NCAA – Women's Soccer Express

Woso TV/Streaming: November 29 to December 4, 2024 — The USWNT takes on England and the Netherlands, NCAA Quarterfinals

Update (02-Dec-2024): Added matches from the CBS Sports Golazo Network schedule for the week of December 2nd.

In addition to the United States Women’s National Teams matches on Saturday and Tuesday, viewers in the USA will be able to watch several other women’s national teams during this international window, including Mexico, Germany, Australia, Brazil, and France.

At the collegiate level, the national quarterfinals of the NCAA Division I Championship will be played on Friday and Saturday, with some juicy match-ups, including the historically dominant North Carolina taking on Penn State, who won the College Cup in 2015, and a pair of three-time College Cup winners facing off with Stanford versus Notre Dame.

The USWNT’s matches will be televised on TNT and Universo and can be streamed via Max and Peacock. No other matches are scheduled to be televised.

Although most other matches are only available via a paid streaming service, some can be watched for free: Both of Mexico’s matches will be shown on ViX’s gratis tier, while Australia’s matches can be streamed and replayed through their federation’s YouTube channel. The free streaming CBS Sports Golazo Network channel has at least two scheduled matches, including a tape-delayed airing of France vs. Nigeria, on Saturday, December 1st.

In UEFA, 14 teams are competing in home-and-away playoffs for the final seven Women’s Euro 2025 slots, with most matches being played on Friday and Tuesday. Only one of those matches is known to be watchable in the USA: Belgium vs. Ukraine, on Tuesday, December 3rd, via Paramount+. Live scores for these matches can be tracked via UEFA’s website.

NCAA: University of Illinois Head Coach Janet Rayfield announces retirement

On Wednesday, Janet Rayfield, one of the pioneers of modern collegiate women’s soccer, announced that she is retiring from coaching soccer at the University of Illinois, where she helmed the soccer team for 23 seasons. Rayfield will remain in her position until a successor is hired.

Rayfield had stints as an assistant coach* of the United States Women’s National Team under Pia Sundhage (2009, 2011). Rayfield has also been involved with U.S. Soccer’s youth national teams, most notably as an assistant coach* to Steve Swanson with the 2012 Under-20 Women’s Youth National Team that won the 2012 FIFA Under-20 Women’s World Cup. The 2012 U-20 USWYNT included then University of Illinois midfielder Vanessa DiBernardo, who is now a member of the Kansas City Current in the National Women’s Soccer League.

*Correction: An earlier version of this article accidentally included an extra modifier.

2019 NCAA College Cup: Stanford Wins Third National Title

Just a quick compilation of highlights from the final and semifinals:

Stanford bests North Carolina on spot kicks (5:4, 6 rounds) after first scoreless draw in Women’s College Cup history
USWNT call-up Sophia Smith nets a hat trick versus UCLA in Stanford’s 4:1 semifinal win over the team from Westwood
North Carolina survives Washington State after 2:1 comeback victory

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2019 NCAA D1 Championship: Quarterfinal Highlights

On Black Friday, Stanford, UCLA, North Carolina, and Washington State punched their golden tickets to this year’s College Cup. Stanford and UCLA cruised to victories over BYU and Florida State, respectively, while North Carolina survived a 3:2 back-and-forth match over USC, and Washington State needed a golden goal to vanquish South Carolina.

Thus, Friday’s (December 6th) College Cup semifinal match-ups will be:

North Carolina vs. Washington State – 7:00 p.m. EST
Stanford vs. UCLA – 9:30 p.m. EST

Both matches will be televised live on ESPNU, as will the Championship match, which is scheduled for Sunday, December 8th, at 8:30 p.m. EST.

Read on for brief recaps and video highlights of all the quarterfinal goals…

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2019 NCAA D1 Championship: Sweet Sixteen Highlights

A quick round-up of the available highlights for the “Sweet Sixteen” Third Round matches in the 2019 NCAA Division I Women’s Soccer Championship.

Matches are in chronological order:

#2 BYU blanks NC State 3-nil
#1 Florida State with a 2:1 comeback win over South Florida, Castellanos with the game-winner
#1 North Carolina dominates Michigan 4-nil
#2 South Carolina gets past Kansas 2-nil
#1 Stanford scores twice on #4 Penn State, off Macario and Doms goals
#2 Southern California slips past Santa Clara 1-nil
Washington State defeats West Virginia 3-nil
#2 UCLA takes out #3 Wisconsin; Fishel and Villacorta score

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2019 NCAA D1 Championship: Second Round Highlights – Part 2

A quick round-up of available highlights for other Second Round matches in this year’s NCAA Division I Women’s Soccer Championship.

In this post:

Stanford blanks Hofstra 4-nil; Macario (2x), Haley, and Smith score
BYU defeats Louisville 4-nil
UCLA dominates Clemson 5-nil
North Carolina survives Colorado via an Alessia Russo strike
Southern California defeats Texas Tech 2:1, Watt, Hocking, and McKeown score
Florida State fends off Brown, 2-nil; McFarland with another brace
Wisconsin gets past Duke, 1-nil
South Carolina advances 1-nil over Notre Dame
Kansas, via a Katie McClure hat-trick, defeat Xavier

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2019 NCAA D1 Championship: Second Round Highlights – Upsets and Golden Goals

A quick round-up of available highlights for the most notable Second Round matches of this year’s NCAA Division I Women’s Soccer Championship.

In this post:

#1 seed Virginia is upset by Washington State
#4 seed Penn State survives Arizona via a Tagliaferri golden goal
West Virginia needed a golden goal to get pass Central Connecticut State
Michigan upsets #4 seed Texas Tech
Carolyne Viens and South Florida take down #4 seed Washington
Santa Clara defeats #3 seed Oklahoma State
NC State knocks out #3 seed Arkansas

For Second Round highlights of the remaining nine matches, see 2019 NCAA D1 Championship: Second Round Highlights – Part 2. Continue reading “2019 NCAA D1 Championship: Second Round Highlights – Upsets and Golden Goals”

NCAA D1 Tournament: 2019 Second and Third Rounds Match Schedule

(Updated 23-Nov-2019) The NCAA Division I Women’s Soccer Championship continues this week with a total of 24 matches being played from Thursday, November 21st to Sunday, November 24th, as the tournament field is whittled down from 32 teams to just 8.

Unlike the First Round matches, which were each hosted by one of the teams involved, Second Round matches are paired off based on the tournament bracket and hosted by one of the four teams involved. Third Round matches, between the winners of each paired Second Round match, are also played at the same site.

All Second Round matches and most Third Round matches have confirmed live streams and/or television broadcasts scheduled. (As of when the article was published. Updates are shown in green.)

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NCAA D1 Tournament: Notable 2019 First Round Results and Highlights

Over the weekend, 32 first round matches in the 2019 NCAA Division I Women’s Soccer Championship. The following is a quick run-through of results for notable teams as well as noteworthy upsets. (Did I mention that there were 32 matches played over 3 days?)

Several USA youth internationals and players already with senior USWNT caps and/or call-ups had noteworthy offensive performances, including:

Sophia Smith (Stanford, eligible for 2020 U-20 WWC): 3 goals, 2 assists versus Prairie View A&M
2018 U-20 USWNT’er Penelope Hocking (USC): 4 goals against Cal. State Fullerton
UNC’s Emily Fox (USWNT capped) scored once against Belmont and had two assists

Two members of Canada’s 2016 Olympic Bronze Medal winning squad scored goals in the weekend’s matches:

Senior Jessie Fleming, netted the opening goal for UCLA in their 4:1 victory over Lamar University
Junior Deanne Rose scored a consolation goal in Florida’s 2:4 loss to South Florida (USF)

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NCAA D1 Tournament: 2019 First Round Match Schedule

The NCAA Division I Women’s Soccer Championship kicks off today, Friday, November 15th, with 18 of the 32 First Round matches. On Saturday, 13 additional matches will be played, while just one lone match is scheduled for Sunday.

Almost all first round matches will be streamed live through various services, although most matches will either require an underlying cable or satellite subscription or a separate subscription to a digital-only service. However, some matches should be free, including all matches hosted by Pac-12 teams, as well as Santa Clara and West Virginia.

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