When Margaret Rodriguez became the third head coach in UConn women’s soccer’s program history in 2018, she understood the size of the task ahead of her. Despite being only a year removed from American Athletic Conference regular season and tournament championships with a 19-3-1 overall record, the Huskies had fallen from their perch as one of the top programs in the country.
The Huskies, who made the first 26 NCAA Tournaments and went to the national championship game four times, missed the tournament for the first time in 2008 and were ultimately left out five times over the next 10 seasons.