Notre Dame Fighting Irish Women’s Soccer team coached by one of the most celebrated coaches in the history of the US women’s soccer won the 2010 USA National Championship by beating top ranked Stanford University 1:0 in the final on Sunday.

The match that took place in Cary, North Carolina, was decided by a single goal scored by freshman Adriana Leon on the assist from Melissa Henderson. Reportedly, 7,833 spectators witnessed the Notre Dame team lift the National Championship Trophy for the third time in their history. It’s the second National Championship title for Randy Waldrum since another brilliant NCAA College Cup run in 2004.

The highly decorated coach represented by LTA Agency, Waldrum holds both UEFA and USSF coaching licenses. Apart from a highly successful career with Notre Dame, he has also coached Trinidad and Tobago Women’s National Teams and has been a staff coach for the US Soccer Federation.

See the official Notre Dame Press Release here: Final Recap

See the Championship Match Video Highlights here: Final Highlights

See Randy Waldrum’s Post-Match Interview here: Randy Waldrum’s Interview

2004 NCAA National Champion with the Fighting Irish, Waldrum took his team to the six of the last ten NCAA Final Four Championships. In his time in charge, he won 9 out of 10 possible Big East Regular Season Conference Championships and six Big East Conference Tournament Championships. Having compiled 3rd best career winning percentage on NCAA winningest coaches list among all-time coaches, Waldrum has been named Big East Coach of the Year unprecedented five times in 1999, 2000, 2003, 2004, and 2008.

Waldrum’s Notre Dame team produced multiple US Women’s National Team players who went on to play in the World Cups and win the Olympic Games as well as many players who now play in the new Women’s Professional Soccer (WPS) League, considered the best women’s league in the world.

Having ventured into international football by defeating a number of full national teams with Notre Dame (including wins over Mexico and Republic of Ireland WNTs), the Texas native, Waldrum, took charge of the Trinidad & Tobago U17 Women’s National Team program in 2008 and led them to the highest ever finish in World Cup qualifiers – 2nd in group (failed to advance on goal difference).

Randy Waldrum is the former president of the National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA), which is the largest football coaches association in the world with almost 30,000 members, and he has also worked as a staff coach for the US Soccer Federation. He holds both UEFA and USSF coaching licences.