The 2025 Louisville Cardinals women's soccer team represented the University of Louisville during the 2025 NCAA Division I women's soccer season. The Cardinals were led by head coach Karen Ferguson-Dayes, in her twenty-sixth season. They played home games at Lynn Stadium in Louisville, Kentucky. This was the team's 41st season playing organized women's college soccer and their 12th playing in the Atlantic Coast Conference.
The Cardinals began the season with an SEC road trip where. they faced and 17th ranked . They defeated Auburn 1–0 and lost to Vanderbilt 0–2. They did not play another Power 4 opponent for the rest of the non-conference season. They only allowed two goals over their next six games, and won them all. They scored seven goals or more in four of those six games. Their winning streak was broken when they opened ACC play against 7th ranked Florida State. They went on to win their next three games, all without allowing a goal, against Virginia Tech, Clemson, and Miami. They went 1–1–2 over their next four games, defeating Boston College, drawing with 3rd ranked Virginia and 13th ranked Wake Forest and losing to 2nd ranked Notre Dame. At the end of that run, they entered the United Soccer Coaches rankings at 20th. They finished their ACC regular season defeating NC State and SMU, both by a 3–0 score line.
The Cardinals finished the season 13–5–3 overall and 6–2–2 in ACC play to finish in a three-way tie for fourth place. They lost the tiebreaker and the sixth seed for the ACC Tournament. There, they fell to third seed and 10th ranked Duke in the first round, 1–0. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament and were the sixth seed in the Virginia Bracket. They advanced over rival in a penalty shoot-out in the first round. They fell to third seed in the second round to end their season. Their thirteen overall wins were the highest since 2019, and their six ACC wins were the highest since 2018.
Previous season
The Cardinals finished the season 7–6–5 overall and 2–5–3 in ACC play to finish in twelfth place. The team did not qualify for the ACC Tournament and were not invited to the NCAA Tournament.
Offseason
Departures
Departures 4 FW 5'9" Atlanta, Georgia Graduated 6 FW 5'5" Wenatchee, Washington Transferred to Gonzaga 7 FW 5'6" Janesville, California Graduated 8 MF 5'3" Louisville, Kentucky Transferred to FIU 9 MF 5'8" Madeira, Ohio Transferred to Cincinnati 10 MF 5'5" New Philadelphia, Ohio Transferred to Dayton 12 DF 5'5" Fulton, Maryland Transferred to Indiana State 13 MF 5'5" Malverne, New York Graduated 15 MF 5'6" Austin, Texas — 18 MF 5'4" Roskilde, Denmark Signed professional contractwith F.C. Copenhagen 21 MF 5'6" Glastonbury, Connecticut Transferred to Seton Hall 23 FW 5'5" Macomb, Michigan Transferred to Bowling Green 28 MF 5'6" Crestwood, Kentucky Graduated; transferredto Vanderbilt
Incoming transfers
Incoming transfers 4 DF 5'9" Wadsworth, Ohio Monmouth
Recruiting class
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Name Nationality Hometown Club TDS rating Hillsborough, New Jersey PDA Wadsworth, Ohio Internationals SC (OH) St. Leon, Indiana Indy Premier Soccer Club Roswell, Georgia Atlanta Fire SA West Boylston, Massachusetts FC Stars of Massachusetts Louisville, Kentucky Racing Louisville FC Academy Louisville, Kentucky Racing Louisville FC Academy Wilmington, North Carolina Wilmington Hammerheads FC Wilmington, North Carolina Wilmington Hammerheads FC Germantown, Maryland Northern Virginia Alliance
Squad
Roster
Team management Karen Ferguson-Dayes Head coach Hunter Norton Associate head coach Olivia Mills Assistant coach Jing Hughley Director of operations
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Schedule
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Awards and honors Mackenzie Geigle ACC Offensive Player of the Week – Week 2 August 26 Amelia Swinarski ACC Co-Offensive Player of the Week – Week 4 September 9 Erynn Floyd ACC Defensive Player of the Week – Week 11 October 28 Karsyn Cherry All-ACC Second Team November 5 Amelia Swinarski Emersen Jennings All-ACC Third Team
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