The Arizona Wildcats women’s soccer team will play seven non-league games and 11 games in their new league, the Big 12, when the 2024–25 season begins this week.
Additionally, the Wildcats will face two top-10 teams from the United Soccer Coaches’ preseason Top 25 list released earlier this month, with one of those games coming in the Big 12.
The Wildcats travel to Phoenix on Thursday to face Grand Canyon in the first of seven non-league games.
Arizona’s biggest non-conference game is a cross-country trip to face perennial powerhouse North Carolina on August 25. The Tar Heels are ranked No. 8 in the preseason poll.
Arizona, Arizona State, Colorado and Utah officially joined the Big 12 in August. The Wildcats will play two of their three former Pac-12 rivals this season.
The Wildcats will play five home games and six away games during the conference portion of the season. Arizona will not play Texas Tech, Colorado, Oklahoma State and Iowa State this season due to the league’s unbalanced schedule.
Arizona was able to avoid the Lady Raiders, who were ranked eighth in the preseason poll.
Arizona will spend the start of Big 12 play on the road, with three straight games at Utah, Baylor and TCU in 10 days. The reward is three home games against Cincinnati, West Virginia and Baylor, the last of which reached last year’s College Cup, the Final Four in women’s soccer.
BYU — which was ranked No. 3 nationally in the preseason poll — was narrowly selected by the coaches to win the Big 12, finishing just one point ahead of Texas Tech. TCU received the only other first-place vote, and was selected third. TCU also received votes but finished outside the top 25 in the preseason poll.
The coaches picked Arizona to finish 10th, tied with Utah.
Arizona finishes its schedule with three games in Arizona, two of which are at home. The season finale is the rivalry game against Arizona State, which will be played in Tempe this season.
The Big 12 women’s tournament will be held October 30-November 9 at CPKC Stadium, home of the NWSL’s Kansas City Current.
Arizona is coming off a 6-8-5 season with a 3-6-2 record in Pac-12 play. Fifth-year forward Nicole Dallin was the only Arizona player named to the Big 12 Preseason All-Conference Team. The Wildcats beat UNLV 2-1 in their only preseason practice game.
(all times are local time; *-Big 12 Conference game)
(Home games at Murphey Field at Mulcahy Stadium, Tucson, Arizona.)
August 15th in the Grand Canyon, 7pm, ESPN+
August 18 against Pacific, 11:30 a.m.
August 22 against Northern Arizona, 7:00 p.m.
August 25, North Carolina, 9:00 a.m.
August 29, Pepperdine, 3:00 p.m.
September 1, UC Irvine, 1:00 p.m.
September 5 against New Mexico State, 7:00 p.m.
September 12 in Utah*, 6:00 p.m.
September 19, Baylor*, 5:00 p.m.
September 22 at TCU*, 11:00 am
Sept. 26 against Cincinnati*, 7:00 p.m.
September 29 against West Virginia*, 11:00 a.m.
Oct. 4 vs. BYU*, 7:00 p.m.
Oct. 10, UCF*, 4:00 p.m.
Oct. 13 in Houston*, 11:00 a.m.
Oct. 17 vs. Kansas*, 7:00 p.m.
Oct. 20 vs. Kansas State*, 1:00 p.m.
Oct. 25 at Arizona State*, 7:00 p.m.
