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2024 NCAA Division I women's soccer championship game
WakeMed Soccer Park hosted the match
Event2024 NCAA Division I women's soccer tournament
North Carolina Wake Forest
ACC ACC
1 0
DateDecember 9, 2024
VenueWakeMed Soccer Park, Cary, NC
RefereeDanielle Chesky
Attendance9,475
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The 2024 NCAA Division I women's soccer championship game (also known as the 2024 NCAA Division I Women's College Cup) was played on December 9, 2024, at WakeMed Soccer Park in Cary, North Carolina, and determined the winner of the 2024 NCAA Division I women's soccer tournament, the national collegiate women's soccer championship in the United States. This was the 43rd edition of this tournament organized by the NCAA.[1]

The match featured North Carolina and Wake Forest, both from the ACC. The match was Wake Forest's first appearance in the final, and it was North Carolina's twenty-eighth appearance. North Carolina's head coach Damon Nahas was coaching in his first championship game, as was Wake Forest head coach Tony da Luz. Nahas was in his first season as head coach while da Luz was in his twenty-eighth. The two rivals met during the regular season on September 12, a game which North Carolina won at home 1–0. Both teams entered as the second seed in their respective brackets. Wake Forest was ranked third in the United Soccer Coaches poll, while North Carolina was ranked eighth.[2]

North Carolina prevailed in the final 1–0 by virtue of a sixty-second minute free-kick goal from Olivia Thomas.[3] The win was North Carolina's twenty-second NCAA tournament title, and their twenty-third title overall, as they won one AIAW title.[4] North Carolina won the title despite having twenty one players leave the team from the prior season, and the retirement of their forty-seven year head coach Anson Dorrance just four days prior to the start of the season.[5] After the game, Clare Gagne was named the tournament Most Outstanding Defensive Player and Olivia Thomas was named tournament Most Outstanding Offensive Player.[6]

Road to the final

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Further information: 2024 NCAA Division I women's soccer tournament

The NCAA Division I women's soccer tournament, sometimes known as the College Cup, is an American intercollegiate soccer tournament conducted by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), and determines the Division I women's national champion. The tournament has been formally held since 1982, when it was a twelve-team tournament.

(2) North Carolina (ACC) Round (2) Wake Forest (ACC)
Opponent Result NCAA Tournament Opponent Result
USC Upstate 8–0 (H) First round Morehead State 4–0 (H)
Santa Clara 1–0 (H) Second round Colorado 3–1 (H)
(6) Minnesota 3–0 (H) Round of 16 (3) Ohio State 1–0 (H)
(4) Penn State 2–1 (H) Quarterfinal (1) USC 2–2 (4–3 p) (A)
(1) Duke 3–0 (N) College Cup (3) Stanford 1–0 (N)

Match details

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2024 College Cup
Final
North Carolina1–0Wake Forest
 Report
Attendance: 9,475
Referee: Danielle Chesky

College Cup MVP
Offensive: Olivia Thomas
Defensive: Clare Gagne

Assistant referees:
Katarzyna Wasiak[7]
Laura Chambers Waliski (United States)[7]
Fourth official:
John Rush (United States)[7]

Match rules:

  • 90 minutes.
  • 20 minutes of extra time if necessary.
  • Penalty shoot-out if scores still level.
  • Unlimited substitutes, may not return if subbed out in the first half; may return unlimited times in the second half.

Statistics

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Overall [7]
North
Carolina 		Wake
Forest
Goals scored 1 0
Total shots 6 7
Shots on target 2 3
Saves 3 1
Corner kicks 2 4
Offsides 4 1
Yellow cards 3 3
Red cards 0 0

References

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  1. ^ "UNC wins the 2024 national title". ncaa.com. NCAA. December 9, 2024. Retrieved April 8, 2025.
  2. ^ "2024 NCAA College Cup Final: Preview". nwslsoccer.com. NWSL. December 9, 2024. Retrieved April 8, 2025.
  3. ^ "North Carolina beats Wake Forest to win Women's College Cup". espn.com. Associated Press. December 9, 2024. Retrieved April 8, 2025.
  4. ^ Meyer, Craig (December 9, 2024). "North Carolina women's soccer beats Wake Forest to win record 23rd national championship". USA Today. Retrieved April 8, 2025.
  5. ^ "Anson Dorrance retires as North Carolina women's soccer coach". espn.com. Associated Press. August 11, 2024. Retrieved August 15, 2024.
  6. ^ "North Carolina Wins 2024 NCAA Women's Soccer National Championship". Atlantic Coast Conference. December 9, 2024. Retrieved December 12, 2024.
  7. ^ a b c d "North Carolina vs Wake Forest". theacc.com. Atlantic Coast Conference. December 9, 2024. Retrieved April 8, 2025.
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