Ticket to College Cup Decided Friday – Stanford Cardinal

MATCH NOTABLES

Stanford and Notre Dame will meet for the second time this season after Notre Dame defeated the Cardinal 3-0 in ACC play on October 20 … the Cardinal is 4-0-2 at home against Notre Dame … Notre Dame holds a slim 21-19 goal advantage in the 18 all-time matches between the pair … the Fighting Irish defeated Stanford 1-0 in the 2010 national championship match … the two teams have met four times in the NCAA tournament, including twice at the College Cup (2008 and 2010) … Stanford is 1-3 against Notre Dame in the postseason, with the only victory being a 1-0 triumph in the NCAA third round in 2002

QUICK PASSES

• Stanford, ranked No. 2 in the nation to start the year, entered the postseason ranked No. 14 in the United Soccer Coaches poll and No. 15 according to TopDrawerSoccer … was No. 13 in the RPI headed into the NCAA Tournament selection show and was awarded a No. 3 seed … spent three consecutive weeks ranked No. 1 in the United Soccer Coaches poll starting on September 2 after reaching the College Cup Final and closing the season ranked second in the nation a year ago … the top ranking was the first for Stanford since finishing the 2019 season as the national champion
• The Cardinal’s loss to Florida State in the 2023 national championship match snapped a string of 36 consecutive unbeaten matches (30-0-6), and Stanford is now unbeaten in 53 of its last 58 (45-5-8)
• The Cardinal has won two of the last seven College Cups – most recently capturing the title in 2019
• Stanford made its 11th appearance in the College Cup, and its sixth appearance in the College Cup Final, last year … is 3-3 in national championship matches
• Stanford owns a 119-7-10 record at Cagan Stadium since the start of the 2014 season, but had an unbeaten streak of 34 straight home matches (32-0-2) snapped on October 10 vs. No. 1 Duke … that 4-1 loss to Duke was the largest margin of defeat at home since a 3-0 loss to North Carolina on October 1, 1995
• Stanford has posted a shutout in 11 of its 21 matches on the season and has managed a clean sheet in 31 of its last 54 contests overall … .524 shutout percentage ranks fourth in the ACC and 28th in the nation … is 10-2-0 in matches decided by one goal this season, including having posted seven 1-0 shutouts
• The Cardinal went 4-0-0 and outscored opponents 8-1 in the month of August, 6-1-1 while holding a 10-3 goal advantage in September, and 3-3-0 while being outscored 11-7 in October
• Jasmine Aikey was…