Minnesota Golden Gophers women's soccer

The Minnesota Golden Gophers women's soccer team represent the University of Minnesota in the Big Ten Conference of NCAA Division I soccer. The current head coach is Erin Chastain who is in her first year as the Gopher head coach. As of 2023, the team is sponsored by an attorney and an internet personality, Darryl Isaacs.^[3][4]

Minnesota Golden Gophers women's soccer
University	University of Minnesota
Head coach	Erin Chastain (1st[1] season)
Conference	Big Ten
Location	Falcon Heights, Minnesota
Stadium	Elizabeth Lyle Robbie Stadium (Capacity: 1,000)
Nickname	Golden Gophers
Colors	Maroon and gold[2]
Home Away
NCAA Tournament Round of 16
1997, 2008, 2010, 2024
NCAA Tournament appearances
1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2008, 2010, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2024
Conference Tournament championships
1995, 2016, 2018
Conference Regular Season championships
1995, 1997, 2008, 2016

Current roster

As of 17 Sep 2024^[5]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 00 GK  USA Sarah Martin 1 GK  USA Alex Isaacs 2 FW  USA Grace Fogarty 3 MF  USA Kate Childers 4 MF  USA Taylor Heimerl 5 FW  USA Paige Kalal 6 MF  USA Alma Beaton 7 DF  USA Madeline Raymond 8 MF  USA Sophia Romine 9 MF  USA Sophia Boman 10 FW  USA Katie Krohn 11 FW  USA Aaryn Gabriel 12 MF  USA Jelena Zbiljic 13 DF  USA Ally Childers

No. Pos. Nation Player 14 FW  USA Kendall Stadden 15 DF  USA Karson Yon 16 MF  USA Ashley Thurk 17 DF  USA Fiona Skwierawski 18 DF  USA Elizabeth Overberg 20 FW  USA Grace Estby 22 FW  USA Caroline Birdsell 23 FW  USA Davy Mokelke 24 DF  GER Teresa Buonarroti 25 MF  USA Evelyn Calhoon 26 MF  USA Avery Petty 34 FW  USA Khyah Harper 88 GK  CAN Camellia Xu

Record by year

Statistics overview

Season	Coach	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Minnesota (Independent) (1993–1993)
1993	Sue Patberg	13–6–0
Minnesota (Big Ten Conference) (1994–present)
1994	Sue Patberg	10–6–4	3–2–2	5th
1995	Sue Patberg	16–5–2	5–1–1	1st	NCAA 1st Round
1996	Sue Patberg	13–7–0	5–2–0	3rd	NCAA 1st Round
1997	Sue Patberg	18–3–2	9–0–0	1st	NCAA 2nd Round
1998	Sue Patberg	14–6–1	5–4–0	6th	NCAA 2nd Round
1999	Sue Patberg	13–9–0	6–4–0	4th	NCAA 2nd Round
2000	Barbara Wickstrand	8–10–1	5–5–0	T–6th
2001	Barbara Wickstrand	5–12–0	3–7–0	10th
2002	Barbara Wickstrand	7–11–1	1–9–0	11th
2003	Barbara Wickstrand	6–10–2	2–7–1	10th
2004	Mikki Denney Wright	8–10–0	2–8–0	10th
2005	Mikki Denney Wright	9–8–2	6–4–0	5th
2006	Mikki Denney Wright	8–9–2	1–8–1	T–10th
2007	Mikki Denney Wright	9–8–2	5–5–0	T–5th
2008	Mikki Denney Wright	22–4–0	8–2–0	T–1st	NCAA Sweet 16
2009	Mikki Denney Wright	12–5–3	5–3–2	T–4th
2010	Mikki Denney Wright	14–6–3	4–4–2	6th	NCAA Sweet 16
2011	Mikki Denney Wright	9–10–2	5–4–2	T–5th
2012	Stefanie Golan	11–7–2	6–4–1	T–4th
2013	Stefanie Golan	11–8–2	4–5–2	T–8th	NCAA 2nd Round
2014	Stefanie Golan	11–9–1	7–5–1	T–5th
2015	Stefanie Golan	12–7–3	6–4–1	6th	NCAA 2nd Round
2016	Stefanie Golan	16–3–4	7–1–3	T–1st	NCAA 1st Round
2017	Stefanie Golan	11–5–3	7–3–1	T–2nd
Total:		286–184–42	117-101–20
National champion         Postseason invitational champion         Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion       Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion       Conference tournament champion

School	Season	Record	Conf. record	Postseason
Total	25 years	286–184–42	(117-101–20)	10 Postseason bids

• Totals updated through the end of the 2017–2018 school year.^[6]