2019 Duke Blue Devils men's soccer team

The 2019 Duke Blue Devils men's soccer team represented Duke University during the 2019 NCAA Division I men's soccer season. The Blue Devils were led by head coach John Kerr, in his twelfth season. They played home games at Koskinen Stadium. The team was founded in 1935 and currently plays in the Atlantic Coast Conference.

2019 Duke Blue Devils men's soccer
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
2019 record	7–9–2 (2–5–1 ACC)
Head coach	John Kerr (12th season)
Assistant coaches	Michael Brady (12th season) Chris Rich (5th season)
Captain	Brandon Williamson
Home stadium	Koskinen Stadium

2019 ACC men's soccer standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Atlantic
No. 5 Clemson +	6	–	1	–	1			18	–	2	–	2
No. 3 Wake Forest +	6	–	2	–	0			16	–	5	–	2
NC State +	3	–	4	–	1			9	–	7	–	3
No. 20 Louisville +	3	–	4	–	1			10	–	8	–	2
Boston College +	2	–	4	–	2			9	–	6	–	3
Syracuse +	2	–	4	–	2			8	–	7	–	4
Coastal
No. 2 Virginia ‡	6	–	1	–	1			21	–	1	–	2
Pittsburgh +	4	–	3	–	1			10	–	8	–	2
Notre Dame +	3	–	5	–	0			10	–	8	–	1
North Carolina	3	–	5	–	0			7	–	8	–	3
No. 13 Virginia Tech +	2	–	4	–	2			10	–	6	–	3
Duke	2	–	5	–	1			7	–	9	–	2
‡ – 2019 ACC Tournament champion + – Invited to the 2019 NCAA Tournament As of 17 December 2019; Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Source:The ACC

Background

Main article: 2018 Duke Blue Devils men's soccer team

The 2018 Duke men's soccer team finished the season with a 11–7–2 overall record and a 5–3–0 ACC record. The Blue Devils were seeded third–overall in the 2018 ACC Men's Soccer Tournament, where they lost to North Carolina in the Semifinals, after advancing over Pittsburgh on penalties in the Quarterfinals. The Blue Devils earned an at-large bid into the 2018 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Tournament. As the eighth–overall seed in the tournament, Duke hosted Pacific in the Second Round. Duke won 1–0 and progressed to face Maryland at home. Duke lost the match 0–2 to end their season.

Player movement

Players leaving

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Reason for departure
Oliver Spring	3	DF	6'1"	165	Senior	Toronto, Canada	Graduated
Kevin Feucht	6	MF	6'3"	175	Graduate Student	Schwetzingen, Germany	Graduated
Torbjørn Alseth	7	MF	6'0"	155	Senior	Trondheim, Norway	Graduated
Ciaran McKenna	8	MF	6'4"	170	Senior	Glasgow, Scotland	Graduated
Issa Rayyan	17	MF	5'10"	150	Freshman	Grand Blanc, Michigan	Signed with Bethlehem Steel FC[1]
Sivert Daehlie	20	FW	6'0"	160	Graduate Student	Holter, Norway	Graduated

Players arriving

Name	Nat.	Hometown	Club	TDS Rating
Cameron Duke MF	USA	Overland Park, KS	Sporting Kansas City Academy	[2]
Cameron Kerr MF	USA	Chapel Hill, NC	North Carolina Fusion Academy	[3]
Scotty Taylor FW	USA	Millburn, NJ	New York Red Bulls	[4]

In addition to the three person recruiting class, Duke also added Sergi Nus via graduate transfer from Virginia.[5]

Squad

Roster

Updated November 18, 2019[6]

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 2 DF  USA Stephen O'Connell 3 DF  AUT Matthias Frick 4 DF  ESP Sergi Nus 5 DF  USA Aedan Stanley 6 MF  USA Cameron Kerr 7 FW  USA Daniel Wright 8 MF  USA Jack Doran 9 MF  ITA Daniele Proch 10 FW  USA Suniel Veerakone 11 DF  AUT Max Moser

No. Pos. Nation Player 12 MF  USA Colby Agu 13 DF  USA Ian Murphy 14 MF  ISL Kristófer Garðarsson 15 FW  USA Scotty Taylor 16 DF  USA Kees Heetderks 17 MF  USA Carl Fisher 18 DF  USA Hassan Pinto 19 MF  USA Brandon Williamson 20 DF  USA Adrian Vela 21 MF  USA Daniel Aguilar 22 MF  USA Conor Kelly 26 DF  USA Max Feldman

Team management

Position	Staff
Athletic Director	Kevin White
Head Coach	John Kerr
Associate Head Coach	Michael Brady
Assistant Coach and Recruiting Coordinator	Chris Rich

Source:[6]

Schedule

Source:[7]

Date Time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (Attendance) City, State
Exhibition
August 17* 5:00 p.m.	No. 10	South Carolina	T 2–2	– (–)	Koskinen Stadium Durham, NC
August 20* 6:00 p.m.	No. 10	at UNC Wilmington	L 1–2	– (–)	Legion Field (1,342) Wilmington, NC
August 23* 7:30 p.m.	No. 10	Coastal Carolina	W 4–1	– (–)	Koskinen Stadium Durham, NC
Regular season
August 30* 7:30 p.m.	No. 10	Furman John Rennie Nike Invitational	W 1–0	1–0–0 (0–0–0)	Koskinen Stadium (1,173) Durham, NC
September 1* 2:30 p.m.	No. 10	Cal State Bakersfield John Rennie Nike Invitational	W 2–1	2–0–0 (0–0–0)	Koskinen Stadium (547) Durham, NC
September 6* 4:00 p.m.	No. 5	Princeton	W 4–0	3–0–0 (0–0–0)	Koskinen Stadium (0) Durham, NC
September 8* 4:00 p.m.	No. 5	vs. Harvard	W 3–0	4–0–0 (0–0–0)	UNC Soccer Stadium (993) Chapel Hill, NC
September 13 6:00 p.m.	No. 2	No. 6 Virginia	L 1–3	4–1–0 (0–1–0)	Koskinen Stadium (1,092) Durham, NC
September 16* 7:00 p.m.	No. 2	No. 8 SMU	L 0–2	4–2–0 (0–1–0)	Koskinen Stadium (237) Durham, NC
September 20 7:00 p.m.	No. 15	at No. 7 Clemson	L 1–3	4–3–0 (0–2–0)	Riggs Field (2,452) Clemson, SC
September 27 7:00 p.m.		at No. 14 North Carolina Rivalry	W 3–2	5–3–0 (1–2–0)	UNC Soccer Stadium (2,244) Chapel Hill, NC
October 1* 7:00 p.m.	No. 18	Wright State	T 2–2 ^2OT	5–3–1 (1–2–0)	Koskinen Stadium (422) Durham, NC
October 4 7:00 p.m.	No. 18	Syracuse	W 4–0	6–3–1 (2–2–0)	Koskinen Stadium (759) Durham, NC
October 11 6:00 p.m.	No. 21	at Notre Dame	L 0–1	6–4–1 (2–3–0)	Alumni Stadium (748) Notre Dame, IN
October 15* 7:00 p.m.		at Elon	L 2–3	6–5–1 (2–3–0)	Rudd Field (724) Elon, NC
October 18 7:00 p.m.		No. 23 NC State Rivalry	T 0–0 ^2OT	6–5–2 (2–3–1)	Koskinen Stadium (918) Durham, NC
October 22* 7:00 p.m.		High Point	L 0–1	6–6–2 (2–3–1)	Koskinen Stadium (237) Durham, NC
October 25 7:00 p.m.		at Pittsburgh	L 3–4	6–7–2 (2–4–1)	Ambrose Urbanic Field (875) Pittsburgh, PA
October 29* 7:00 p.m.		Denver	W 1–0	7–7–2 (2–4–1)	Koskinen Stadium (208) Durham, NC
November 1 7:00 p.m.		No. 22 Virginia Tech	L 1–2	7–8–2 (2–5–1)	Koskinen Stadium (793) Durham, NC
ACC Tournament
November 6 2:00 p.m.	(12)	at (5) NC State First Round	L 1–2	7–9–2	Dail Soccer Field (377) Raleigh, NC
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from United Soccer Coaches. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

Awards and honors

Recipient	Award	Date	Ref.
Daniele Proch	MAC Hermann Trophy Preseason Watchlist	August 1, 2019	[8]
	ACC Offensive Player of the Week	September 9, 2019	[9]
	All-ACC First Team	November 13, 2019	[10]

Rankings

Main article: 2019 NCAA Division I men's soccer rankings

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[11]	10	5	2	15	RV	18	21	RV						None Released
TopDrawer Soccer [12]	10	10	7	7	6	21	RV	RV	RV

References

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3. "Cameron Kerr". topdrawersoccer.com. Retrieved July 1, 2019.
4. "Scotty Taylor". topdrawersoccer.com. Retrieved July 1, 2019.
5. "Duke Announces Talented 2019 Class". goduke.com. Duke University. December 20, 2018. Retrieved July 1, 2019.
6. "Duke Men's Soccer - 2019 Roster". goduke.com. Duke University Athletics. Retrieved November 18, 2019.
7. "Men's Soccer - 2019 Schedule/Results". Duke Blue Devils Athletics. Retrieved July 1, 2019.
8. "ACC Soccer Lands 17 on MAC Hermann Trophy Watch List". theacc.com. Atlantic Coast Conference. August 1, 2019. Retrieved August 1, 2019.
9. "Proch, Gelnovatch, Shutler Tabbed ACC Men's Soccer Players of Week". theacc.com. Atlantic Coast Conference. September 9, 2019. Retrieved September 10, 2019.
10. "2019 All-ACC Men's Soccer Team Announced". theacc.com. The Atlantic Coast Conference. November 13, 2019. Retrieved November 13, 2019.
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