2024 USC Trojans women's soccer team

2024 USC Trojans women's soccer
2024 USC Trojans women's soccer
Big Ten Conference Regular season champions
Conference	Big Ten Conference
U. Soc. Coaches poll	No. 4
TopDrawerSoccer.com	No. 5
Record	14-1-2 (10-0-1 Big Ten)
Head coach	Jane Alukonis (2nd season);
Assistant coaches	Sugar Shinohara (2nd season); Ahmad Brown (2nd season);
Home stadium	Dignity Health Sports Park; Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
	Seasons ← 2023 2025 →

The 2024 USC Trojans women's soccer team will represent the University of Southern California (USC) during the 2024 NCAA Division I women's soccer season.

Squad

Roster

As of 12 Sep 2024^[1]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
0	GK	CAN	Lawrence Gladu
1	GK	USA	Bella Grust
2	DF	USA	Alyssa Gonzalez
3	FW	USA	Kayla Colbert
4	DF	USA	Molly McDougal
5	FW	USA	Maile Hayes
6	FW	USA	Eleanor Morrissey
7	MF	USA	Florianne Jourde
8	DF	USA	Brooklyn Courtnall
9	FW	USA	Angeles Escobar
10	MF	USA	Maria Alagoa
11	FW	USA	Lily Biddulph
12	FW	USA	Faith George
13	GK	USA	Lana Gibbs
14	GK	USA	Phoebe Carver


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
15	FW	USA	Maribel Flores
17	FW	USA	Izzy Kimberly
18	MF	USA	Ines Derrien
19	FW	JPN	Hana Mizumoto
20	FW	USA	Hannah Griffin
21	DF	USA	Brooke Juncaj
22	MF	BRA	Helena Sampaio
23	FW	USA	BK Harris
25	MF	USA	Aaliyah Farmer
27	DF	USA	Katie Park
28	DF	USA	Peyton Nakagawara
30	DF	USA	Cassie Bibby
54	FW	USA	Jaiden Anderson
36	DF	USA	Savannah Kessler
80	FW	USA	Simone Jackson

Team management

Position	Staff
Athletic Director	Jennifer Cohen
Head coach	Jane Alikonis
Assistant Coach	Sugar Shinohara
Assistant Coach	Ahmad Brown
Goalkeepers Coach	Cyrus Mohseni
Director of Operations	Spencer Williams

Source:

Schedule

Source:^[2]

Date Time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (Attendance) City, State
Exhibition
August 10th 7:00 p.m.	No. 23	Long Beach State	W 5-1	--	Dignity Health Sports Park Carson, California
Non-Conference Regular season
August 15th 6:00 p.m., ESPN+	No. 23	at New Mexico State	T 2-2	0-0-1	NM State Soccer Athletic Complex (2,234) Las Cruces, New Mexico
August 18th 6:00 p.m., ESPN+	No. 23	at California Baptist	W 1-0	1-0-1	CBU Soccer Stadium (774) Riverside, California
August 25th 1:00 p.m., ESPN+	No. 23	at Pepperdine	W 3-1	2-0-1	Tari Frahm Rokus Field (640) Malibu, California
August 31st 4:00 p.m., ESPN+		at Portland	W 2-1	3-0-1	Merlo Field (1,487) Portland, Oregon
September 5th 6:00 p.m., ESPN+		at San Francisco	W 2-0	4-0-1	Negoesco Stadium (428) San Francisco, California
September 8th 1:00 p.m., ACCN		at Stanford	L 1-2	4-1-1	Maloney Field (1,887) Stanford, California
Big Ten Conference Regular season
September 13th 7:00 p.m., BTN		at Washington	W 1-0	5-1-1 (1-0-0)	Husky Soccer Stadium (1,027) Seattle, Washington
September 19th 4:00 p.m., BTN	No. 25	at Purdue	W 1-0	6-1-1 (2-0-0)	Folk Field (749) West Lafayette, Indiana
September 22nd 9:00 a.m., BTN+	No. 24	at Indiana	W 2-0	7-1-1 (3-0-0)	Bill Armstrong Stadium (318) Bloomington, Indiana
September 26th 6:00 p.m., BTN+	No. 24	Minnesota	T 2-2	7-1-2 (3-0-1)	Dignity Health Sports Park (310) Carson, California
September 29th 11:00 a.m., BTN+	No. 24	Wisconsin	W 3-0	8-1-2 (4-0-1)	Dignity Health Sports Park (576) Carson, California
October 5th 12:00 p.m., BTN+	No. 24	Oregon	W 2-0	9-1-2 (5-0-1)	Dignity Health Sports Park (297) Carson, California
October 10th 5:00 p.m., BTN+	No. 21	at Illinois	W 3-2	10-1-2 (6-0-1)	Demirjian Park (501) Urbaba-Champaign, Illinois
October 13th 12:00 p.m., BTN+	No. 21	at Northwestern	W 2-1	11-1-2 (7-0-1)	Martin Stadium (855) Evanston, Illinois
October 17th 6:00 p.m., BTN+	No. 19	No. 15 Ohio State	W 1-0	12-1-2 (8-0-1)	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum (1,081) Los Angeles, California
October 20th 12:00 p.m., BTN+	No. 19	No. 16 Penn State	W 2-1	13-1-2 (9-0-1)	Dignity Health Sports Park (522) Carson, California
October 27th 12:00 p.m., BTN+	No. 4	No. 8 UCLA Rivalry	W 1-0	14-1-2 (10-0-1)	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum (6,281) Los Angeles, California
Big Ten Tournament
November 4th^{[note 1]} 10:00 a.m., BTN+	(1) No. 4	vs. (9) No. 10 Ohio State Quarterfinals	W 1-0 ^OT	15-1-2	Elizabeth Lyle Robbie Stadium St. Paul, Minnesota
November 7th 12:00 p.m., BTN	(1) No. 4	vs. (5) Rutgers Semifinals	L 1-1 (0-3) ^PK	15-2-2	Energizer Park St. Louis, Missouri
NCAA Tournament
November 17th 2:00 p.m.	(1) No. 4	vs. Sacramento State			Dignity Health Sports Park Carson, California
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from United Soccer Coaches. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Pacific.

Game summaries

vs Long Beach State (Exhibition)

August 10th	Long Beach State	1-5	USC Trojans	Carson, California
7:00 p.m.	goal'		goal' goal' goal' goal' goal'	Stadium: Dignity Health Sports Park

at New Mexico State

August 15th 1 - Season and Road Opener	USC Trojans	2-2	New Mexico State	Las Cruces, New Mexico
6:00 p.m.	Maile Hayes 19:20' maria Alagoa 58:45'	Report	Kennedy Herrera 76:38' Meredith Scott 89:24'	Stadium: NM State Soccer Athletic Complex Attendance: 2,234 Referee: Cristian Hernandez Assistant referees: Matthew Johnson Assistant referees: Jack Jaime Fourth official: Agustin Arismendi

at California Baptist

August 18th 2	USC Trojans	v	Calfirnia Baptist	Riverside, California
6:00 p.m.				Stadium: CBU Soccer Stadium

at Pepperdine

August 5th 3	USC Trojans	v	Pepperdine	Malibu, California
1:00 p.m.				Stadium: Tari Frahm Rokus Field

at Portland

August 31st 4	USC Trojans	v	Portland	Portland, Oregon
4:00 p.m.				Stadium: Merlo Field

at San Francisco

September 5th 5	USC Trojans	v	San Francisco	San Francisco, California
6:00 p.m.				Stadium: Negoesco Stadium

at Stanford

September 8th 6	USC Trojans	v	Stanford	Stanford, California
1:00 p.m.				Stadium: Maloney Field

at Washington

September 13th 7	USC Trojans	v	Washington	Seattle, Washington
7:00 p.m.				Stadium: Husky Soccer Stadium

at Purdue

September 19th 8	USC Trojans	v	Purdue	West Lafayette, Indiana
4:00 p.m.				Stadium: Folk Field

at Indiana

September 22nd 9	USC Trojans	v	Indiana	Bloomington, Indiana
9:00 a.m.				Stadium: Bill Armstrong Stadium

vs Minnesota

September 26th 10	Minnesota	v	USC Trojans	Carson, California
6:00 p.m.				Stadium: Dignity Health Sports Park

vs Wisconsin

September 29th 11	Wisconsin	v	USC Trojans	Carson, California
11:00 a.m.				Stadium: Dignity Health Sports Park

vs Oregon

October 5th 12	Oregon	v	USC Trojans	Carson, California
12:00 p.m.				Stadium: Dignity Health Sports Park

at Illinois

October 10th 13	USC Trojans	v	Illinois	Urbana-Champaign, Illinois
5:00 p.m.				Stadium: Demirjian Park

at Northwestern

October 10th 14	USC Trojans	v	Northwestern	Evanston, Illinois
5:00 p.m.				Stadium: Martin Stadium

vs Ohio State

October 17th 15	Ohio State	v	USC Trojans	Los Angeles, California
6:00 p.m.				Stadium: Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum

vs Penn State

October 20th 16	Penn State	v	USC Trojans	Carson, California
12:00 p.m.				Stadium: Dignity Health Sports Park

vs UCLA (Rivalry)

October 27th 17	UCLA	v	USC Trojans	Los Angeles, California
12:00 p.m.				Stadium: Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum

Big Ten Tournamet

(#9) Ohio State

November 4th^{[note 2]} Quarterfinals	#9 Ohio State	0-1 (a.e.t.)	#1 USC	St. Paul Minnesota
10:00 a.m.		Report		Stadium: Elizabeth Lyle Robbie Stadium Referee: Nicole Green Assistant referees: Kip Jackson Assistant referees: Eric Wood Fourth official: Matt Tiano

(#5) Rutgers

November 7th Semifinals	(#5) Rutgers	v	(#1) USC	St. Louis, Missouri
12:00 p.m.				Stadium: Energizer Park

(TBD) UCLA or Washington

November 10th Finals	#2 UCLA or #6 Washington	v	#1 USC	St. Louis, Missouri
TBD				Stadium: Energizer Park

NCAA Tournament

TBD TBD	TBD	v	TBD	TBD
TBD p.m.				Stadium: TBD

Rankings

Ranking movements
**Legend:** ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked
	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	Final
United Soccer^[5]	23	—-	—-	—-	—-	—-	24	21	19	9	6	4	Not released
TopDrawer Soccer^[6]	20	24	—-	—-	—-	—-	—-	—-	—-	—-	15	8	5

Notes

^ Due to Inclement Weather in St. Paul arena, the game is being rescheduled from Sunday, November 3rd to Monday, November 4th.^[3]
^ Due to Inclement Weather in St. Paul arena, the game is being rescheduled from Sunday, November 3rd to Monday, November 4th.^[4]

References

^ "Women's soccer roster". USC Trojans.
^ "2024 USC Trojans women's soccer schedule". usctrojans.com/sports/womens-soccer. University of Southern California. July 7, 2024. Retrieved August 3, 2024.
^ "Big Ten Soccer Tournament Schedule shifted due to Inclement Weather". bigten.org. October 31, 2024. Retrieved October 31, 2024.
^ "Big Ten Soccer Tournament Schedule shifted due to Inclement Weather". bigten.org. October 31, 2024. Retrieved October 31, 2024.
^ "United Soccer Coaches Top 25 NCAA DI Women — National". unitedsoccercoaches.org. United Soccer Coaches. August 6, 2024. Retrieved August 6, 2024.
^ "College Soccer National Rankings". TopDrawer Soccer. TopDrawer Soccer. December 5, 2023. Retrieved July 3, 2024.

[4] Due to Inclement Weather in St. Paul arena, the game is being rescheduled from Sunday, November 3rd to Monday, November 4th.^[3]

[6] Due to Inclement Weather in St. Paul arena, the game is being rescheduled from Sunday, November 3rd to Monday, November 4th.^[4]

[1] "Women's soccer roster". USC Trojans.

[2] "2024 USC Trojans women's soccer schedule". usctrojans.com/sports/womens-soccer. University of Southern California. July 7, 2024. Retrieved August 3, 2024.

[3] "Big Ten Soccer Tournament Schedule shifted due to Inclement Weather". bigten.org. October 31, 2024. Retrieved October 31, 2024.

[5] "Big Ten Soccer Tournament Schedule shifted due to Inclement Weather". bigten.org. October 31, 2024. Retrieved October 31, 2024.

[7] "United Soccer Coaches Top 25 NCAA DI Women — National". unitedsoccercoaches.org. United Soccer Coaches. August 6, 2024. Retrieved August 6, 2024.

[8] "College Soccer National Rankings". TopDrawer Soccer. TopDrawer Soccer. December 5, 2023. Retrieved July 3, 2024.

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