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Texas Women's Soccer Returns to the Pitch for the 2024 Season

Strategic Insights

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The University of Texas at Austin women's soccer team, led by head coach Angela Kelly, kicks off their 2024 regular season against Houston at 7 p.m. CT on Thursday, August 15. Last season, the Longhorns secured a 6-1 victory over the Cougars, with Lexi Missimo breaking the single-season goals scored record. This matchup marks the second consecutive season between the two teams and the first time they have played each other in consecutive seasons since 2000 and 2001.

Key Takeaways:

  • The Texas women's soccer team begins their 2024 regular season against Houston on Thursday, August 15, at 7 p.m. CT.
  • This marks the second consecutive season between the two teams and the first time they have played each other in consecutive seasons since 2000 and 2001.
  • The Longhorns hold a 3-1-0 record in women's soccer matches against Houston played in Austin.
  • Lexi Missimo broke the single-season goals scored record in the 2023 campaign, with her fifth brace of the season.
  • Missimo, along with Trinity Byars, combined for 57% (122-214) of the program's season point total and 62% (44-70) of the program's season goal total in 2023.
  • The team features at least one pair of sisters, with Chloe Shimkin joining her sister Jilly on the squad this season.
  • Texas and Saint Louis are the only Division I women's soccer programs to feature two MAC Hermann Trophy semifinalists (top 15) on their 2024 roster.
  • EmJ Cox returns to match action after missing the 2023 season with an injury, ending a 637-day drought since her last match on November 18, 2022, and a 644-day drought since her last match at Mike A. Myers Stadium on November 11, 2022.

Statistics:

  • 57% (122-214) of the program's season point total was achieved by Missimo and Byars in 2023.
  • 62% (44-70) of the program's season goal total was achieved by Missimo and Byars in 2023.
  • 29 additional DI women's soccer programs have one pair of sisters.
  • Two MAC Hermann Trophy semifinalists, Trinity Byars and Lexi Missimo, are on the Texas 2024 roster.

Sources:

  • News release by The State of Texas, August 14, 2024.
  • Lincoln Rose and Jessica Stamp to broadcast on SEC Network+ for the Longhorns' season-opening match against Houston.
  • Research by Hannah Mitchell, Missouri State, and Mickey Smith, Saint Louis.

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