2024 Florida State Seminoles women's soccer team

2024 Florida State Seminoles women's soccer
2024 Florida State Seminoles women's soccer
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
U. Soc. Coaches poll	No. 22
TopDrawerSoccer.com	No. 7
Record	9–2–2 (4–2–1 ACC)
Head coach	Brian Pensky (3rd season);
Assistant coaches	Bobby Shuttleworth (3rd season); Jonathan Bornstein (1st season); Micah Bledsoe (1st season);
Home stadium	Seminole Soccer Complex
	Seasons ← 2023 2025 →

The 2024 Florida State Seminoles women's soccer team represents Florida State University during the 2024 NCAA Division I women's soccer season. This is the 30th season of the university fielding a women's soccer program, during all of which they have been members of the Atlantic Coast Conference. The Seminoles are led by third-year head coach Brian Pensky, and play their home games at Seminole Soccer Complex. The Seminoles entered the season as defending ACC Regular Season, ACC Tournament, and NCAA Tournament champions.

2024 ACC women's soccer standings
v t e	Conf						Overall
Team	W		L		T	PCT	W		L		T	PCT
No. 4 North Carolina ‍‍‍	7	–	1	–	0	.875	14	–	2	–	0	.875
No. 1 Duke ‍‍‍	6	–	0	–	0	1.000	11	–	1	–	0	.917
No. 18 Virginia Tech ‍‍‍	5	–	1	–	1	.786	10	–	3	–	2	.733
No. 6 Stanford ‍‍‍	5	–	2	–	1	.688	13	–	2	–	1	.844
No. 2 Wake Forest ‍‍‍	4	–	1	–	1	.750	9	–	2	–	2	.769
No. 22 Florida State ‍‍‍	4	–	2	–	1	.643	9	–	2	–	2	.769
No. 12 Notre Dame ‍‍‍	3	–	0	–	3	.750	9	–	1	–	3	.808
Pittsburgh ‍‍‍	3	–	2	–	2	.571	9	–	3	–	3	.700
No. 25 California ‍‍‍	3	–	3	–	1	.500	10	–	4	–	2	.688
No. 23 Virginia ‍‍‍	3	–	5	–	0	.375	10	–	5	–	0	.667
SMU ‍‍‍	2	–	4	–	2	.375	6	–	7	–	2	.467
Boston College ‍‍‍	2	–	3	–	1	.417	10	–	4	–	1	.700
Clemson ‍‍‍	2	–	5	–	0	.286	6	–	6	–	2	.500
Louisville ‍‍‍	1	–	5	–	1	.214	6	–	6	–	3	.500
Miami (FL) ‍‍‍	0	–	4	–	3	.214	4	–	6	–	4	.429
NC State ‍‍‍	0	–	5	–	2	.143	3	–	9	–	3	.300
Syracuse ‍‍‍	0	–	7	–	1	.063	6	–	8	–	2	.438


† – Conference champion ‡ – 2024 ACC Tournament champion As of October 17, 2024 Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Poll Source: The ACC

Previous season

The Seminoles finished the season 22–0–1 and 9–0–1 in ACC play to finish in first place. As the first seed in the ACC Tournament, they received a bye into the Semifinals where they defeated Pittsburgh and Clemson to win their fourth consecutive ACC Tournament title.^[1] As tournament champions, they received an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament and were the first seed in the Florida State Bracket and the top overall seed in the tournament. They defeated Morehead State in the First Round, Texas A&M in the Second Round, Texas in the Third Round, Pittsburgh again in the Quarterfinals, Clemson again in the Semifinals, and Stanford in the Final. Their 5–1 victory in the championship won the team their fourth overall title, all of which have come since 2014. Stanford's 36 game streak of allowing one or fewer goals was snapped and this was the first match where the Cardinal allowed five or more goals in a game since 1996. This was the first national championship match between two undefeated teams and Florida State became the first undefeated champion since Stanford in 2011.^[2]

Offseason

Departures

Departures
Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Year	Hometown	Reason for Departure
Olivia Garcia	0	FW	5'7"	Sophomore	Las Vegas, Nevada	Signed professional contract with HB Køge^[3]
Cristina Roque	1	GK	5'7"	Senior	Winter Garden, Florida	Graduated; drafted 33rd overall in the 2024 NWSL Draft
Maggie Taitano	4	MF		Freshman	Carlsbad, California	Transferred to South Carolina^[4]
Onyi Echegini	6	MF	5'8"	Senior	Nijmegen, Netherlands	Signed professional contract with Paris Saint-Germain^[5]^[6]
Lauren Flynn	8	DF	5'6"	Senior	Arlington, Virginia	Graduated; drafted 16th overall in the 2024 NWSL Draft
Beata Olsson	9	FW		Senior	Enköping, Sweden	Graduated
Jody Brown	10	FW	5'3"	Senior	Saint Ann, Jamaica	Graduated
Leilanni Nesbeth	13	FW	5'4"	Senior	St. David's, Bermuda	Graduated; drafted 10th overall in the 2024 NWSL Draft
Kaitlyn Zipay	15	MF		Junior	Winter Springs, Florida	Graduated
Maria Alagoa	18	MF		Junior	Viseu, Portugal	Transferred to USC^[7]
Leah Pais	30	FW	5'4"	Senior	Ontario, Canada	Graduated

Incoming transfers

Incoming Transfers
Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Year	Hometown	Previous School
Giana Riley	5	FW	5'8"	Junior	Manteca, California	Gonzaga^[8]
Mariangela Jimenez	8	MF		Senior	Puerto Cabello, Venezuela	William Carey
Camille Ashe	13	DF	5'10"	Graduate Student	Arlington, Virginia	Portland
Carissa Boeckmann	14	MF	5'5"	Senior	San Antonio, Texas	Texas A&M^[9]
Kameron Simmonds	19	FW	5'7"	Junior	Midlothian, Virginia	Tennessee^[9]
Maddie Smith	23	GK	5'8"	Graduate Student	Omaha, Nebraska	Maryland

Recruiting class

Name	Hometown	Club	TDS Rating
Jordyn Bugg DF	El Cajon, California	San Diego Surf	^[10]
Lara Dantas MF	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	IMG Academy	N/A
Wrianna Hudson FW	Rochester, New York	WNY Flash	^[11]
Emma Kirlin GK	Greenville, South Carolina	Carolina Elite Soccer Academy	^[12]
Peyton McGovern MF	Bristow, Virginia	Virginia Development Academy	^[13]
Nina Norshie DF	Accra, Ghana	Barton Community College	N/A
Ashlyn Puerta MF	San Diego, California	Albion SC San Diego	^[14]
Taylor Suarez FW	Charlotte, North Carolina	Charlotte Soccer Academy	^[15]
Solai Washington FW	Atlanta, GA	Concorde Fire SC	^[16]

Note: Bugg originally committed to play for the Seminoles but later signed a professional contract with Seattle Reign FC.^[17]

Squad

Roster

As of August 15, 2024^[18]

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	USA	Adelyn Todd
3	MF	USA	Taylor Huff
5	FW	USA	Giana Riley
6	MF	BRA	Lara Dantas
7	MF	JPN	Ran Iwai
8	MF	VEN	Mariangela Jimenez
9	FW	USA	Taylor Suarez
10	MF	USA	Peyton Nourse
11	FW	USA	Jordynn Dudley
12	DF	GHA	Nina Norshie
13	DF	USA	Camille Ashe
14	MF	USA	Carissa Boeckmann


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
15	MF	USA	Peyton McGovern
16	MF	USA	Sophia Nguyen
17	MF	JAM	Amelia Van Zanten
18	GK	USA	Emma Kirlin
19	FW	JAM	Kameron Simmonds
20	DF	USA	Heather Gilchrist
21	FW	USA	Olivia Lebdaoui
22	DF	USA	Claire Rain
23	GK	USA	Maddie Smith
28	FW	JAM	Solai Washington
30	MF	USA	Ashlyn Puerta
42	FW	USA	Wrianna Hudson

Team management

Position	Staff
Athletic Director	Michael Alford
Head Coach	Brian Pensky
Associate Head Coach^[19]	Bobby Shuttleworth
Assistant Coach	Jonathan Bornstein
Assistant Coach	Micah Bledsoe
Director of Operations	Sara Brown
Athletic Trainer	Alora Sullivan

Source:^[18]

Schedule

Source:^[20]^[21]

Date Time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (Attendance) City, State
Exhibition
August 9* 9:10 p.m.	No. 1	TCU	W 5–2^[22]	—	Seminole Soccer Complex Tallahassee, FL
Non-conference Regular season
August 15* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	No. 1	at South Florida	W 5–0	1–0	Corbett Stadium (1,234) Tampa, Florida
August 18* 6:00 p.m., ACCNX	No. 1	North Florida	W 10–0	2–0	Seminole Soccer Complex (1,094) Tallahassee, FL
August 22* 7:00 p.m., ACCN	No. 1	Rice	W 3–0	3–0	Seminole Soccer Complex (984) Tallahassee, FL
August 29* 7:00 p.m., ACCNX	No. 1	No. 24 Georgia	T 1–1	3–0–1	Seminole Soccer Complex (1,684) Tallahassee, FL
September 1* 12:00 p.m., ACCNX	No. 1	Villanova	W 2–0	4–0–1	Seminole Soccer Complex (840) Tallahassee, FL
September 8* 2:00 p.m., SECN	No. 3	at Florida Rivalry	W 3–0	5–0–1	Pressly Stadium (1,294) Gainesville, FL
ACC Regular season
September 19 7:00 p.m., ACCNX	No. 2	Syracuse	W 5–1	6–0–1 (1–0)	Seminole Soccer Complex (1,234) Tallahassee, FL
September 22 2:00 p.m., ACCN	No. 2	at SMU	T 1–1	6–0–2 (1–0–1)	Washburne Stadium (710) Dallas, TX
September 28^[a] 6:00 p.m., ACCNX	No. 6	Clemson	W 3–0	7–0–2 (2–0–1)	Seminole Soccer Complex (894) Tallahassee, FL
October 3 7:00 p.m., ACCNX	No. 6	at No. 4 Wake Forest	L 1–4	7–1–2 (2–1–1)	Spry Stadium (1,621) Winston-Salem, NC
October 6 1:00 p.m., ACCNX	No. 6	at Virginia Tech	L 2–3	7–2–2 (2–2–1)	Thompson Field (1,056) Blacksburg, VA
October 12 7:00 p.m., ACCNX	No. 22	at Boston College	W 1–0	8–2–2 (3–2–1)	Newton Campus Soccer Field (1,024) Chestnut Hill, MA
October 17 7:00 p.m., ESPNU	No. 22	No. 23 Virginia	W 4–0	9–2–2 (4–2–1)	Seminole Soccer Complex (1,234) Tallahassee, FL
October 20 1:00 p.m., ACCNX	No. 22	Pittsburgh			Seminole Soccer Complex Tallahassee, FL
October 25 7:00 p.m., ACCNX		North Carolina			Seminole Soccer Complex Tallahassee, FL
October 31 6:00 p.m., ACCN		at Miami (FL) Rivalry			Cobb Stadium Coral Gables, FL
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from United Soccer Coaches. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern.

Awards and honors

Recipient	Award	Date	Ref.
Jordynn Dudley	Pre-season All-ACC Team	August 8, 2024	^[23]
Heather Gilchrist
Taylor Huff
Jordynn Dudley	Herman Trophy watchlist	August 17, 2024	^[24]
Taylor Huff
Giana Riley
Taylor Huff	ACC Offensive Player of the Week	August 20, 2024	^[25]

Rankings

Ranking movements
**Legend:** ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
( ) = First-place votes
	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	Final
United Soccer^[26]	1 (8)	1 (8)	1 (8)	3 (2)	3	2	6	6	22	22			Not released
TopDrawer Soccer^[27]	1	1	1	4	3	3	7	4	12	7

Notes

^ delayed from originally scheduled date of September 26 due to the effects of Hurricane Helene

References

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^ "Florida State beats Stanford for its fourth women's soccer national championship — all since 2014". AP News. December 4, 2023. Retrieved December 5, 2023.
^ Nyheder, Kvinder (February 5, 2024). "Welcome, Olivia". hbkoge.dk (in Danish). HB Køge. Retrieved July 11, 2024.
^ "Smith Adds a Pair of Gamecocks to 2024 Roster". gamecocksonline.com. University of South Carolina Athletics. May 22, 2024. Retrieved July 11, 2024.
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^ "Emma Kirlin". topdrawersoccer.com. Top Drawer Soccer. Retrieved July 11, 2024.
^ "Peyton McGovern". topdrawersoccer.com. Top Drawer Soccer. Retrieved July 11, 2024.
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^ Rantz, Susie (2024-07-19). "Seattle Reign sign two U-18 players to long-term contracts". Sounder at Heart. Retrieved 2024-07-19.
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^ https://www.wctv.tv/2024/08/10/florida-state-soccer-defeats-tcu-5-2-exhibition-match/?outputType=amp
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[23] yed from originally scheduled date of September 26 due to the effects of Hurricane Helene

[1] Nee, Chris (November 5, 2023). "ACC Champions: FSU Soccer defeats Clemson, 2-1, to earn the 2023 ACC Tournament Championship". 247sports.com. 247Sports. Retrieved November 5, 2023.

[2] "Florida State beats Stanford for its fourth women's soccer national championship — all since 2014". AP News. December 4, 2023. Retrieved December 5, 2023.

[3] Nyheder, Kvinder (February 5, 2024). "Welcome, Olivia". hbkoge.dk (in Danish). HB Køge. Retrieved July 11, 2024.

[4] "Smith Adds a Pair of Gamecocks to 2024 Roster". gamecocksonline.com. University of South Carolina Athletics. May 22, 2024. Retrieved July 11, 2024.

[5] "Jennifer Echegini is a Parisienne". 10 July 2024. Retrieved 10 July 2024.

[6] "Transfer: Echegini completes move to PSG". 10 July 2024. Retrieved 10 July 2024.

[7] "USC Women's Soccer Adds Transfers Maria Alagoa and Molly McDougal". usctrojans.com. University of Southern California Trojans. January 16, 2024. Retrieved July 11, 2024.

[8] "Soccer Signs Former First Team All-WCC Performer Giana Riley". seminoles.com. Florida State Seminoles. May 14, 2024. Retrieved July 11, 2024.

[Transfer-9] "FSU Soccer Adds Two Transfers to 2024 Class". seminoles.com. Florida State Seminoles. December 20, 2023. Retrieved July 11, 2024.

[10] "Jordyn Bugg". topdrawersoccer.com. Top Drawer Soccer. Retrieved July 11, 2024.

[11] "Wrianna Hudson". topdrawersoccer.com. Top Drawer Soccer. Retrieved July 11, 2024.

[12] "Emma Kirlin". topdrawersoccer.com. Top Drawer Soccer. Retrieved July 11, 2024.

[13] "Peyton McGovern". topdrawersoccer.com. Top Drawer Soccer. Retrieved July 11, 2024.

[14] "Ashlyn Puerta". topdrawersoccer.com. Top Drawer Soccer. Retrieved July 11, 2024.

[15] "Taylor Suarez". topdrawersoccer.com. Top Drawer Soccer. Retrieved July 11, 2024.

[16] "Solai Washington". topdrawersoccer.com. Top Drawer Soccer. Retrieved July 11, 2024.

[17] Rantz, Susie (2024-07-19). "Seattle Reign sign two U-18 players to long-term contracts". Sounder at Heart. Retrieved 2024-07-19.

[auto-18] "2024 Women's Soccer roster". Florida State University Athletics. Retrieved August 15, 2024.

[19] "FSU Soccer Promotes Bobby Shuttleworth to Associate Head Coach". Seminoles.com. Florida State University Athletics. September 13, 2024. Retrieved September 20, 2024.

[20] "2024 Women's Soccer Schedule". Seminoles.com. Florida State University Athletics. Retrieved July 11, 2024.

[21] "Florida State Soccer Announces 2024 Schedule". Seminoles.com. Florida State University Athletics. July 24, 2024. Retrieved July 25, 2024.

[22] ttps://www.wctv.tv/2024/08/10/florida-state-soccer-defeats-tcu-5-2-exhibition-match/?outputType=amp

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

[25] "2024 Women's Hermann Trophy Watch List Announced". theacc.com. Mac Herman Trophy. August 17, 2024. Retrieved August 18, 2024.

[26] "FSU's Huff, Virginia's Galvin Named ACC Women's Soccer Players of Week". theacc.com. Atlantic Coast Conference. August 20, 2024. Retrieved August 20, 2024.

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