New head coach Chris Brown announces 2024 women’s soccer team schedule

TAMPA, Fla. (July 15, 2024) – The new era of University of South Florida women’s soccer is upon us. Head coach Chris Brown announced the schedule for the 2024 season on Monday. The Bulls will open the year with a four-game homestand at the welcoming Corbett Stadium. The 2024 schedule includes the reigning national champions and two other teams from the 2023 Women’s College Cup.

“This fall’s schedule will present our group with a variety of different challenges,” said Coach Brown. “In particular, we believe our non-conference schedule will best prepare us for what we expect to be a very competitive American Athletic Conference schedule. We look forward to the opportunity ahead.”

South Florida will begin the 2024 season on Thursday, August 15, in Tampa against defending champion Florida State. The first meeting between the Bulls and Seminoles is scheduled for 7 p.m. It will be the 13th meeting between the two teams and only the fifth time FSU has traveled to Tampa.

South Florida welcomes Jacksonville for its second consecutive in-state game on Sunday, August 18. The Bulls host the Southern Jaguars on Wednesday, August 21. USF closes out the home game day with its third in-state game when FGCU comes to town on Sunday, August 25. The Eagles are the defending A-SUN champions and the second College Cup team the Bulls have faced.

South Florida will receive its first field test with a trip to Lawrence to face Kansas on Thursday, August 29.

USF opens the new month with another Sunshine State showdown with rival UCF on Thursday, September 5.

South Florida opens AAC play on Thursday, September 12th with a road game against Charlotte.

The Bulls return to the friendly atmosphere of Corbett Stadium for their fifth all-state and final non-conference game when the Stetson Hatters come to Tampa on Sept. 15. South Florida stays in Tampa for its first AAC home game when Rice visits on Thursday, Sept. 19.

The Bulls will head to their sixth and final in-state meeting, traveling to Boca Raton to face the Florida Atlantic Owls on Thursday, September 26. South Florida will close out the month by hosting defending AAC regular season and tournament champion Memphis on Sunday, September 29.

USF will kick off the new month with a home game against UAB on Thursday, October 3. The Bulls-Blazers clash will be the team’s annual breast cancer awareness game.

South Florida returns to North Carolina on Thursday, October 10 for a game against East Carolina.

The Bulls welcome the Temple Owls on Sunday, October 13. This game will be USF’s annual Senior Day game.

South Florida closes the regular season with two of its three road games. The Bulls travel to Denton, Texas, for a matchup with North Texas on Sunday, October 20. The final home game of the regular season is Thursday, October 24, when UTSA travels to Tampa. South Florida closes the regular season with a road game against Tulsa on Sunday, October 27.

The AAC tournament will be held November 5-10 at the Premier Sports Complex in Lakewood Ranch, Florida.

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The 2024 season will be the first with Chris Brown at the helm. He has served as associate head coach for the past 17 seasons. Brown helped the Bulls to three AAC regular season titles, three AAC Tournament titles and eight NCAA Tournament appearances – winning a conference title each year from 2017-2021 and making five straight NCAA appearances during that span. Brown helped the Bulls to their first-ever NCAA Tournament appearance in 2010, a program-record 16 wins and best third round of the NCAA Tournament in 2019, both the conference regular season and tournament title in 2020 and a streak of 10 consecutive seasons with 10 or more wins (2012-2021). Brown has led the Bulls to every NCAA appearance in program history, including two second-round appearances and three AAC Championship Game appearances.



As associate head coach, he mentored the program’s first All-American and recent USF Athletic Hall of Fame inductee Evelyne Viens, who earned three All-America honors and an Olympic gold medal with the Canadian national team at the 2021 Tokyo Olympics. Goalkeeper Sydney Martinez (2020) and forward Sydny Nasello (2020 and 2021) also earned All-America honors and were among the Bulls who were named AAC Offensive Player of the Year, AAC Midfielder of the Year, AAC Defensive Player of the Year or AAC Goalkeeper of the Year a total of eight times. The players he coached hold each program’s individual record and the most, if not all, top-10 finishes in each category.

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