UNC Soccer

Complete coverage of North Carolina Tar Heels Soccer.

UNC soccer alum Alessia Russo stars in England's 4-0 win over the Netherlands

Defending European champions England were in uncomfortable footing in Group D after losing their opening match of Euro 2025 to France 2-1. Anything but a win would be seen as a disaster. Fortunately for the Lionesses, Alessia Russo, fresh off the heels of a Champions League final victory over Barcelona with her Arsenal squad, was ready. (Keeping It Heel)

Evelyn Shores Signs With Angel City FC

Midfielder Evelyn Shores becomes the newest Tar Heel Women's Soccer standout to turn pro after signing with Angel City FC. Shores will forego her two seasons of remaining eligibility to join ACFC with fellow Carolina alumna Savy King. After facing a season-ending injury her freshman season, Shores capped off her UNC career as a National Champion. (GoHeels.com)

Tar Heel Women Win 2024-25 Capital One Cup

UNC set the standard in women’s sports in the last year with two national championships. After a school year defined by excellence and historic triumphs, UNC captured the 2024-25 Capital One Cup women’s title, a multi-sports award that goes to the top-performing women’s program based on all NCAA championships and major poll results. (Tar Heel Tribune)

Tobin Heath, two-time Women's World Cup winner with U.S. women's national team, announces retirement

Tobin Heath, a member of the U.S. women's national team's 2015 and 2019 Women's World Cup-winning squads, officially announced her retirement on Thursday, marking the end of a decorated career. Heath played the final match of her career in August 2022 with the Seattle Reign, while her final appearance for the national team was in October 2021. (CBS Sports)

Check Out the Complete Schedule for UNC’s ‘ACC Network Takeover’ July 8

UNC’s two national title wins will be shown back-to-back, as the women’s lacrosse team’s triumph against Northwestern at Gillette Stadium will play at 12 p.m., and the women’s soccer team’s 1-0 victory against Wake Forest last December will air at 2 p.m. At 4 p.m., fans can catch a replay of the men’s basketball team’s blowout win against NC State. (Chapelboro.com)

Two NCAA title wins, snow day blowout highlight UNC takeover day on ACC Network

A snow day blowout, two national championship wins, and seven victories against ranked teams highlight North Carolina's annual takeover day on ACC Network. The ACC Network’s annual school-by-school summer takeovers series began on June 25 with Boston College and ends with Wake Forest on July 21. The Tar Heels’ day is Tuesday, July 8. (Tar Heel Tribune)

UNC Women’s Lacrosse, Chloe Humphrey, Kate Faasse Nominated For ESPYS

UNC was well represented in ESPN's nominees for the 2025 ESPYS on Thursday. Carolina's women's lacrosse team showed up in the "Best Team" category, while freshman Chloe Humphrey is one of four nominees for "Best Breakthrough Athlete." Women's soccer standout Kate Faasse is one of four nominees for "Best Collegiate Athlete – Women's Sports." (GoHeels.com)

UNC Athletics has its best Directors’ Cup finish in 16 years

Led by national championships in women’s soccer and women’s lacrosse, North Carolina finished fourth in the 2024-25 Learfield Directors’ Cup standings, the Tar Heels’ best finish in 16 years. It was UNC’s sixth straight top-10 finish and ninth in the last 10 years. It’s the Tar Heels 26th top-10 finish. Only Stanford and Florida (31 each) have more. (Tar Heel Tribune)

Soccer star Meghan Klingenberg announces retirement

Meghan Klingenberg anounced her retirement Wednesday. She was an All-American and two-time national champion at North Carolina, recording 18 goals and 24 assists in her four-year career. Klingenberg had 75 caps with the U.S. women’s national team from 2011-18, playing every minute of every game as the U.S. won the 2015 World Cup. (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)

UNC Women’s Soccer Adds All-Big Ten Freshman Shaela Bradley

North Carolina Women's Soccer has added one of the top young players in the Big Ten last season in Rutgers transfer and All-Big Ten Freshman Shaela Bradley. A midfielder, Bradly was also tabbed All-North Region Fourth Team by the United Soccer coaches and the 12th-ranked freshman on the TopDrawerSoccer Postseason Top 100 Freshman list. (GoHeels.com)

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