The 2024 national championship-winning UNC women's soccer program will begin the 2025 season at the top of the hill. They are the United Coaches national pre-season poll No. 1 team in the country.
The Tar Heels won their 23rd national championship last season, their first without legendary coach Anson Dorrance. Then interim coach Damon Nahas inherited a dangerously attrited team, and stitched together a patchwork of freshmen and transfers to make up for the departure of 21 players when he took over, culminating in a national championship win over Wake Forest.
The situation is not as dire this season, but Coach Nahas will have to replace five starters from last season's championship squad.