The 2024 Stanford Cardinal women's soccer team represented Stanford University during the 2024 NCAA Division I women's soccer season. The Cardinal were led by head coach Paul Ratcliffe, in his twenty-second season. They played their home games at Cagan Stadium in Stanford, California. This was the team's 41st season playing organized women's college soccer and their 1st playing in the Atlantic Coast Conference.
Stanford began the season ranked second overall and swept through their non-conference season, winning all of their eight games. They only allowed two goals during non-conference play and faced one Power 4 opponent, , where they won 2–1. After a 2–0 defeat of , they ascended to the number one spot in the rankings. The only other goal they allowed was during a 3–1 road victory over . They also defeated eleventh ranked to finish the non-conference season. Their first loss came in their ACC conference opener against thirteenth ranked Wake Forest, 1–0. They followed that with a 2–0 victory over NC State, but fell to sixth in the rankings. They went 2–0–1 over their next three matches with the draw coming against Pittsburgh. The next two games were against first ranked Duke and second ranked North Carolina. They split the two games, losing to Duke, but defeating North Carolina. They followed that with a win against Louisville. They finished their ACC season with two losses, one to twelfth ranked Notre Dame and to rivals California.
The Cardinal finished the season 16–5–2 overall and 5–4–1 in ACC play to finish in tie for seventh place. They did not qualify for the ACC Tournament. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament and were the second seed in the Mississippi State Bracket. They defeated in the First Round, in the Second Round, and advanced in penalties verus second-seed in the Round of 16 to reach the Quarterfinals. There they avenged a regular season loss to Notre Dame to advance to the College Cup. In the Semifinals they had a rematch with Wake Forest, but they again lost 1–0 to end their season.
Previous season
The Cardinal finished the season 20–1–4 overall and 8–0–3 in Pac-12 play to finish in second place. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament and were the second seed in the UCLA Bracket. They defeated Pepperdine in the First Round, seventh-seed South Carolina in the Second Round, and sixth-seed Mississippi State in the Round of 16 to reach the Quarterfinals. There they defeated fifth-seed Nebraska in overtime to advance to the College Cup. In the Semifinals they defeated BYU 2–1 to reach the final. Stanford entered the final undefeated, but lost 5–1 to Florida State and finished runner up.
Offseason
Departures
Departures Ryan Campbell 1 GK 5'11" Senior Laguna Beach, California Graduated Katie Duong 6 MF 5'4" Graduate Student Portland, Oregon Graduated; drafted 53rd overallin the 2024 NWSL Draft Astrid Wheeler 9 MF 5'5" Senior Atlanta, Georgia Graduated Maya Doms 10 MF 5'6" Graduate Student Davis, California Graduated; drafted 8th overallin the 2024 NWSL Draft Catherine Paulson 11 MF/FW 5'7" Junior Los Altos, California Graduated Mia Watanabe 13 FW 5'7" Senior Kaneohe, Hawaii Graduated Julia Leontini 14 MF 5'7" Senior Danville, California Graduated Kennedy Wesley 15 DF 5'5" Graduate Student Rossmoor, California Graduated; drafted 12th overallin the 2024 NWSL Draft Sarah Paulson 16 DF 5'7" Junior Los Altos, California Graduated Esha Gupta 26 DF 5'7" Freshman Mountain View, California —
Recruiting class
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Name Nationality Hometown Club TDS Rating San Diego, California San Diego Surf SC Manhattan Beach, California Beach FC San Diego, California San Diego Surf SC Pasadena, California LA Breakers FC Cleveland, Ohio Internationals SC (OH) Woodside, California Mountain View Los Altos SC Los Altos, California Mountain View Los Altos SC Boise, Idaho Boise Thorns Dallas, Texas FC Dallas (ECNL)
Squad
Roster
Team management Head coach Paul Ratcliffe Assistant Coach Paul Hart Assistant Coach Daisy Sanchez Assistant Coach Brianna Visalli Director of Operations Mike Davis
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Schedule
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!colspan=6 style=""| Exhibition
!colspan=6 style=""| Non-conference regular season
!colspan=6 style=""| ACC Regular season
!colspan=6 style=""| NCAA tournament
Awards and honors Elise Evans Pre-season All-ACC Team August 8, 2024 Jasmine Aikey Elise Evans Pre-season Hermann Trophy Watchlist August 15, 2024 Jasmine Aikey Jasmine Aikey ACC Co-Defensive Player of the Week – Week 5 September 17, 2024 Jasmine Aikey All-ACC Second Team November 6, 2024 Mia Bhuta Elise Evans All-ACC Third Team Eleanor Klinger ACC All-Freshman Team
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