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Ulfarsson is also a MAC Hermann Award Semifinalist, in addition to a First-Team All-American.

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Duke men's soccer's Thorleifur Ulfarsson and Peter Stroud named All-Americans

By Sasha Richie | December 9, 2021

Sophomores Thorleifur Ulfarsson and Peter Stroud of Duke men's soccer have been named NCAA Division I Men's All-Americans, per a Thursday release from United Soccer Coaches.

Freshman Shakur Mohammed is one of a handful of young players on this team that make for a bright future.

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Duke men's soccer falls to Saint Louis in Sweet Sixteen of NCAA tournament

By Sasha Richie | November 28, 2021

Taking on No.10-seed Saint Louis in the third round of the NCAA tournament, the Blue Devils scored three goals, but that wasn’t enough, as their miracle season finally ended with a 4-3 loss.

Midfielder Peter Stroud provided the heroics in the form of the go-ahead goal.

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Duke men's soccer parlays thrilling goals to knock off UCLA in NCAA second round

By Sasha Richie | November 21, 2021

The Devil works hard, but the Blue Devils work harder.

Thorleifur Ulfarsson was named the ACC Offensive Player of the Year.

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Duke men's soccer was knocked down in ACC Championship, but has chance at redemption in NCAA tournament

By Andrew Long | November 15, 2021

By all accounts, it’s been a historic season for head coach John Kerr and his Blue Devils, but the cards just didn't fall the way of the Blue Devils.

Senior Conor Kelly is one of three Blue Devils who were on the roster for the team's last NCAA tournament appearance in 2018.

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Duke men's soccer receives No. 7 overall seed in NCAA Championship

By Sasha Richie | November 15, 2021

Duke men's soccer will be the No. 7-overall seed in the Division I Men's Soccer Championship, the NCAA announced Monday.

Senior defender Ian Murphy started every game this season.

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Duke men's soccer falls to Notre Dame in ACC Championship game

By Sasha Richie | November 14, 2021

Through 90 minutes of an evenly-matched, back-and-forth battle at WakeMed Soccer Park in Cary, N.C., Duke fell to Notre Dame 2-0.

Sophomore Antino Lopez was a critical part of the Blue Devils' backline as they shutout Clemson.

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Duke men's soccer advances to ACC Championship game with redemption win against Clemson

By Sasha Richie | November 11, 2021

Through 90 minutes of toil and trouble, battling against a hungry Clemson team at Historic Riggs Field in Clemson, S.C., Duke ultimately bested the Tigers 1-0 in the semifinals of the ACC tournament.

Junior Cameron Kerr recorded two assists against Wake Forest.

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Duke men's soccer edges by Wake Forest in ACC tournament

By Sasha Richie | November 10, 2021

With a whopping 30 fouls, six yellow cards, two red cards and one penalty kick, both teams clawed at each other for any scrap of advantage in the nailbiter.

Sophomore striker Thorleifur Ulfarsson has been named ACC Offensive Player of the Year.

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Duke men's soccer receives three major ACC awards; four Blue Devils named to All-ACC teams

By Sasha Richie | November 10, 2021

Four members of Duke men's soccer have received All-ACC honors, including ACC Offensive Player, Midfielder and Freshman of the Year for sophomores Thorleifur Ulfarsson, Peter Stroud and freshman Shakur Mohammed, respectively. Freshman Ruben Mesalles was also named to the All-ACC Freshman team.

Ruben Mesalles (12) set up the winning goal Friday night.

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'Finally we've done it': Duke men's soccer escapes against Virginia, wins share of Coastal title

By Sasha Richie | November 1, 2021

Becoming ACC Coastal co-champions after a 2020-21 season that saw them finish with the second worst overall win percentage in the conference has been quite the journey for the Blue Devils, and Senior Night gave them the opportunity to reflect on that. While there are only three seniors and one graduate student on this year’s roster, a short but sweet pregame ceremony set the tone for a night that would be decided by dedication and leaving it all on the field.

Senior goalkeeper Eliot Hamill is leading the ACC with a .803 save percentage.

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Column: Regardless of the finish, this season is already a success for Duke men's soccer

By Sasha Richie | October 26, 2021

Coming into this campaign, the expectations were simple—just be better than last year. While they were better than their 4-10-3 record would imply, the Blue Devils were an almost-there team, one that couldn’t quite finish.

Despite a relatively quiet night for Thorleifur Ulfarsson, Duke notched a 3-2 over Furman as the final leg of ACC play heats up.

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'Get our momentum back': Duke men's soccer on quest to regain form entering homestretch

By Sasha Richie | October 22, 2021

“We do have a tough ending to the week, heading out to South Bend,... and we're going to continue to soldier on and learn from the mistakes that we did make tonight, and also continue to grow and develop some of our things that we're doing quite well,” head coach John Kerr said. “We will be the underdog, which is nice because we were on top of the table and everyone wants to shoot you down...so it's gonna be a fun opportunity for us and we're looking forward to it.”

Junior Scotty Taylor tallied a goal and an assist in Duke's overtime loss to Clemson.

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No. 9 Duke men's soccer drops overtime battle against No. 23 Clemson

By Steve Liu | October 18, 2021

After suffering its first loss of the season last week at Pittsburgh, Duke entered Friday night’s matchup standing at No. 9 on the poll.

Sophomore Thorleifur Ulfarsson notched two points in the loss to the Panthers.

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'Fight back': Duke men's soccer battles but drops first ACC game to Pittsburgh

By Sasha Richie | October 10, 2021

Kerr said, “These guys want to play for each other. They want to play for the school, and they want to play for the program, and most of all they want to play for each other. Everyone's working hard every day to get better and we have a lot of fun while we're doing it, so… this is a little bit of a hiccup but a worthwhile growth opportunity.”

Sophomore Nick Pariano netted a penalty kick goal in the 39th minute.

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Nick Pariano leads Duke men's soccer past Elon for sixth straight win

By Sasha Richie | October 7, 2021

Just under 16 minutes into the game, the Blue Devils were staring at their first deficit of the season, going down by one on an opportune goal off Elon’s first shot of the game, and how they responded could set the tone for the rest of the season.

Sophomore forward Thorleifur Ulfarsson connected on two goals in the Blue Devils' 3-1 victory.

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'Really like the direction we're going': Duke men's soccer beats Louisville to win fifth straight

By Annaleise V. Linkenhoker | October 3, 2021

After freshman forward Shakur Mohammed scored first off a counter attack and an assist from sophomore Peter Stroud in the 22nd minute, the Blue Devils held the lead for the rest of the game after a stellar defensive performance, eventually coming away with a 3-1 victory.

Sophomore Thorleifur Ulfarsson tallied his second hat trick of his career against Howard.

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Hat-trick hero Thorleifur Ulfarsson brings No. 4 Duke men’s soccer past Howard

By Andrew Long | September 30, 2021

“I think the team has just grown over time,” Thorleifur Ulfarsson said. “We're getting better and better at the best time of the year.”