Inside The World of Women’s Soccer

This page is designed to accomplish 4 main things: 1) To educate about the beautiful game 2) To inform parents/prospects about the recruiting process 3) To provide a platform for coaches to discuss ideas/programs 4) To provide a place for amazing athletes to share their stories

Power 4 Teams w/ at least 12 wins each of the last two seasons ACC -North Carolina -Florida State -Stanford -Virginia -Duke -Notre Dame Big 10 -Michigan State -Iowa -UCLA Big 12 -TCU -West Virginia -Kansas -Texas Tech -Colorado SEC -Miss. State Only 15 of 67 Teams #NCAASoccer

Across the top 10 conferences last season, 15 teams averaged over 20 touches in the penalty area per game-only two of those teams did not participate in the NCAA Tournament, Xavier (RPI 29) and Alabama (RPI 93) #NCAASoccer #WomensSoccer

2024 NCAA Players that have signed NWSL Contracts -24 Total -7 1-year, 6 2-year, & 11 3-year contracts -ACC w/ 10, Big 10 w/ 8, SEC w/ 3, outside P4 w/ 3 -UCLA and UNC w/ 3 each -Pitt, Texas, & Duke w/ 2 each #NCAASoccer #WomensSoccer

PPDA Leaders in top 10 leagues & conference finish ACC-FSU-5.06-2nd SEC-Ark.-3.99-2nd Big 10-Mich. St.-4.6-4th Big 12-Kansas-5.39-6th Big East-Xavier-5.21-2nd MAC-West. Mich.-4.87-1st Ivy-Brown-4.87-3rd WCC-Pepperdine-5.86-T-1st AAC-Memphis-5.32-1st A10-St. Louis-4.89-1st

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Most Wins Last 3 Years Among P4 Teams T-1. UCLA-55 T-1. UNC-55 3. FSU-54 4. Stanford-53 5. Texas-49 T-6. Michigan St.-45 T-6. Arkansas-45 T-6. Alabama-45 T-6. Penn State-45 T-10. Notre Dame-43 T-10. Miss. State-43 #NCAASoccer #WomensSoccer

Big 12 2023 RPI vs 2024 RPI Biggest Improvements (No Particular Order) Baylor 108➡️70 Houston 192➡️153 Kansas 214➡️33 Oklahoma State 96➡️32 TCU 54➡️17 West Virginia 136➡️28 #NCAASoccer #WomensSoccer

ACC 2023 RPI vs 2024 RPI Biggest Improvements (No Particular Order) Virginia Tech 91➡️16 Boston College 150➡️63 Duke 53➡️2 Louisville 158➡️64 Miami 182➡️124 Syracuse 251➡️127 Virginia 99➡️11 Wake Forest 82➡️4 Cal 68➡️35 #NCAASoccer #WomensSoccer

2024 Preseason Polls vs. Actual Standings Big 12 (Includes anyone that finished 3 spots lower than predicted) 📉 BYU: Picked 1st, Finished 4th Colorado: Picked 4th, Finished 9th Arizona St. : Picked 5th, Finished T-10th UCF: Picked 6th, Finished T-13th #NCAASoccer

2024 Preseason Polls vs. Actual Standings Big 12 (Includes anyone that finished 3 spots higher than predicted) 📈 Kansas: Picked 12th, Finished T-6th West Virginia: Picked 7th, Finished 3rd Arizona: Picked 10th, Finished T-6th Ok. State: Picked 8th, Finished 5th #NCAASoccer

2024 National Championship Key Metrics -Wake Forest 62% Possession -Total Duels UNC 79/191 Wake 111/191 -Crosses (Accurate) UNC 10(1) Wake 15(4) -Only 8 passes Completed into Penalty Area (5 for Wake, 3 for UNC) -xG for Olivia Thomas game winner was .13 w/ .29 post shot xG

Last 5 NCAA Women’s Soccer National Championship xG’s 2024 UNC 0.38 Wake Forest 0.55 2023 FSU 2.28 STAN 0.47 2022 UCLA 4.06 UNC 1.58 2021 FSU 1.43 BYU 0.71 2020 Santa Clara 0.69 FSU 1.75 #NCAASoccer #WomensSoccer

SEC teams are 3-9-3 against P4 teams in the NCAA Tournament ACC teams are 10-1-3 against P4 teams in the NCAA Tournament Big 12 teams are 2-4-1 against P4 teams in the NCAA Tournament Big 10 teams are 5-6-1 against P4 teams in the NCAA Tournament #NCAASoccer #WomensSoccer

This is the first year that no Big 12 team will feature in the sweet 16 of the NCAA D1 Women’s Soccer Tournament since 2013. Big 12 teams went 3-6-1 in the tourney this season (7 teams) #NCAASoccer #WomensSoccer

This is the first year that no midmajor team will feature in the sweet sixteen of the NCAA D1 Women’s Soccer Tournament in the 24 years that the field has been 64 teams. #NCAASoccer #WomensSoccer

Through 2 rounds of the NCAA Women’s D1 Tournament 5 of 32 upsets in round 1 5 of 16 upsets in round 2 8 games of the 48 have reached extra time Only 4 games of the 48 have been decided by penalties 0 unseeded teams remain (2022 had 2 unseeded sweet 16 teams, 2023 had 1)

⭐️Impact Freshmen Series⭐️ Lily Stewart, @WavesSoccer The Chula Vista native has started the last 11 games for the #21 RPI Waves. She played all 90 in a shutout against UCLA, and is winning 76% of her defensive duels #NCAASoccer

⭐️Impact Freshmen Series⭐️ Ava Greco, @OhioStateWSOC Started as a holding midfielder in all 11 of Ohio State’s games, the Canadian is completing over 71% of her forward passes & 82% passing overall while winning 67.5% of her aerial duels #NCAASoccer

⭐️Impact Freshmen Series⭐️ Trinity Armstrong, @uncwomenssoccer Here is a player that turned 17 a week before preseason and has started every game for the #1 RPI team in the country. 89% passing, 68% on aerial duels, with a defensive duel percentage of 76-Unreal #NCAASoccer

ACC schools with losses or draws to mid-major opposition this season Miami (3) Cal (2) NC State (4) Pitt (1) BC (1) Syracuse (2) VT (2) Louisville (2) Clemson (1) #NCAASoccer #WomensSoccer