The Cardinal Facts

The Team

Stanford continued to showcase its status as one of the nation’s premier programs in 2015, earning its 10th Pac-12 title and going unbeaten in conference play with a 10-0-1 record. The Cardinal went 19-2-2 overall, marking the 10th consecutive season with 15 or more victories.

Junior captain Andi Sullivan earned first-team All-America honors, five Stanford players earned NSCAA All-Pacific Region accolades, eight earned All-Pac-12 recognition and nine claimed Pac-12 All-Academic awards. Head coach Paul Ratcliffe earned NSCAA Pacific Region Coach of the Year recognition and the sixth Pac-12 Coach of the Year award of his career.

1998

the last time Stanford
allowed more than
two goals at home

258

consecutive games Stanford
has not allowed
more than two goals

17

letterwinners
returning in 2016,
including nine starters

6

Stanford’s
final national ranking
in 2015

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Maddie Bauer

Andi Sullivan

Jane Campbell

Stephanie Amack

Alana Cook

Postseason Success

Stanford has been to more College Cups (6) since 2008 than any team in the country. The Cardinal has qualified for 18 consecutive NCAA Tournaments and 25 overall. The Cardinal is unbeaten in its past 29 home NCAA Tournament matches and has advanced past the first round in each of the past 10 seasons. Stanford’s all-time NCAA Tournament record is 48-20-6 (.689).

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Stanford is unbeaten in its past 29 home NCAA Tournament matches, dating back to 2008

7

College Cup appearances in program history

6

College Cup appearances in the past eight years, the most in the country

1

national championship in 2011 on a goal by Hermann Trophy winner Teresa Noyola

Pac-12 Coach of the Century

Stanford head coach Paul Ratcliffe was named the Pac-12 Coach of the Century during 2015. Ratcliffe is the most successful men’s or women’s coach in more than 100 years of Stanford soccer with a 282-81-33 record. He enters his 14th season in 2016 and has led his teams to the 2011 NCAA championship, three NCAA finals, five Pac-12 titles, six College Cups, advanced to at least the NCAA third round in each of the past 10 seasons and has made the NCAA Tournament every year.

6 • Pac-12 Coach of the Year honors, including accolades in 2015
6 • College Cup appearances, including the 2011 NCAA title
5 • Pac-12 titles
3 • Hermann Trophy winners Ratcliffe has coached (Kelley O’Hara, Christen Press, Teresa Noyola)
8 • players Ratcliffe has coached who have been capped by senior national teams
13 • consecutive NCAA Tournament appearances

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National Team Ties

Stanford has had numerous ties to multiple national teams throughout the program’s history. The Cardinal has helped develop players for the United States, Mexico and New Zealand national teams. Among the U.S. Women’s National Team players are World Cup champions Julie Foudy, Kelley O’Hara and Christen Press.

8 • players on World Cup rosters all-time
4 • Olympic gold medalists
3 • World Cup Champions
7 • returning players in 2016 who spent time at U.S. Women’s National Team camps in the past year
6 • incoming freshmen who have spent time at national team camps