2020 Duke Blue Devils men's soccer team

The 2020 Duke Blue Devils men's soccer team represented Duke University during the 2020 NCAA Division I men's soccer season. The Blue Devils were led by head coach John Kerr, in his thirteenth season. They played home games at Koskinen Stadium. The team was founded in 1935 and currently plays in the Atlantic Coast Conference.

2020 Duke Blue Devils men's soccer
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
2020 record	2–6–0 (2–4–0 ACC)
Head coach	John Kerr (13th season)
Assistant coaches	Michael Brady (13th season) Kyle Renfro (1st season)
Home stadium	Koskinen Stadium

2020 ACC men's soccer standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
North
No. 2 Pittsburgh	4	–	0	–	0			7	–	1	–	0
No. 4 Virginia Tech	3	–	1	–	2			3	–	2	–	2
Notre Dame	3	–	2	–	0			5	–	4	–	0
Virginia	2	–	3	–	1			3	–	4	–	1
Louisville	1	–	4	–	1			1	–	6	–	1
Syracuse	0	–	3	–	2			0	–	3	–	2
South
No. 3 Wake Forest	5	–	1	–	0			7	–	2	–	0
North Carolina	3	–	1	–	2			3	–	2	–	2
No. 1 Clemson‡	3	–	2	–	1			8	–	2	–	1
Duke	2	–	4	–	0			2	–	6	–	0
NC State	0	–	5	–	1			0	–	6	–	1
Boston College†			–							–
‡ – 2020 ACC Tournament champion + – Also invited to the 2020 NCAA Tournament As of November 24, 2020; Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Source:The ACC Note: † Due to COVID-19, Boston College has suspended the 2020 men's soccer season.

The teams' 2020 season was significantly impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, which curtailed the fall season and caused the NCAA Tournament to be played in Spring 2021. The ACC was one of the only two conferences in men's soccer to play in the fall of 2020. The ACC also held a mini-season during the spring of 2021.

Background

The 2019 Duke men's soccer team finished the season with a 7–9–2 overall record and a 2–5–1 ACC record. The Blue Devils were seeded twelfth–overall in the 2019 ACC Men's Soccer Tournament, where they lost to NC State in the First Round. The Blue Devils were not invited to the 2019 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Tournament.

Player movement

Players leaving

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Reason for departure
Sergi Nus	4	DF	6'2"	185	Graduate Student	Barcelona, Spain	Graduated
Aedan Stanley	5	DF	5'11"	175	Sophomore	Columbia, IL	Signed with Portland Timbers 2
Daniele Proch	9	MF	5'8"	150	Senior	Riva del Garda, Italy	Graduated
Suniel Veerakone	10	MF	5'8"	135	Senior	Caledonia, MI	Graduated
Max Moser	11	DF	5'9"	160	Senior	Bregenz, Austria	Graduated
Colby Agu	12	FW	6'2"	165	Senior	Cary, NC	Graduated
Carl Fisher	17	MF	–	–	Freshman	White Plains, NY	–
Hassan Pinto	18	DF	6'1"	160	Graduate Student	Durham, NC	Graduated
Brandon Williamson	19	MF	5'10"	135	Senior	Gainesville, VA	Graduated
Max Feldman	26	DF	6'2"	170	Senior	Chapel Hill, NC	Graduated

Players arriving

Name	Nat.	Hometown	Club	TDS Rating
Adam Armour DF	USA	Cary, NC	North Carolina FC Youth	[1]
Sintayehu Clements DF	USA	Seattle, WA	Seattle Sounders (Academy)	[2]
Amir Daley FW	USA	Elmont, NY	New York Red Bulls (Academy)	[3]
John Harms GK	USA	Whitefish Bay, WI	Columbus Crew SC (Academy)	[4]
Santa Ihara MF	JPN	Toyko, Japan	SIMA	[5]
Antino Lopez DF	USA	Las Vegas, NV	Seattle Sounders (Academy)	[6]
Nicholas Pariano MF	USA	Philadelphia, PA	Philadelphia Union (Academy)	[7]
Miguel Ramirez DF	USA	Lawrenceville, GA	Atlanta United (Academy)	[8]
Peter Stroud MF	USA	Chester, NJ	West Ham United (Academy)	[9]
Krew Verratti MF	USA	Cincinnati, OH	Cincinnati United Premier	[10]

Squad

Roster

Updated November 6, 2020[11]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. 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 2 DF  USA Stephen O'Connell 3 DF  AUT Matthias Frick 4 DF  NIR Lewis McGarvey 5 MF  USA Antino Lopez 6 MF  USA Cameron Kerr 7 FW  USA Daniel Wright 8 MF  USA Jack Doran 9 FW  USA Scotty Taylor 10 MF  ISL Kristófer Garðarsson 11 DF  ARG Nicolas Macri 13 DF  USA Ian Murphy

No. Pos. Nation Player 14 MF  USA Peter Stroud 15 FW  USA Krew Verratti 16 DF  USA Kees Heetderks 17 MF  JPN Santa Ihara 18 MF  USA Nick Pariano 19 DF  USA Sintayehu Clements 20 DF  USA Adrian Vela 21 MF  USA Daniel Aguilar 22 MF  USA Conor Kelly 23 GK  USA JT Harms 24 MF  USA Alex Slover 25 FW  USA Miguel Ramirez 26 DF  USA Amir Daley 30 GK  USA Matthew Wolf

Team management

Position	Staff
Athletic Director	Kevin White
Head Coach	John Kerr
Associate Head Coach	Michael Brady
Assistant Coach	Kyle Renfro
Volunteer Assistant Coach	Tristan Wierbonski

Source:[11]

Schedule

Source:[12]

Date Time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (Attendance) City, State
Regular season
September 21* 7:30 p.m., ESPN+		at Kentucky	L 2–4	0–1–0	Wendell & Vickie Bell Soccer Complex (95) Lexington, KY
September 26 7:00 p.m., ACCNX		NC State Rivalry	W 1–0 ^2OT	1–1–0 (1–0–0)	Koskinen Stadium (0) Durham, NC
October 2 7:00 p.m., ACCNX		North Carolina Rivalry	L 0–2	1–2–0 (1–1–0)	Koskinen Stadium (0) Durham, NC
October 9 8:00 p.m., ACCN		at NC State Rivalry	W 3–1	2–2–0 (2–1–0)	Dail Soccer Field (70) Raleigh, NC
October 16 8:00 p.m., ACCN		at Clemson	L 1–2 ^2OT	2–3–0 (2–2–0)	Riggs Field (1,000) Clemson, SC
October 23 6:00 p.m., ACCN		No. 2 Wake Forest Rivalry	L 1–2	2–4–0 (2–3–0)	Koskinen Stadium (0) Durham, NC
October 30* 7:00 p.m., ACCNX		No. 4 Kentucky	Canceled	2–4–0 (2–3–0)	Koskinen Stadium Durham, NC
November 6 8:00 p.m.		at No. 4 North Carolina Rivalry	L 0–2	2–5–0 (2–4–0)	Dorrance Field (0) Chapel Hill, NC
ACC Tournament
November 15 6:00 p.m., ACCN	(S4)	vs. (N1) No. 1 Pittsburgh Quarterfinals	L 1–2	2–6–0	Dail Soccer Field (77) Raleigh, NC
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from United Soccer Coaches. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

Awards and honors

Recipient	Award	Date	Ref.

2021 MLS Super Draft

Player	Team	Round	Pick #	Position
Aedan Stanley	Austin FC	1	21	DF

Source:[13]

Rankings

Fall 2020

Ranking movement
Legend: ██ Improvement in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking. ██ Not ranked the previous week. RV=Others receiving votes.

Poll	Wk 1	Wk 2	Wk 3	Wk 4	Wk 5	Wk 6	Wk 7	Wk 8	Wk 9	Final
United Soccer[14]

Spring 2021

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]														None Released
TopDrawer Soccer [15]

References

1. "Adam Armour". topdrawersoccer.com. Retrieved November 6, 2020.
2. "Sintayehu Clements". topdrawersoccer.com. Retrieved November 6, 2020.
3. "Amir Daley". topdrawersoccer.com. Retrieved November 6, 2020.
4. "John Harms". topdrawersoccer.com. Retrieved November 6, 2020.
5. "Santa Ihara". topdrawersoccer.com. Retrieved November 6, 2020.
6. "Antino Lopez". topdrawersoccer.com. Retrieved November 6, 2020.
7. "Nicholas Pariano". topdrawersoccer.com. Retrieved November 6, 2020.
8. "Miguel Ramirez". topdrawersoccer.com. Retrieved November 6, 2020.
9. "Peter Stroud". topdrawersoccer.com. Retrieved November 6, 2020.
10. "Krew Verratti". topdrawersoccer.com. Retrieved November 6, 2020.
11. "Duke Men's Soccer - 2020 Roster". goduke.com. Duke University Athletics. Retrieved November 6, 2020.
12. "2020-21 Men's Soccer Schedule". Duke Blue Devils Athletics. Retrieved November 6, 2020.
13. "2021 MLS SuperDraft Tracker". MLSSoccer.com. Retrieved January 22, 2021.
14. "NCAA DI Men's National Rankings". National Soccer Coaches Association of America. October 29, 2020. Retrieved October 29, 2020.
15. "College Soccer National Rankings". TopDrawer Soccer. February 1, 2021. Retrieved February 3, 2021.