2025 Stanford Cardinal women's soccer team
| 2025 Stanford Cardinal women's soccer | |
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NCAA Tournament, Runner-up | |
| Conference | Atlantic Coast Conference |
| U. Soc. Coaches poll | No. 2 |
| TopDrawerSoccer.com | No. 2 |
| Record | 21–2–2 (9–0–1 ACC) |
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| Home stadium | Cagan Stadium |
| Conf. | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Team | W | L | T | PCT | W | L | T | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 2 Stanford †‡y | 9 | – | 0 | – | 1 | .950 | 21 | – | 2 | – | 2 | .880 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 11 Notre Dame y | 8 | – | 1 | – | 1 | .850 | 15 | – | 2 | – | 3 | .825 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 3 Duke y | 7 | – | 3 | – | 0 | .700 | 17 | – | 5 | – | 1 | .761 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 1 Florida State y | 6 | – | 2 | – | 2 | .700 | 16 | – | 2 | – | 4 | .818 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 8 Virginia y | 6 | – | 2 | – | 2 | .700 | 14 | – | 3 | – | 5 | .750 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 24 Louisville y | 6 | – | 2 | – | 2 | .700 | 13 | – | 5 | – | 3 | .690 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 13т North Carolina y | 6 | – | 4 | – | 0 | .600 | 13 | – | 6 | – | 2 | .667 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| California | 4 | – | 2 | – | 4 | .600 | 8 | – | 3 | – | 8 | .632 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wake Forest y | 4 | – | 3 | – | 3 | .550 | 11 | – | 5 | – | 4 | .650 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| NC State | 4 | – | 4 | – | 2 | .500 | 5 | – | 9 | – | 4 | .389 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Clemson y | 4 | – | 4 | – | 2 | .500 | 8 | – | 6 | – | 5 | .553 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| SMU | 2 | – | 6 | – | 2 | .300 | 8 | – | 8 | – | 2 | .500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Pittsburgh | 2 | – | 8 | – | 0 | .200 | 6 | – | 10 | – | 2 | .389 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Miami (FL) | 1 | – | 7 | – | 2 | .200 | 7 | – | 8 | – | 3 | .472 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Boston College | 1 | – | 7 | – | 2 | .200 | 5 | – | 8 | – | 5 | .417 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Syracuse | 1 | – | 8 | – | 1 | .150 | 5 | – | 9 | – | 4 | .389 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Virginia Tech | 0 | – | 8 | – | 2 | .100 | 4 | – | 10 | – | 4 | .333 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| † – Conference champion ‡ – 2025 ACC Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of December 9, 2025 Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Poll Source: The ACC | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The 2025 Stanford Cardinal women's soccer team represented Stanford University during the 2025 NCAA Division I women's soccer season. The Cardinal were led by head coach Paul Ratcliffe, in his twenty-third season. They played their home games at Cagan Stadium in Stanford, California. This was the team's 42nd season playing organized women's college soccer and their 2nd playing in the Atlantic Coast Conference.
The Cardinal began the season ranked seventh in the United Soccer Coaches poll and won their first two games by a combined score of 12–1. They defeated sixteenth ranked Santa Clara in their second game. These results saw them rise to second, and after two more wins, they rose to the top of the rankings. They defeated Power 4 opponents Arizona and sixth ranked USC as the top team in the rankings. They lost at eighteenth ranked UCLA in their final non-conference match of the season. They began ACC play ranked third, and drew at Clemson 2–2. They went on to win their remaining nine ACC matches. They only played two ranked teams during the ACC season, defeating top-ranked Virginia and seventh ranked Florida State both by a score of 2–1 in the same week. The Cardinal rose to second in the rankings, and finished the ACC season with a win over rival California by a score of 8–2.
The Cardinal finished the regular season 15–1–1 overall and 9–0–1 in ACC play to finish as regular season conference champions. As the top seed in the ACC Tournament they received a bye into the Semifinals where they defeated fifth seed and seventh ranked Virginia for a second time this season. In the Final, they faced second seed an second ranked Notre Dame. Stanford won the title via penalty shoot-out 5–4 to capture their first ACC Tournament title. They received the ACC's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament and were the top overall seed and first seed in the Stanford. They defeated Cal Poly in the First Round, eight seed Alabamain the Second Round, and fifth seed BYU in the Round of 16 to reach the Quarterfinals. There they defeated second seed an ninth ranked Michigan State to advance to the College Cup. In the Semifinals they defeated second seed and eleventh ranked Duke to reach the Final. They faced Florida State in a rematch of an October 16 game, but this time lost 1–0 to finish just short of a National Title. The Cardinal finished 21–2–2 overall and this was their second NCAA Final appearance in three years.