2018 Duke Blue Devils men's soccer
John Rennie Nike Invitational Champions
NCAA Tournament, Third Round
ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference
U. Soc. Coaches pollNo. 11
TopDrawerSoccer.comNo. 13
Record11–7–2 (5–3–0 ACC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Michael Brady (11th season)
  • Chris Rich (4th season)
Home stadiumKoskinen Stadium
2018 ACC men's soccer standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Atlantic
No. 6 Wake Forest + 7 1 018 3 0
No. 16 Louisville4 2 211 5 3
NC State + 2 4 210 7 3
Boston College 2 5 14 8 4
Syracuse + 1 4 37 7 4
Clemson 2 6 07 9 1
Coastal
No. 14 North Carolina + 6 1 014 4 1
No. 11 Duke + 5 3 011 7 2
No. 8 Notre Dame + 4 3 111 7 3
No. 15 Virginia + 3 2 210 4 3
No. 17 Virginia Tech + 3 4 111 7 3
Pittsburgh 2 6 08 10 1
As of December 11, 2018
Rankings from United Soccer Coaches
Source:The ACC

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.

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 FC
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]
 USAWyomissing, PAPhiladelphia Union[5]
 USARedlands, CARedlands East Valley[6]
Issa Rayyan
FW
 USAGrand Blanc, MIPhiladelphia Union[7]
 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. Pos. Nation Player
0 GK United States USA Michael Ries
00 GK United States USA Eliot Hamill
1 GK United States USA Will Pulisic
3 DF Canada CAN Oliver Spring
5 DF United States USA Aedan Stanley
6 MF Germany GER Kevin Feucht
7 MF Denmark DEN Torbjørn Alseth
8 MF Scotland SCO Ciaran McKenna
9 MF Italy ITA Daniele Proch
10 FW United States USA Suniel Veerakone
11 DF Austria AUT Max Moser
12 MF United States USA Colby Agu
13 DF United States USA Ian Murphy
14 MF Iceland ISL Kristófer Garðarsson
No. Pos. Nation Player
15 MF Peru PER Miguel Yzaga
16 FW United States USA Daniel Wright
17 MF United States USA Issa Rayyan
18 DF Austria AUT Matthias Frick
19 MF United States USA Brandon Williamson
20 FW Norway NOR Sivert Daehlie
21 MF United States USA Seth Kuhn
22 MF United States USA Conor Kelly
23 MF Argentina ARG Micolas Macri
25 FW United States USA Nii Engmann
26 DF United States USA Max Feldman
27 DF United States USA Wilhelm Jacques
28 MF United States USA Jack Doran
29 DF United States USA 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
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

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
Will Pulisic All-ACC Tournament Team November 11, 2018 [12]
Brandon Williamson
Daniele Proch United Soccer Coaches Second Team All-American December 6, 2018 [13]

2019 MLS Super Draft

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

Rankings

Ranking movement
Legend: ██ Improvement in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking. ██ Not ranked the previous week. RV=Others receiving votes.
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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

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  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. "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.
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