Stanford Cardinal women's soccer

Stanford Cardinal women's soccer
2024 Stanford Cardinal women's soccer team
Founded	1984
University	Stanford University
Athletic director	Bernard Muir
Head coach	Paul Ratcliffe (22nd season)
Conference	ACC
Location	Stanford, California
Stadium	Laird Q. Cagan Stadium (Capacity: 2,000)
Nickname	Cardinal
Colors	Cardinal and white[1]
Home Away
NCAA Tournament championships
2011, 2017, 2019
NCAA Tournament runner-up
2009, 2010, 2023
NCAA Tournament College Cup
1993, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2023
NCAA Tournament Quarterfinals
1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 2002, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2023
NCAA Tournament appearances
1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2023
Conference Regular Season championships
1993, 1995, 1996, 1999, 2002, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2022

The Stanford Cardinal women's soccer team represents Stanford University in the Atlantic Coast Conference of NCAA Division I soccer. Home games are played at Laird Q. Cagan Stadium, located on the university's campus in Palo Alto. Paul Ratcliffe has coached the Cardinal since 2003, winning Pac-12 Coach of the Year eight times.^[2] During his tenure as head coach, the team won the 2011, 2017, and 2019 national championships, and nine Pac-12 titles, played in nine College Cup tournaments, and reached five NCAA Division I tournament finals.^[2]

Five Stanford Cardinal players have been awarded the Hermann Trophy, which is awarded annually to the top college soccer player: Kelley O'Hara (2009), Christen Press (2010), Teresa Noyola (2011), Andi Sullivan (2017) and Catarina Macario (2018).