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Game commentary
Game commentary
For this year's NCAA tournament, men's soccer head coach John Rennie is pulling out all the stops. For the first time in his coaching career, Rennie housed his players in a hotel--for Sunday's first-round home game with North Carolina-Greensboro.
From 1992-94, the men's soccer team made the NCAA tournament every year. The 1992 postseason run was a successful one, as Duke reached the national semifinals before bowing out to eventual-champion Virginia. The next two NCAA campaigns were not so lengthy, as the Blue Devils exited in the first and second rounds, respectively.
The Virginia men's soccer team came into Duke Soccer Stadium Friday night seeking revenge. And UVa got it--in a big way.
There was never any need to panic. Honestly.
Last year, the men's soccer team atoned for a mediocre start with a blazing stretch run, winning eight of its last nine games in the regular season. This year has been just the opposite.
Even though the weather at the Duke Soccer Stadium on Sunday was pleasant, the play on the field clouded the day.
Sunday at Duke Soccer Stadium, the No. 9 men's soccer team treated the more than 4,000 home fans to the most victorious tie game ever.
The scoring touch has finally returned for the men's soccer team. And not a moment too soon.
The steamroller that was the men's soccer team received a startling derailment Wednesday night as unranked William & Mary (10-3) upended No. 2 Duke 2-1. The loss was the first for the Blue Devils (9-2) in eight nonconference matches.
DAVIDSON -- On Wednesday night, the men's soccer team learned the lesson of underestimating the competition. And even though Duke won, the lesson turned out to be a painful one.
They say it is better to be lucky than good. On Sunday, the men's soccer team was neither of those.
The men's soccer team continued to justify its No. 2 national ranking this weekend with a 3-1 win at No. 5 Clemson.
The No. 2 men's soccer team heads to Clemson this Saturday for a friendly game with the fifth-ranked Tigers. Well, "friendly" might not be the most appropriate term.
Before the MetLife-adidas Soccer Classic began, the event was being billed as "perhaps the country's premier men's soccer tournament.'' After this weekend's games, it would probably be safe to drop the "perhaps'' from that slogan.
Last year was a riveting, nail-biting adventure of a season for the men's soccer team.
3-D Vision
The irony was totally unmistakable.
McDonald's is famous for serving up Big Macs, Chicken McNuggets and Breakfast Burritos. But this weekend, as the women's basketball team found out, the franchise has added a new item: cupcakes.