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Coming in at No. 5: Duke men's soccer made history in the regular season before stringing together a deep NCAA tournament run.
In the MLS SuperDraft Wednesday afternoon, Orlando City SC selected the sophomore forward with the second pick of the first round.
Mohammed will forgo his remaining NCAA eligibility and declare for the 2023 MLS SuperDraft.
It was a somber end to a stellar season, and if not for a few millimeters here and there, some slight swings of luck and the deathly kiss of the post, it could have been different.
The Blue Devils' season ends after its loss against the Bluejays with a spot as one of the tournament's final four teams on the line.
Though the Panthers brought their best, the Blue Devils, supported by their strong defensive performance and a goal from senior Scotty Taylor in the dying minutes of the first half, hung on to beat FIU with their fifth 1-0 win of the season.
Like the fans of Ecuador, the Blue Devil faithful celebrated as No. 7-seed Duke took down Denver in a second-round matchup that paired two of the top defenses in the country.
It has been a historic season for the Blue Devils, and four of their stars just made history of their own.
When they were tested with an unstoppable force dead-set on launching the ball—14 times, to be exact—into the net from close and afar, their greatest strength became their ultimate Achilles heel.
Sunday evening at Koskinen Stadium, a Blue Devil team that earned its top seed via an impenetrable defense met a Clemson team that earned a national championship a year ago via an unwavering offensive attack.
With a first-round bye, the Blue Devils had two possibilities for their first opponent of the ACC tournament: the defending ACC champion or the defending national champion.
As the sun set over Thompson Field at Virginia Tech’s similarly gothic campus in Blacksburg, Va., Friday evening, the third-ranked Blue Devils thoroughly and comprehensively outclassed the hapless Hokies 1-0 to close the lid on their undefeated regular season.
The Blue Devil supporters grew louder as the seconds ticked away, expecting to celebrate the single euphoric goal that would pull off Duke’s great escape. But it never came.
Tuesday evening’s thrashing of the Colonials at a frigid Koskinen Stadium in many ways continued a season narrative that has seen many of the same trends that Washington’s crossing resembled: victory, overcoming the odds and challenging the status quo.
Performing under pressure is not about being perfect, it’s about prevailing, and Duke, despite some second-half discombobulation, was able to fall back on a battle-tested system and do just that.
In many ways, Duke was a hummingbird in its 2-0 win against Notre Dame Friday evening at Koskinen Stadium: It was fast, it was frantic and it was fascinating. Instead of nectar in a feeder, however, the sweet substance the Blue Devils tasted was revenge.
Friday's scoreless draw was tight and tense, but it ultimately lent favor to the Blue Devils, who were able to maintain their spot at the top of the ACC Coastal Division.
For as long as Peter Stroud, a junior midfielder at Duke, can remember, soccer and life have been one and the same.
Although Duke managed to come out of Tuesday’s affair with a 2-0 victory, the Blue Devils realized early on that Howard would not allow itself to be pushed aside.
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The Demon Deacons were college soccer’s most formidable foe when Duke arrived in Winston-Salem, N.C. But none of that mattered when, at the conclusion of 90 grueling minutes, the Blue Devils had finally struck the Goliath between the eyes, winning 3-2.