2025 Louisville Cardinals women's soccer team

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 didn't 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 ore 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 and 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

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Squad

Roster

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