Top Stories of 2024: After a Shocking Retirement, UNC Women’s Soccer Reclaims Its Throne

Posted Dec 25, 2024
On August 10, Carolina played its final exhibition match of the preseason against Davidson. The Tar Heels won, 3-0, at Dorrance Field. Afterward, head coach Anson Dorrance – the man for whom UNC’s soccer facility is named – called his team together. The 47-year head coach and 22-time national champion had some news: he was retiring. (Chapelboro.com)

Related: Soccer

Sebastian Berhalter In Tears After Reading Father Gregg Berhalter’s World Cup Letter
Playing at a World Cup is a special achievement, and this summer, the USMNT will have another Berhalter at a World Cup: Sebastian Berhalter. The...
Fri Jun 12, 2026

Ex-UNC soccer player Sebastian Berhalter turned his father’s tough truth into World Cup breakthrough
Sebastian Berhalter’s path to the World Cup is not that of a young prodigy who had an easy way onto the U.S. men’s national team...
Thu Jun 11, 2026

Aven Alvarez, Hope Munson To Play With U-20 Women’s Soccer National Team
In preparation for the 2026 FIFA U-20 World Cup, head coach Vicky Jepsen has selected 20 players for a training camp in Spain June 1-9...
Mon Jun 1, 2026

Newsletter: UNC Baseball To Super Regionals, Samodurov Commits, Able, Brown, and Thomas Sign
UNC Baseball advanced to the Super Regional and will host either Texas A&M or USC. It was a big week for Tar Heel Basketball following...
Mon Jun 1, 2026