The 2022 North Carolina Tar Heels women's soccer team represented the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill during the 2022 NCAA Division I women's soccer season. It was the 46th season of the university fielding a program. The Tar Heels were led by 46th year head coach Anson Dorrance and played their home games at Dorrance Field in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
The team finished the season 20–5–1 and 8–2–0 in ACC play to finish in a tie for first place. As the first seed in the ACC Tournament, they hosted rival Duke in the Semifinal after receiving a First Round bye and drew 0–0. The Tar Heels won the ensuing penalty shoot-out 7–6 to advance to the final where they lost to Florida State. They received an at-large bid to the 2022 NCAA Division I women's soccer tournament where they were the second seed in the Notre Dame Bracket. They defeated in the First Round, seven-seed in the Second Round, and six-seed BYU in the Round of 16. They then had to travel to Notre Dame to face one-seed Notre Dame. The Tar Heels advanced with a 2–0 win to the College Cup, where they would face Florida State again. The Tar Heels won the rematch of the ACC Tournament Final 3–2 and advanced to the national title game against . North Carolina lost a tight match 3–2, with UCLA scoring goals in the 80th and 89th minutes to force overtime and scoring the game winner in the 107th minute.
Previous season
The Tar Heels finished the season 12–3–3, 5–2–3 in ACC play to finish in a tie for sixth place. Only six teams qualified for the ACC Tournament and the Tar Heels lost the tiebreaker to Wake Forest and did not qualify for the tournament. This was the first time in program history that North Carolina missed out on the ACC Tournament. They received an at-large bid to the 2021 NCAA Division I women's soccer tournament where they lost to South Carolina in the First Round. Their First Round exit was the earliest exit of any NCAA Tournament they had participated in.
Offseason
Departures
Departures Claudia Dickey 0 GK 5'10" Senior Charlotte, North Carolina Graduated; Drafted 20th overall in the 2022 NWSL Draft Mary Elliot McCabe 5 MF/DF 5'5" Senior Charlotte, North Carolina Graduated Rachael Dorwart 9 FW/MF 5'9" Senior Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania Graduated Madi Pry 23 MF 5'8" Sophomore Pinehurst, North Carolina N/A Hallie Klanke 26 DF/FW 5'5" Junior Lee's Summit, Missouri Transferred to Kansas Meilin Gregg 29 MF 5'3" Freshman Charlottesville, Virginia N/A Annika Huhta 31 MF 5'4" Freshman Helsinki, Finland Transferred to UCF Mollie Baker 71 FW 5'7" Sophomore Gilbert, Arizona Transferred to LSU Carly Wetzel 82 MF 5'4" Senior Clarksville, Maryland Graduated Anna Priborkina 98 FW 5'7" Freshman Manalapan, New Jersey N/A
Incoming transfers
Incoming transfers Sarah Bayer 82 FW 5'4" Graduate Student Merrick, New York Loyola (MD)
Recruiting class
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Name Nationality Hometown Club TDS Rating Lafayette, Colorado Colorado Rush Edina, Minnesota Minnesota Thunder Academy Cumming, Georgia United Futbol Academy (GA) Grindstone, Pennsylvania Pittsburgh Riverhounds Phoenix, Arizona SC del Sol Wilmington, Delaware Penn Fusion Cary, North Carolina North Carolina Courage Academy Noblesville, Indiana Slammers FC HB Koge Saint Louis, Missouri St. Louis Scott Gallagher
Squad Roster
Team management Athletic Director Bubba Cunningham Head coach Anson Dorrance Associate head coach Damon Nahas Assistant Coach Nathan Thackeray Assistant Coach Heather O'Reilly General Manager Chris Ducar Director of Operations Tom Sander
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Schedule
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!colspan=6 style=""| Non-conference Regular season
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Awards and honors Maycee Bell Pre-Season All-ACC Team August 11 Sam Meza Maycee Bell Pre-Season Hermann Trophy Watchlist August 18 Tori Hansen ACC Defensive Player of the Week August 23 Sam Meza September 13 Tori Hansen October 18 Ally Sentnor ACC Co-offensive Player of the Week October 25 Sam Meza All ACC-First Team November 2 Ally Sentnor Tori Hansen Avery Patterson All ACC-Second Team Tessa Dellarose All ACC-Third Team Maddie Dahlien ACC All-Freshman Team Tessa Dellarose Emily Moxley All-ACC Tournament team November 6 Avery Patterson Tori Hansen
Rankings
2023 NWSL Draft
Tori Hansen Orlando Pride 3 25 DF
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