The 2025 girls soccer season has concluded in Fayetteville and postseason awards are being announced.
Cape Fear conquered the United 8 Conference for the fifth consecutive season with a 14-2 league record, and secured the highest conference seed in the NCHSAA 3A East playoffs.
Pine Forest posted an area-best 17-2-2 record and won the All American Conference regular-season championship with a 13-0-1 record. The Trojans notched an area-high No. 6 seed in the playoffs, despite falling to Terry Sanford in the conference tournament championship game, and eventually bowed out in the opening round of the 4A East playoffs.
Cape Fear coach Bryan Pagan won United 8 Coach of the Year, while Caroline Hales took the Defensive Player of the Year award and Emma Parson won Goal Keeper of the Year in th