The 2024 Florida State Seminoles women's soccer team represented Florida State University during the 2024 NCAA Division I women's soccer season. This was the 30th season of the university fielding a women's soccer program, during all of which they have been members of the Atlantic Coast Conference. The Seminoles were led by third-year head coach Brian Pensky, and played their home games at Seminole Soccer Complex. The Seminoles entered the season as defending ACC Regular Season, ACC Tournament, and NCAA Tournament champions.
The Seminoles began the season ranked first in the national polls and had three straight wins over non-Power 4 opponents. Their first Power 4 and ranked opponent was number twenty four who they drew 1–1. A win over in the same week couldn't prevent them from dropping to number three in the polls. Their final non-conference opponent was rival , whom they defeated 3–0. They ascended to number two in the polls to start ACC play. They went 2–0–1 in their first three games, defeating Clemson and Syracuse and drawing with ACC newcomers SMU. A match-up with number four Wake Forest gave the Semionles their first loss of the season. They were unable to immedatley rebound and lost their next game to unranked Virginia Tech. They fell to number twenty-two in the polls. However, this was their only blemish during the regular season, as they won their final five ACC games. Highlights included wins over number twenty three Virginia, number four North Carolina, and a rivalry victory over Miami.
The Seminoles finished the regular season 12–2–2 and 7–2–1 in ACC play to finish in a tie for second place. As the third seed in the ACC Tournament, they hosted sixth seed and thirteenth ranked Notre Dame in the First Round. The Seminoles won and advanced to the Semifinals where they advanced via penalty shoot-out against Wake Forest. The Final was a rematch of a regular season foe North Carolina, which the Seminoles won 3–2. This was the Seminoles seventh consecutive ACC tournament title. As tournament champions, they received an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament and were the first seed in the Florida State Bracket. They defeated in the First Round, before being upset by in the Second Round via penalty shoot-out. Florida State ended the season with a 15–2–4 overall record.
Previous season
The Seminoles finished the season 22–0–1 and 9–0–1 in ACC play to finish in first place. As the first seed in the ACC Tournament, they received a bye into the Semifinals where they defeated Pittsburgh and Clemson to win their fourth consecutive ACC Tournament title. As tournament champions, they received an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament and were the first seed in the Florida State Bracket and the top overall seed in the tournament. They defeated Morehead State in the First Round, in the Second Round, Texas in the Third Round, Pittsburgh again in the Quarterfinals, Clemson again in the Semifinals, and Stanford in the Final. Their 5–1 victory in the championship won the team their fourth overall title, all of which have come since 2014. Stanford's 36 game streak of allowing one or fewer goals was snapped and this was the first match where the Cardinal allowed five or more goals in a game since 1996. This was the first national championship match between two undefeated teams and Florida State became the first undefeated champion since Stanford in 2011.
Offseason
Departures
Departures Olivia Garcia 0 FW 5'7" Sophomore Las Vegas, Nevada Signed professional contractwith HB Køge Cristina Roque 1 GK 5'7" Senior Winter Garden, Florida Graduated; drafted 33rdoverall in the 2024 NWSL Draft Maggie Taitano 4 MF 5'5" Freshman Carlsbad, California Transferred to South Carolina Onyi Echegini 6 MF 5'8" Senior Nijmegen, Netherlands Signed professional contract with Paris Saint-Germain Lauren Flynn 8 DF 5'6" Senior Arlington, Virginia Graduated; drafted 16thoverall in the 2024 NWSL Draft Beata Olsson 9 FW 5'5" Senior Enköping, Sweden Signed professional contract with AIK Jody Brown 10 FW 5'3" Senior Saint Ann, Jamaica Signed professional contract with Benfica Leilanni Nesbeth 13 FW 5'4" Senior St. David's, Bermuda Graduated; drafted 10thoverall in the 2024 NWSL Draft Kaitlyn Zipay 15 MF 5'7" Junior Winter Springs, Florida Graduated Maria Alagoa 18 MF 5'5" Junior Viseu, Portugal Transferred to USC Leah Pais 30 FW 5'4" Senior Ontario, Canada Signed professional contract with Þróttur
Incoming transfers
Incoming transfers Giana Riley 5 FW 5'8" Junior Manteca, California Gonzaga Marianyela Jiménez 8 MF 5'6" Senior Puerto Cabello, Venezuela William Carey Camille Ashe 13 DF 5'10" Graduate Student Arlington, Virginia Portland Carissa Boeckmann 14 MF 5'5" Senior San Antonio, Texas Texas A&M Kameron Simmonds 19 FW 5'7" Junior Midlothian, Virginia Tennessee Maddie Smith 23 GK 5'8" Graduate Student Omaha, Nebraska Maryland
Recruiting class
Name Nationality Hometown Club TDS Rating El Cajon, California San Diego Surf Rio de Janeiro, Brazil IMG Academy N/A Rochester, New York WNY Flash Greenville, South Carolina Carolina Elite Soccer Academy Bristow, Virginia Virginia Development Academy Accra, Ghana Barton Community College N/A San Diego, California Albion SC San Diego Charlotte, North Carolina Charlotte Soccer Academy Atlanta, GA Concorde Fire SC
Squad
Roster
Team management Athletic Director Michael Alford Head coach Brian Pensky Associate Head Coach Bobby Shuttleworth Assistant Coach Jonathan Bornstein Assistant Coach Micah Bledsoe Director of Operations Sara Brown Athletic Trainer Alora Sullivan
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!colspan=6 style=""| Non-conference Regular season
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Awards and honors Jordynn Dudley Pre-season All-ACC Team August 8, 2024 Heather Gilchrist Taylor Huff Jordynn Dudley Herman Trophy watchlist August 17, 2024 Taylor Huff Giana Riley Taylor Huff ACC Offensive Player of the Week – Week 1 August 20, 2024 Jordynn Dudley ACC Offensive Player of the Week – Week 11 October 29, 2024 Taylor Huff All-ACC First Team November 6, 2024 Jordynn Dudley Heather Gilchrist All-ACC Third Team Mimi Van Zanten Wrianna Hudson ACC All-Freshman Team Solai Washington Taylor Huff ACC Tournament MVP November 10, 2024 Taylor Huff All-ACC Tournament Team November 10, 2024 Addie Todd Solai Washington Jordynn Dudley Heather Gilchrist Taylor Huff Herman Trophy semifinalist December 4, 2024 Jordynn Dudley Taylor Huff United Soccer Coaches All-American First Team December 8, 2024 Jordynn Dudley United Soccer Coaches All-American Second Team Heather Gilchrist United Soccer Coaches All-American Fourth Team Taylor Huff Honda Sports Award finalist December 13, 2024
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