TAMPA, Fla., August 4, 2023 – Former University of South Florida women's soccer student-athlete, Trudi Carter, and Jamaica have advanced to the Round of 16 in the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup.

 

Carter (2015-16) was one of four former South Florida players to play in this year's World Cup, joining Olivia Chance (2012-15) for New Zeeland, Cristin Granados (2012-13) for Costa Rica and Evelyne Viens (2016-19) for Canada. All four Bulls played under head coach Denise Schilte-Brown. USF women's soccer tied for eighth in the NCAA with its four players in the 2023 World Cup.

 

Carter and her Jamaican teammates open play in the Round of 16 on Tuesday, August 8 against Colombia at 4 a.m. The match will air live on FS1.

 

In Jamaica's 1-0 victory over Panama in Group F play, Carter assisted on the game-winning goal, marking the team's first-ever World Cup victory.

 

The 2023 South Florida Bulls open their new campaign on Saturday, August 5 with an exhibition match against Jacksonville at 7 p.m. at Corbett Stadium in Tampa. The new season officially gets underway on Thursday, August 17 as the Bulls travel to Baton Rouge to take on the LSU Tigers.

 

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The USF women's soccer team has posted ten consecutive seasons of 10-plus wins under head coach Denise Schilte-Brown. The Bulls made their first NCAA tournament appearance in 2010 and returned in 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2021. South Florida has five consecutive seasons with a conference championship, earning the tournament title in 2017, 2019 and 2020 as well as the regular-season title in 2018, 2020 and 2021. The program had its first draft pick and second-highest pick in USF Athletics history with Evelyne Viens being taken with the fifth overall pick in the 2020 NWSL Draft by Sky Blue FC, now Gotham FC.

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