After blowing a 2-goal, second half lead to UCLA in last year’s College Cup final, the UNC women’s soccer team had some major questions to answer.
Why did it stop playing hard when moments away from its first National Championship since 2012? Why – after scoring two goals in 16 minutes, couldn’t the Tar Heels find a third to put the Bruins away? Why would Anson Dorrance, UNC’s longtime head coach who has dominated the sport for so long, make a massive coaching blunder?
If you thought last year’s collapse was bad, this year’s was even worse.
In their road, Elite Eight matchup with BYU on Friday, Nov. 24, the Tar Heels blew a 3-goal, second-half lead and lost 4-3.
Three goals? Yep. The host Cougars didn’t score until the 61st minute, then ended the match 28 minutes later.
What exactly went wrong? Off the bat, Carolina stopped playing offense and BYU finally cracked its defense. Friday night was the first time – since Pitt on Oct. 29 – an opponent scored multiple goals against UNC.
A loss like this is just simply inexcusable. I understand a team coming back from one goal down, but not three.
Let’s take a look at social media and see the frustrations among the Tar Heel faithful: