All 32 names on Duke’s roster lived and breathed the beautiful game, such that an amalgam of different nationalities not only fit into the team but actively built its chemistry.
Days after the Philadelphia Union announced it had signed senior midfielder Nick Pariano and a professional career claimed freshman goalkeeper Julian Eyestone, many of the remaining Duke stars entered the world of Major League Soccer, too.
The senior midfielder and team captain signed a homegrown contract with MLS’s Philadelphia Union, which the team announced Thursday.
Freshman goalkeeper Julian Eyestone announced Tuesday morning that he will leave Duke to pursue a professional career.
In an overtime thriller, No. 15-seed Duke fell to Western Michigan on its home turf, ending its NCAA tournament run in the second round.
From the outside, one could easily assume that the Dallas native is a veteran player — someone who has been with the team for several years and has become a leader by way of his experience with the college game. It might surprise a spectator, then, to learn that Julian Eyestone is just a 17-year-old freshman.
Six Blue Devils earned conference awards Wednesday.
On a dark Sunday night in Clemson, South Carolina, the fifth-seeded Blue Devils fought tooth and nail for a spot in the ACC semifinals against No. 4-seed Clemson.
Make no mistake about it, the Kerr family presence is hardly a coincidence, but rather a demonstration of a family’s true passion for the game of soccer.
The fifth-seeded Blue Devils scored early, pulled ahead and then hung on after giving up two late goals to leave Koskinen Stadium with a 3-2 win against No. 12-seed Boston College in a win-or-go-home ACC tournament matchup.
The Blue Devils played to a physical 1-1 draw in the first half, before riding the momentum of two quick goals in the second half to come out on the winning end of an eventual 7-1 hammering.
The Blue Devils shut out the Bison 7-0 beneath bright Koskinen Stadium lights in a collaborative showcase that saw goals from all over the roster. Both rosters, actually.
Soccer is a strange game, and sometimes a goal just is not in the cards. Such was the case in Pittsburgh Saturday evening, as No. 9 Duke and No. 23 Pittsburgh exchanged several quality offensive opportunities but ultimately played to a 0-0 draw.
Regardless of why the 15th-ranked Blue Devils seem to prefer place kicks to develop the offense, the approach certainly worked when N.C. State came to Durham Friday night. Duke rode two scores that came as results of set pieces to come out on top of the Wolfpack 2-1.
On Tuesday night, No. 15 Duke took on Elon at home at Koskinen Stadium, where the Blue Devils definitively shut out the Phoenix 3-0.
A scruffy contest between No. 14 Duke and the 11th-ranked Fighting Irish at Alumni Soccer Stadium would see flaring tensions and unfulfilled scoring opportunities, with ACC Coastal rivals Notre Dame emerging victorious 1-0 when all was said and done.
On a clear Friday night at Koskinen Stadium, No. 21 Duke took down No. 7 Syracuse 5-3 following goals from Nick Pariano, Forster Ajago, Ulfur Bjornsson and Ruben Mesalles.
A 3-2 Duke victory sent the Cougars back to South Carolina after a valiant effort that held firm against the Blue Devils until graduate striker Forster Ajago’s late two-goal rescue mission.
The two squads racked up a combined 11 bookings in a nasty, physical game that saw North Carolina barely escape with a 2-1 win despite going down to 10 men.
No. 11 Duke travels to Chapel Hill Saturday for a much-anticipated clash against the Tar Heels. The Blue Zone takes a look at which player from each side could make the biggest impact at Dorrance Field.
