No. 1 Seminoles remained undefeated following Sunday’s home win
By Official Florida FC
Two games. Two wins. Two clean sheets. It can’t get too much better than that for the No. 1 team in the country.
Florida State dominated visiting Alabama from kickoff on Sunday afternoon at the Seminoles Soccer Complex. Alabama (1-1) started the game in a middle block, but once the top-ranked Seminoles began picking the lock to the Crimson Tide defense the opportunities and goals, soon flowed.
An Alabama own goal opened the scoring the in the 21st minute. Former Florida State keeper Brooke Bollinger punched a Seminoles corner kick into her net in the middle of a goalmouth scrum.
Florida State (2-0) piled on the pressure from there. Maria Alagoa thumped an effort from 25-yards into the side netting in the 33rd minute to give Florida State a 2-0 halftime lead. Florida State had opportunities in the first 15 minutes of the second half to put the game and finally did when Beata Olsson stabbed in Clara Robbins’ cross from close range in the 63rd minute.
Gianna Mitchell scored in the 83rd to round out the scoring.
Here are photos from the match:
Florida State’s Beata Olsson (5), Yujie Zhao, center, and Emma Bissell (17) applaud the crowd at the Seminole Soccer Complex following Florida State’s 4-0 win over Alabama on Sunday, Aug. 22, 2021 
No. 1 Florida State posted a pair of clean sheets at the Seminole Soccer Complex, including a 4-0 win over Alabama, to kickoff the 2021 season 
Florida State senior Clara Robbins picks out a pass during the first half of the Seminoles’ 4-0 win over Alabama on Sunday, Aug. 22, 2021. Robbins assisted Beata Olsson’s 63rd minute goal to give FSU a three-goal advantage. 
Florida State midfieder Jaelin Howell won the Mac Hermann Award in 2020 and is off to a solid start in the 2021 season. 
Florida State forward Jenna Nighswonger looks for a teammate upfield during the first half of an Aug. 22, 2021 win over Alabama. 
Florida State’s Gabby Carle, right, drifts beyond Alabama wide midfielder Reyna Reyes during an Aug. 22, 2021 contest. 
Florida State midfielder Lauren Flynn clears a header during the first half of Florida State’s 4-0 win over Alabama on Sunday, Aug. 22, 2021. Flynn assisted Maria Alagoa’s 33rd minute goal to give FSU a two-goal advantage 
Alabama midfielder Allie Berk is closely watched by Florida State wingback Lauren Flynn during the first half of a the top-ranked Seminoles’ 4-0 win on Sunday, Aug. 22, 2021. 
Florida State midfielder Jaelin Howell picks out a pass during the first half of an Aug. 22, 2021 win over Alabama. 
Florida State defeated Alabama 4-0 on Sunday, Aug. 22, 2021 to improve to 2-0 on the season. The Seminoles entered the season ranked No. 1 in the country and posted clean sheets in both matches of the 2021 season. 
Florida State midfielder Yujie Zhao laments a missed opportunity during the first half of an August 22, 2021 win over Alabama. 
Florida State midfielder Jaelin Howell is the heartbeat of the No. 1 ranked Seminoles. 
Former Florida State goalkeeper Brooke Bollinger started the match for Alabama against the Seminoles on Sunday, August, 22, 2021. Bollinger made one save in her 45 minutes between the pipes. 
Florida State midfielder Yujie Zhao whips in a corner kick during the 20th minute of the Seminoles’ Aug. 22, 2021 contest against Alabama. Florida State won five corner kicks. The Seminoles created enough havoc on one of those set piece opportunities to force Alabama into an own goal. 
Florida State celebrate’s Maria Alagoa’s long-range goal in the 33rd minute to give the hosts a 2-0 advantage during the Seminole’s win over Alabama on Sunday, Aug. 22, 2021. 
Alabama trailed 2-0 at halftime of its contest against No. 1 Florida State when its coaches attempted to reconfigure the Crimson Tide’s tactics. Florida State added a pair of second-half goals to run away to a 4-0 win. 
Florida State’s Yujie Zhao, left, and Kirsten Pavlisko, right, try to squeeze Alabama’s Riley Tanner off the ball on the edge of the Seminoles’ penalty area during the second half of the Seminoles’ 4-0 win over the visiting Crimson Tide on Sunday, Aug. 22, 2021. 
Alabama midfielder Macy Clem, (2) could not keep up with Florida State midfielder Clara Robbins during the second half of an Aug. 22, 2021 contest. Robbins recorded her first assist of the season to set up Beata Olsson’s 63rd minute goal. 
Florida State senior defender Emily Madril marshaled a defensse that has yet to allow a goal in two games this season. 
Florida State senior Emily Madril marshaled a defensse that has yet to allow a goal in two games this season. 
Florida State midfielder Yujie Zhao picks a pass during the second half of an Aug. 22, 2021 win over Alabama 
Florida State senior Gabby Carle puts in a cross during the second half of the Seminoles’ 4-0 win over Alabama on Sunday, Aug. 22, 2021. 
Florida State’s Kristina Lynch (4) cannot get out of the way of the ball following a collision with Alabama’s Tanna Sanchez-Carreto during the second half of the Seminoles’ 4-0 win. 
Florida State freshman Emma Bissell consistently provided an outlet on the right during the Seminoles’ 4-0 win over Alabama on Sunday, Aug. 22, 2021. 
Alabama’s Aislin Streicek (9) tries to evade the pressure of Florida State’s Kirsten Pavlisko (11) and Emma Bissell, right, during the second half of an Aug. 22, 2021 contest. Florida State smothered the Crimson Tide 4-0. 
Florida State midfielder Jaelin Howll attempts a bicycle kick over Alabama’s Bella Scaturro (5) during the second half of the Seminoles’ 4-0 win on Sunday, Aug. 22, 2021. 
Mia Justus is competing for the No. 1 goalkeeper job for No. 1 Florida State this season. Justus recorded a clean sheet in the Seminoles’ 4-0 win over Alabama on Aug. 22, 2021. 
Florida State is the No. 1 team in the country heading into the 2021 season. The Seminoles hope to have the No. 1 spot at the end of the season as well. 
Players from Alabama and Florida State take a knee against racial discrimination prior to kickoff of their Aug. 22, 2021 contest. Florida State won 4-0 to improve to 2-0 on the season. 
Florida State University students celebrate during the top-ranked Seminoles’ 4-0 win over Alabama on Sunday, Aug. 22, 2021
[…] Undefeated Florida State remained the No. 1 team in the United Soccer Coaches poll. The Seminoles (2-0-0) entered the season as the top-ranked team in the country and did little to deter that notion after shutout victories over No. 21 Texas A&M and Alabama. […]