2018 Duke Blue Devils men's soccer team

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 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 →

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

Main article: 2017 Duke Blue Devils men's soccer team

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

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

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

Roster

Updated August 6, 2018^[9]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. 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

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

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

Main article: 2019 MLS SuperDraft

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

Rankings

Main article: List of NCAA Division I men's soccer teams ranked in the 2018 Top 25 coaches poll

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