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UNC Women's Soccer Announces 2020 Spring Exhibition Schedule

Coming off yet another stellar season last fall, the North Carolina women's soccer team will play four exhibition games in spring of 2020. UNC will play UNCW on Saturday, February 29 in Chapel Hill at Finley Practice Fields at noon and at Duke on March 28 at 1 p.m. UNC also will play two games against teams from the National Women's Soccer League. (GoHeels.com)

Courtney Banghart and Anson Dorrance: Two Of A Kind

We sat down with one of UNC's longest-tenured coaches, women’s soccer coach Anson Dorrance, and one of the newest, women’s basketball coach Courtney Banghart, to discuss what it means to be part of Tar Heel women’s athletics. The duo actually met at the outset of Banghart’s coaching career, when she came to Chapel Hill to meet with Dorrance. (UNC.edu)

Kealia Ohai, J.J. Watt Tie The Knot In The Bahamas Saturday

Chicago Red Stars soccer standout Kealia Ohai and NFL superstar J.J. Watt were married in the Bahamas on Saturday. Crystal Dunn, who plays for the US Women's National Team and was Ohai's teammate at the University of North Carolina, posted photos and video as part of an Instagram story. Ohai and Watt announced their engagement in May 2019. (CNN.com)

Five UNC Women's Soccer Players Named To U.S. U-20 National Team

U.S. Under-20 Women's National Team coach Laura Harvey has a 20-player roster to represent the USA at the 2020 Concacaf Women's U-20 Championship. Three of those are UNC players: Maycee Bell, Claudia Dickey, and Brianna Pinto. Talia DellaPeruta and Samantha Meza signed National Letters of Intent last fall and will enroll at UNC in August. (GoHeels.com)

Video: Les & Lotte - International Scholars

North Carolina Women's soccer players, Alessia Russo and Lotte Wubben-Moy sit down with UNCUT to share their story. Hear from Les, Lotte, and their teammate Lois Joel about their decision to turn down professional contracts in England to play soccer and receive an education from UNC. Read More...

Photos: National Girls & Women in Sports Day at UNC

Hundreds of people gathered at UNC’s indoor practice facility for National Girls & Women in Sports Day in Chapel Hill on Sunday, January 19. Participants practiced with UNC’s women’s soccer team. Members of UNC’s softball team practiced throwing the ball with participants. UNC’s field hockey team was among the many women’s teams in attendance. (Chapelboro.com)

UNC celebrates eighth annual National Girls and Women in Sports Day

It was a day of celebrating women's sports at North Carolina, as 15 varsity teams representing 36 national championships greeted over 1,200 visitors for UNC's eighth annual National Girls and Women in Sports Day. Each team set up a station with a "mini-clinic" so the hundreds of grade-school children could get autographs from their favorite UNC athletes. (Daily Tar Heel)

Bridgette Andrzejewski Selected By Houston Dash In NWSL Draft

North Carolina Women's Soccer standout Bridgette Andrzejewski was selected by the Houston Draft in the second round of the 2020 NWSL Draft on Thursday. A four-year starter who played in three College Cups and helped lead UNC to the 2019 ACC title, Andrzejewski joins fellow Tar Heels Amber Brooks, Lindsey Harris, and Satara Murray in Houston. (GoHeels.com)

New Red Stars forward Kealia Ohai sees clearly Chicago is her kind of town

Kealia Ohai had it all in Houston. She was set to begin her seventh NWSL season with the Houston Dash and fifth as captain of the team which drafted her second overall in 2014. Plus, her three sisters lived nearby, and it’s where she met and built a home with fiancé, Texans star J.J. Watt. But in the fall, Ohai asked to be traded to the Chicago Red Stars. (Chicago Sun-Times)

Jeremy Kelly, Jack Skahan Selected On Day 1 Of MLS Draft

UNC's Jeremy Kelly and Jack Skahan were selected on day one of the 2020 MLS SuperDraft. Kelly was selected 9th by the Montreal Impact then traded to the Colorado Rapids. Skahan was drafted with the 27th pick by the San Jose Earthquakes. They are the 21st and 22nd players to sign MLS contracts under coach Carlos Somoano since 2012. (GoHeels.com)

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