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If not for the pandemic, this would have been the week when Stanford had hoped to become the first back-to-back women’s NCAA Division I champion since North Carolina pulled off the feat in 2009. But not only has the Women’s College Cup been postponed until May, Stanford was among the programs sidelined for the entire fall because of COVID-19 restrictions. We checked in with Paul Ratcliffe, the Cardinal’s coach for all three of its national titles: 2011, 2017 and 2019.

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Soccer America Executive Editor Mike Woitalla has written freelance articles about soccer for more than 30 media outlets in nine nations. The winner of eight United Soccer Coaches Writing Contest awards,...