In the words of James Brown, “You gotta get ready...for the big payback”
On December 2nd, 2018 the Florida State Seminoles handed the North Carolina Tar Heels one of the most heartbreaking defeats in their history. The 1-0 defeat in Cary, NC gave the Seminoles their second ever national title and extended the longest drought in UNC’s history over Anson Dorrance. It was the highest profile showdown yet in what has become the defining rivalry in ACC Women’s Soccer.
Unlike UNC’s traditional rivalries with Duke and NC State, this rivalry is purely based on merit. North Carolina virtually built women’s college soccer.