The 2025 California Golden Bears women's soccer team represented the University of California, Berkeley during the 2025 NCAA Division I women's soccer season. The Golden Bears were led by head coach Neil McGuire, in his nineteenth season. They played home games at Edwards Stadium in Berkeley, California. This was the team's 43rd season playing organized women's college soccer and their 2nd playing in the Atlantic Coast Conference.
The Golden Bears started the season 2–1–1 in their first four games. Their two victories both were 3–2 over and . They drew with and lost to . The loss to Pepperdine would be their only non-conference loss of the season. They finished their non-conference slate going 2–0–3 over their other five games. They played only one Power 4 team in that span, defeating . They also defeated . They started their ACC season with a trip to the east coast where they defeated Pittsburgh and drew with Clemson. They went 1–1–2 over their next four games, defeating Syracuse, losing to SMU, and drawing Boston College and top ranked Virginia. They improved their form to finish ACC play, going 2–1–1. THeir loss came in their rivalry match with Stanford, who was the top ranked team at the time. They also drew seventh-ranked Florida State in Tallahssee.
The Golden Bears finished the season 8–3–8 overall and 4–3–4 in ACC play to finish in eighth place. They did not qualify for the ACC Tournament and were not invited to the NCAA Tournament.
Previous season
The Golden Bears finished the season 13–6–2 overall and 5–4–1 in ACC play to finish in a tie for seventh place. They did not qualify for the ACC Tournament. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament and were unseeded in the Mississippi State Bracket. They defeated seventh seed in the First Round, before falling to second seed 1–0 in the Second Round.
Offseason
Departures
Departures 00 GK 5'11" Long Beach, California Graduated 2 DF 5'4" Long Beach, California Graduated 3 MF/DF 5'7" Moreno Valley, California Graduated 8 FW 5'6" Atlanta, Georgia Graduated 9 FW 5'6" Buford, Georgia Graduated 12 FW 5'10" Morgan Hill, California Graduated; Signed professionalcontract with Bay FC 15 DF 5'10" Dixon, California Graduated 19 DF 5'6" West Covina, California Graduated, transferred toOregon 20 MF 5'5" San Jose, California Graduated 21 FW/MF 5'9" Martinez, California Graduated 22 MF 5'7" Danville, California Graduated 29 DF/MF 5'4" Torrance, California Graduated 30 FW 5'5" San Mateo, California Graduated, transferred toGeorge Mason 42 MF 5'7" Windsor, California Graduated
Incoming transfers
Incoming transfers 19 FW 5'11" Southbury, Connecticut Stanford 34 MF 5'5" Vancouver, Washington Vanderbilt
Recruiting class
Name Nationality Hometown Club TDS Rating Edinburgh, Scotland Boroughmuir Thistle FC N/A Los Angeles, California Beach FC Brodersdorf, Germany Turbine Potsdam N/A Wellington, New Zealand Wellington Phoenix (Reserves) N/A El Dorado Hills, California San Juan SC Irvine, California Slammers FC HB Koge Seattle, Washington Seattle United El Segundo, California Slammers FC HB Koge San Marcos, California San Diego Surf San Leandro, California FC Bay Area Seattle, Washington Seattle United
Squad Roster
Team management Head coach Neil McGuire Associate Head Coach Cori Callahan Assistant Coach Alec Sundly
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Schedule
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Awards and honors Teagan Wy Pre-season All-ACC Team August 7 Top Drawer Soccer Preseason Best XI Third Team August 12 ACC Defensive Player of the Week – Week 4 September 9 ACC Defensive Player of the Week – Week 7 September 30 ACC Defensive Player of the Week – Week 9 October 14 ACC Defensive Player of the Week – Week 10 October 21
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