
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
Elise Evans All-ACC Third Team
Eleanor Klinger ACC All-Freshman Team

Rankings

See also: 2024 NCAA Division I women's soccer rankings
Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
т = Tied with team above or below ( ) = First-place votes
Week
PollPre12345678910111213141516Final
United Soccer[20]2221 (6)1 (8)1 (8)69761214тNot released4
TopDrawer Soccer[21]2221116755911151515744

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