2018 Duke Blue Devils men's soccer team

2018 Duke Blue Devils men's soccer
2018 Duke Blue Devils men's soccer
John Rennie Nike Invitational Champions
NCAA Tournament, Third Round
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
U. Soc. Coaches poll	No. 11
TopDrawerSoccer.com	No. 13
Record	11–7–2 (5–3–0 ACC)
Head coach	John Kerr (11th season);
Assistant coaches	Michael Brady (11th season); Chris Rich (4th season);
Home stadium	Koskinen Stadium
	Seasons ← 2017 2019 →

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

2018 ACC men's soccer standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
Atlantic
No. 6 Wake Forest +	7	–	1	–	0	18	–	3	–	0
No. 16 Louisville ‡	4	–	2	–	2	11	–	5	–	3
NC State +	2	–	4	–	2	10	–	7	–	3
Boston College	2	–	5	–	1	4	–	8	–	4
Syracuse +	1	–	4	–	3	7	–	7	–	4
Clemson	2	–	6	–	0	7	–	9	–	1
Coastal
No. 14 North Carolina +	6	–	1	–	0	14	–	4	–	1
No. 11 Duke +	5	–	3	–	0	11	–	7	–	2
No. 8 Notre Dame +	4	–	3	–	1	11	–	7	–	3
No. 15 Virginia +	3	–	2	–	2	10	–	4	–	3
No. 17 Virginia Tech +	3	–	4	–	1	11	–	7	–	3
Pittsburgh	2	–	6	–	0	8	–	10	–	1

‡ – 2018 ACC Tournament champion + – Invited to the 2018 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship As of December 11, 2018 Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Source:The ACC

Background edit

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 edit

Players leaving edit

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Reason for departure
Erik Hanson	0	GK	6'4"	200	Graduate Student	Mechanicsburg, PA	Graduated
Carter Manley	2	DF	5'11"	170	Senior	Elkridge, MD	Declared for 2018 MLS SuperDraft; selected 23rd overall by Minnesota United FC
Kevon Black	4	DF	6'0"	175	Senior	Toronto, CAN	Graduated
CC Uche	5	DF	6'1"	175	Sophomore	Lawrenceville, GA	N/A
Cameron Moseley	6	MF	6'4"	208	Senior	Duluth, GA	Graduated
Noah Snyder	13	MF	6'0"	175	Senior	Warrington, PA	Graduated
Markus Fjørtoft	21	DF	6'5"	205	Senior	Asker, NOR	Declared for 2018 MLS SuperDraft; selected 45th overall by Seattle Sounders FC
Brian White	24	MF	5'11"	180	Senior	Flemington, NJ	Declared for 2018 MLS SuperDraft; selected 16th overall by New York Red Bulls
Cody Brinkman	25	MF	5'11"	180	Senior	Durham, NC	Graduated
Joe Ohaus	30	GK	6'0"	180	Senior	Westfield, NJ	Graduated

Players arriving edit

Name	Nat.	Hometown	Club	TDS Rating
Cyril Engmann FW	USA	Shoreline, WA	Crossfire Premier SC	^[2]
Eliot Hamill GK	USA	Scarsdale, NY	Golden Touch Soccer	N/A^[3]
Conor Kelly MF	USA	Rumson, NJ	Cedar Stars Academy	^[4]
Seth Kuhn MF	USA	Wyomissing, PA	Philadelphia Union	^[5]
Ian Murphy DF	USA	Redlands, CA	Redlands East Valley	^[6]
Issa Rayyan FW	USA	Grand Blanc, MI	Philadelphia Union	^[7]
Aedan Stanley DF	USA	Columbia, IL	St. Louis FC	^[8]

Squad edit

Roster edit

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.	Pos.	Nation	Player
0	GK	USA	Michael Ries
00	GK	USA	Eliot Hamill
1	GK	USA	Will Pulisic
3	DF	CAN	Oliver Spring
5	DF	USA	Aedan Stanley
6	MF	GER	Kevin Feucht
7	MF	DEN	Torbjørn Alseth
8	MF	SCO	Ciaran McKenna
9	MF	ITA	Daniele Proch
10	FW	USA	Suniel Veerakone
11	DF	AUT	Max Moser
12	MF	USA	Colby Agu
13	DF	USA	Ian Murphy
14	MF	ISL	Kristófer Garðarsson


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
15	MF	PER	Miguel Yzaga
16	FW	USA	Daniel Wright
17	MF	USA	Issa Rayyan
18	DF	AUT	Matthias Frick
19	MF	USA	Brandon Williamson
20	FW	NOR	Sivert Daehlie
21	MF	USA	Seth Kuhn
22	MF	USA	Conor Kelly
23	MF	ARG	Micolas Macri
25	FW	USA	Nii Engmann
26	DF	USA	Max Feldman
27	DF	USA	Wilhelm Jacques
28	MF	USA	Jack Doran
29	DF	USA	Stephen O'Connell

Team management edit

Position	Staff
Athletic director	Kevin White
Head coach	John Kerr
Associate head coach	Michael Brady
Assistant coach and recruiting coordinator	Chris Rich
Volunteer Assistant coach	Kieran Hall
Volunteer Director of Operations	Noah McKonon
Volunteer Director of Operations	Sonny Mukungu

Source:^[9]

Schedule edit

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	No. 14	High Point	L 0–1	8–4–1 (3–2–0)	Koskinen Stadium (493) Durham, NC
October 19 7:00 pm	No. 14	Pittsburgh	W 3–1	9–4–1 (4–2–0)	Koskinen Stadium (701) Durham, NC
October 23 7:00 pm	No. 14	No. 5 North Carolina Rivalry	L 0–1	9–5–1 (4–3–0)	Koskinen Stadium (1,600) Durham, NC
October 26 7:00 pm	No. 14	at No. 18 Virginia Tech	W 2–0	10–5–1 (5–3–0)	Thompson Field (274) Blacksburg, VA
ACC Tournament
November 4 1:00 pm	(3) No. 8	(11) Pittsburgh Quarterfinal	T 0–0 (4–3 PKs) ^2OT	10–5–2	Koskinen Stadium (342) Durham, NC
November 7 7:00 pm	(3) No. 8	(2) No. 4 North Carolina Semifinal, Rivalry	L 1–2	10–6–2	WakeMed Soccer Park (586) Raleigh, NC
NCAA Tournament
November 18* 6:00 pm	(6) No. 10	Pacific Second Round	W 1–0	11–6–2	Koskinen Stadium (392) Durham, NC
November 24* 7:00 pm	(6) No. 10	(11) No. 15 Maryland Third Round	L 0–2	11–7–2	Koskinen Stadium (362) Durham, NC
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from United Soccer Coaches. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

Awards and honors edit

Recipient	Award	Date	Ref.
Issa Rayyan	Atlantic Coast Conference Men's Soccer Freshman of the Year	November 7, 2018	^[11]
Daniele Proch	All-ACC First Team
Will Pulisic	All-ACC Second Team
Brandom Williamson
Issa Rayyan
Ciaran McKenna	All-ACC Third Team
Issa Rayyan	All-ACC Freshman Team
Aedan Stanley	All-ACC Freshman Team
Will Pulisic	All-ACC Tournament Team	November 11, 2018	^[12]
Brandon Williamson	All-ACC Tournament Team	November 11, 2018	^[12]
Daniele Proch	United Soccer Coaches Second Team All-American	December 6, 2018	^[13]

2019 MLS Super Draft edit

Duke did not have any players selected in the 2019 MLS SuperDraft.

Rankings edit

Ranking movement
**Legend:** ██ Improvement in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking. ██ Not ranked the previous week. RV=Others receiving votes.
Poll	Pre	Wk 1	Wk 2	Wk 3	Wk 4	Wk 5	Wk 6	Wk 7	Wk 8	Wk 9	Wk 10	Wk 11	Wk 12	Wk 13	Wk 14	Wk 15	Wk 16	Final
United Soccer^[14]	10	2	2	10	9	15	23	17	14	14	8	8	10	None Released				11
TopDrawer Soccer ^[15]	13	13	8	6	9	8	16	17	15	5	11	10	8	14	11	13	13	13

References edit

^ "2018 MLS SuperDraft Tracker". mlssoccer.com. Major League Soccer. January 19, 2018. Archived from the original on January 19, 2018. Retrieved January 19, 2018.
^ "Cyril Engmann". topdrawersoccer.com. Retrieved July 15, 2018.
^ "Eliot Hamill". topdrawersoccer.com. Retrieved July 15, 2018.
^ "Conor Kelly". topdrawersoccer.com. Retrieved July 15, 2018.
^ "Seth Kuhn". topdrawersoccer.com. Retrieved July 15, 2018.
^ "Ian Murphy". topdrawersoccer.com. Retrieved July 15, 2018.
^ "Issa Rayyan". topdrawersoccer.com. Retrieved July 15, 2018.
^ "Aedan Stanley". topdrawersoccer.com. Retrieved July 15, 2018.
^ ^a ^b "Duke Men's Soccer - 2018 Roster". goduke.com. Duke University Athletics. Retrieved August 6, 2018.
^ "Men's Soccer - 2018 Schedule/Results". Duke Blue Devils Athletics. Retrieved July 15, 2018.
^ "Wake Forest Leads 2018 All-ACC Men's Soccer Honorees". theacc.com. The Atlantic Coast Conference. November 7, 2018. Retrieved November 7, 2018.
^ "Louisville Wins 2018 ACC Men's Soccer Championship". theacc.com. The Atlantic Coast Conference. November 11, 2018. Retrieved November 12, 2018.
^ "United Soccer Coaches Announces NCAA Division I Men's All-America Teams". unitedsoccercoaches.org. United Soccer Coaches. December 6, 2018. Archived from the original on December 9, 2018. Retrieved December 7, 2018.
^ "NCAA DI Men's National Rankings". National Soccer Coaches Association of America. Archived from the original on September 14, 2016. Retrieved May 15, 2018.
^ "College Soccer National Rankings". TopDrawer Soccer. Retrieved May 15, 2018.

[mls_draft-1] "2018 MLS SuperDraft Tracker". mlssoccer.com. Major League Soccer. January 19, 2018. Archived from the original on 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.

[auto-9] "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] "Wake Forest Leads 2018 All-ACC Men's Soccer Honorees". theacc.com. The Atlantic Coast Conference. November 7, 2018. Retrieved November 7, 2018.

[12] "Louisville Wins 2018 ACC Men's Soccer Championship". theacc.com. The Atlantic Coast Conference. November 11, 2018. Retrieved November 12, 2018.

[13] "United Soccer Coaches Announces NCAA Division I Men's All-America Teams". unitedsoccercoaches.org. United Soccer Coaches. December 6, 2018. Archived from the original on December 9, 2018. Retrieved December 7, 2018.

[14] "NCAA DI Men's National Rankings". National Soccer Coaches Association of America. Archived from the original on September 14, 2016. Retrieved May 15, 2018.

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