2018 Duke Blue Devils men's soccer team

2018 Duke Blue Devils men's soccer
Conference Atlantic Coast Conference
NSCAA poll No. 17
TopDrawerSoccer.com No. 15
2018 record 8–3–1 (3–2–0 ACC)
Head coach John Kerr (11th season)
Assistant coach Michael Brady (11th season)
Assistant coach Chris Rich (4th season)
Home stadium Koskinen Stadium
2018 ACC men's soccer standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Atlantic
#2 Wake Forest 5 1 0  13 1 0
#11 Louisville 3 1 2  7 2 3
NC State 2 3 1  8 3 2
Boston College 2 3 0  4 3 3
#24 Syracuse 1 3 1  6 4 2
Clemson 0 5 0  5 6 1
Coastal
#1 North Carolina 4 1 0  9 2 1
#14 Virginia 3 1 1  8 1 2
#17 Duke 3 2 0  8 3 1
Virginia Tech 2 3 1  7 4 2
#9 Notre Dame 2 2 0  6 4 1
Pittsburgh 2 4 0  6 7 0
As of October 13, 2018; Rankings from United Soccer Coaches
Source:The ACC

The 2018 Duke Blue Devils men's soccer team represents Duke University during the 2018 NCAA Division I men's soccer season. The Blue Devils are led by head coach John Kerr, in his eleventh season. They play home games at Koskinen Stadium. The team was founded in 1935 and currently plays in the Atlantic Coast Conference.

Background

The 2017 Duke men's soccer team finished the season with a 13–4–3 overall record and a 4–3–1 ACC record. The Blue Devils were seeded fourth–overall in the 2017 ACC Men's Soccer Tournament, where they lost to Clemson in the Quarterfinals. The Blue Devils earned an at-large bid into the 2017 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Tournament. As the sixth–overall seed in the tournament, Duke hosted FIU in the Second Round. Duke won 2–1 and progressed to face Fordham at home. Duke was upset on penalties after the game ended 2–2 to end their season.

At the end of the season, three Blue Devils men's soccer players were selected in the 2018 MLS SuperDraft: Brian White, Carter Manley and Markus Fjørtoft.[1]

Player movement

Players leaving

NameNumberPos.HeightWeightYearHometownReason for departure
Erik Hanson0GK6'4"200Graduate StudentMechanicsburg, PAGraduated
Carter Manley2DF5'11"170SeniorElkridge, MDDeclared for 2018 MLS SuperDraft; selected 23rd overall by Minnesota United
Kevon Black4DF6'0"175SeniorToronto, CANGraduated
CC Uche5DF6'1"175SophomoreLawrenceville, GAN/A
Cameron Moseley6MF6'4"208SeniorDuluth, GAGraduated
Noah Snyder13MF6'0"175SeniorWarrington, PAGraduated
Markus Fjørtoft21DF6'5"205SeniorAsker, NORDeclared for 2018 MLS SuperDraft; selected 45th overall by Seattle Sounders
Brian White24MF5'11"180SeniorFlemington, NJDeclared for 2018 MLS SuperDraft; selected 16th overall by New York Red Bulls
Cody Brinkman25MF5'11"180SeniorDurham, NCGraduated
Joe Ohaus30GK6'0"180SeniorWestfield, NJGraduated

Players arriving

Name Nat. Hometown Club TDS Rating
Cyril Engmann
FW
 USAShoreline, WACrossfire Premier SC[2]
Eliot Hamill
GK
 USAScarsdale, NYGolden Touch SoccerN/A[3]
Conor Kelly
MF
 USARumson, NJCedar Stars Academy[4]
Seth Kuhn
MF
 USAWyomissing, PAPhiladelphia Union[5]
Ian Murphy
DF
 USARedlands, CARedlands East Valley[6]
Issa Rayyan
FW
 USAGrand Blanc, MIPhiladelphia Union[7]
Aedan Stanley
DF
 USAColumbia, ILSt. Louis FC[8]

Squad

Roster

Updated August 6, 2018[9]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
0 United States GK Michael Ries
00 United States GK Eliot Hamill
1 United States GK Will Pulisic
3 Canada DF Oliver Spring
5 United States DF Aedan Stanley
6 Germany MF Kevin Feucht
7 Denmark MF Torbjørn Alseth
8 Scotland MF Ciaran McKenna
9 Italy MF Daniele Proch
10 United States FW Suniel Veerakone
11 Austria DF Max Moser
12 United States MF Colby Agu
13 United States DF Ian Murphy
14 Iceland MF Kristófer Garðarsson
No. Position Player
15 Peru MF Miguel Yzaga
16 United States FW Daniel Wright
17 United States MF Issa Rayyan
18 Austria DF Matthias Frick
19 United States MF Brandon Williamson
20 Norway FW Sivert Daehlie
21 United States MF Seth Kuhn
22 United States MF Conor Kelly
23 Argentina MF Micolas Macri
25 United States FW Nii Engmann
26 United States DF Max Feldman
27 United States DF Wilheml Jacques
28 United States MF Jack Doran
29 United States DF Stephen O'Connell

Team management

PositionStaff
Athletic DirectorUnited States Kevin White
Head CoachCanada John Kerr
Associate Head CoachEngland Michael Brady
Assistant Coach and Recruiting CoordinatorUnited States Chris Rich
Volunteer Assistant CoachEngland Kieran Hall
Volunteer Director of OperationsUnited States Noah McKonon
Volunteer Director of OperationsUnited States Sonny Mukungu

Source:[9]

Schedule

Source:[10]

Date
Time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (Attendance)
City, State
Exhibition
August 10*
4:00 PM
No. 10 No. 11 Clemson T 0–0 
(–)
Koskinen Stadium
Durham, NC
August 15*
6:00 PM
No. 10 at South Carolina T 1–1 
(–)
Stone Stadium
Columbia, SC
August 18*
7:00 PM
No. 10 NC State W 1–0 
(–)
Koskinen Stadium
Durham, NC
Regular season
August 24*
7:30 PM
No. 10 FIU
John Rennie Nike Invitational
W 3–1  1–0–0
(0–0–0)
Koskinen Stadium (1,087)
Durham, NC
August 26*
2:30 PM
No. 10 Vermont
John Rennie Nike Invitational
W 3–2 OT 2–0–0
(0–0–0)
Koskinen Stadium (502)
Durham, NC
August 31*
8:30 PM
No. 2 at San Diego W 4–1  3–0–0
(0–0–0)
Torero Stadium (710)
San Diego, CA
September 9
2:00 PM
No. 2 at No. 7 Louisville L 0–3  3–1–0
(0–1–0)
Lynn Stadium (1,104)
Louisville, KY
September 18*
7:00 PM
No. 9 Georgetown L 0–1  3–2–0
(0–1–0)
Koskinen Stadium (454)
Durham, NC
September 21
7:00 PM
No. 9 Boston College W 3–2  4–2–0
(1–1–0)
Koskinen Stadium (710)
Durham, NC
September 25*
7:00 PM
No. 15 George Washington T 0–0 2OT 4–2–1
(1–1–0)
Koskinen Stadium (359)
Durham, NC
September 29
7:30 PM
No. 15 at No. 1 Wake Forest L 2–4  4–3–1
(1–2–0)
Spry Stadium (4,937)
Winston–Salem, NC
October 2*
7:00 PM
No. 23 Wofford W 4–2  5–3–1
(1–2–0)
Koskinen Stadium (372)
Durham, NC
October 5
7:00 PM
No. 23 at No. 10 Virginia W 2–0  6–3–1
(2–2–0)
Klöckner Stadium (2,129)
Charlottesville, VA
October 9*
7:00 PM
No. 17 Campbell W 1–0  7–3–1
(2–2–0)
Koskinen Stadium (349)
Durham, NC
October 12
7:00 PM
No. 17 No. 9 Notre Dame W 3–2  8–3–1
(3–2–0)
Koskinen Stadium (892)
Durham, NC
October 16*
7:00 PM
High Point    0–0–0
(0–0–0)
Koskinen Stadium
Durham, NC
October 19
7:00 PM
Pittsburgh    0–0–0
(0–0–0)
Koskinen Stadium
Durham, NC
October 23
7:00 PM
North Carolina
Rivalry
   0–0–0
(0–0–0)
Koskinen Stadium
Durham, NC
October 26
7:00 PM
at Virginia Tech    0–0–0
(0–0–0)
Thompson Field
Blacksburg, VA
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from United Soccer Coaches.

Awards and honors

Recipient Award Date Ref.

2019 MLS Super Draft

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Rankings

Ranking movement
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Final
United Soccer[11] 10 2 2 10 9 15 23 17 None Released
TopDrawer Soccer [12] 13 13 8 6 9 8 16 17 15

References

  1. "2018 MLS SuperDraft Tracker". mlssoccer.com. Major League Soccer. January 19, 2018. Retrieved January 19, 2018.
  2. "Cyril Engmann". topdrawersoccer.com. Retrieved July 15, 2018.
  3. "Eliot Hamill". topdrawersoccer.com. Retrieved July 15, 2018.
  4. "Conor Kelly". topdrawersoccer.com. Retrieved July 15, 2018.
  5. "Seth Kuhn". topdrawersoccer.com. Retrieved July 15, 2018.
  6. "Ian Murphy". topdrawersoccer.com. Retrieved July 15, 2018.
  7. "Issa Rayyan". topdrawersoccer.com. Retrieved July 15, 2018.
  8. "Aedan Stanley". topdrawersoccer.com. Retrieved July 15, 2018.
  9. 1 2 "Duke Men's Soccer - 2018 Roster". goduke.com. Duke University Athletics. Retrieved August 6, 2018.
  10. "Men's Soccer - 2018 Schedule/Results". Duke Blue Devils Athletics. Retrieved July 15, 2018.
  11. "NCAA DI Men's National Rankings". National Soccer Coaches Association of America. Retrieved May 15, 2018.
  12. "College Soccer National Rankings". TopDrawer Soccer. Retrieved May 15, 2018.
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