2023 Duke Blue Devils men's soccer team

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2023 Duke Blue Devils men's soccer
Duke Athletics logo.svg
NCAA Tournament, Second Round
Conference Atlantic Coast Conference
U. Soc. Coaches  pollNo. 20
TopDrawerSoccer.comNo. 19
Record11–4–3 (4–3–1 ACC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
Home stadium Koskinen Stadium
Seasons
  2022
2024  
2023 ACC men's soccer standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Atlantic
No. 15 Wake Forest + 4 1 311 3 5
No. 1 Clemson4 2 215 3 5
No. 25 Syracuse + 2 1 59 5 7
No. 24 Louisville + 2 4 212 6 3
NC State 1 5 26 9 3
Boston College 0 5 33 9 5
Coastal
No. 2 Notre Dame + 6 0 213 3 6
No. 13 Virginia + 5 2 111 4 4
No. 20 Duke+ 4 3 111 4 3
No. 6 North Carolina + 2 3 311 3 7
Pittsburgh + 2 3 36 7 4
Virginia Tech 2 5 14 9 4
As of December 12, 2023
Rankings from United Soccer Coaches
Source: The ACC

The 2023 Duke Blue Devils men's soccer team represented Duke University during the 2023 NCAA Division I men's soccer season. The Blue Devils were led by head coach John Kerr, in his sixteenth season. They played their home games at Koskinen Stadium. The team was founded in 1935 and played the 2023 season in the Atlantic Coast Conference.

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The Blue Devils finished the season 11–4–3 overall and 4–3–1 in ACC play to finish in third place in the Coastal Division. As the fifth overall seed in the ACC Tournament, they defeated twelfth seed Boston College in the First Round before losing to eventual champions Clemson on penalties in the Quarterfinals. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament and were awarded the fifteenth overall seed. Being a seeded team, they received a bye into the Second Round where they were defeated by Western Michigan to end their season.

Background

The Blue Devils finished the season 13–2–4 overall and 5–0–3 in ACC play to finish in first place in the Coastal Division. As the first overall seed in the ACC Tournament, the received a bye into the Quarterfinals where they were upset at home by eighth seed Clemson. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament and were awarded the seventh overall seed. Being a seeded team, they received a bye into the Second Round where they defeated Denver and then FIU in the Third Round before being upset by unseeded Creighton in the Quarterfinals.

Player movement

Players leaving

Departures
NameNumberPos.HeightWeightYearHometownReason for Departure
Eliot Hamill1GK6'2"175Graduate Student Scarsdale, New York Graduated
Peter Stroud 8MF5'10"145Junior Chester, New Jersey Signed Professional Contract with New York Red Bulls [1]
Scotty Taylor9FW6'0"157Senior Millburn, New Jersey Graduated
Josh Kim13MF5'11"165Freshman Whitestone, New York
Shakur Mohammed 14MF/FW5'10"160Sophomore Kumasi, Ghana Drafted 2nd overall in the 2023 MLS SuperDraft [2]
Santa Ihara17MF5'11"145Junior Tokyo Japan
Carl Fisher20MF6'0"160Senior White Plains, New York Graduated
Daniel Aguilar21MF6'1"175Senior Baltimore, Maryland Graduated
Alex Bonnington30FW6'1"180Freshman Rotherham, England Transferred to Boston University
Peter Wentzel31GK6'3"205Graduate Student Ettlingen, Germany Graduated

Players arriving

Incoming Transfers

Incoming Transfers
NameNumberPos.HeightWeightYearHometownPrevious School
Cameron Fisher14MF6'0"175Graduate Student Scottsdale, Arizona North Carolina
Forster Ajago21FW6'2"178Graduate Student Navrongo, Ghana Dayton
Fahmi Ibrahim26FW6'0"175Graduate Student Alameda, California California

Recruiting Class

NameNat.HometownClubTDS Rating
Ulfur Bjornsson
FW
Flag of Iceland.svg  ISL Hafnarfjörður, Iceland Hafnarfjarðar N/A
Julian Eyestone
GK
Flag of the United States.svg  USA Dallas, Texas FC Dallas AcademyStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [3]
Nathan Gaviser
GK
Flag of the United States.svg  USA Edgemont, New York FC WestchesterN/A [4]
Bull Jorgensen
MF
Flag of Norway.svg  NOR Asker, Norway Kongsvinger N/A
Andrew Myerson
MF
Flag of the United States.svg  USA Issaquah, Washington Eastside FC 04 ECNLN/A [5]

Squad

Roster

As of January 29, 2024 [6]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.Pos.NationPlayer
0 GK Flag of the United States.svg  USA Grant Farley
00 GK Flag of the United States.svg  USA Jacob Hochstein
1 GK Flag of the United States.svg  USA Julian Eyestone
2 DF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Amir Daley
3 DF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Kamran Acito
4 DF Ulster Banner.svg  NIR Lewis McGarvey
5 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Antino Lopez
6 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Cameron Kerr
7 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Felix Barajas
8 MF Flag of Norway.svg  NOR Bull Jorgensen
9 FW Flag of Iceland.svg  ISL Ulfur Bjornsson
10 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Nick Pariano
11 FW Flag of Bermuda.svg  BER Jai Bean
12 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Ruben Mesalles
13 FW Flag of the United States.svg  USA Jose Ortega
14 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Cameron Fisher
No.Pos.NationPlayer
15 FW Flag of the United States.svg  USA Krew Verratti
16 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Luke Thomas
17 MF Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg  TRI Wayne Frederick
18 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Bryce Barnum
19 DF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Sintayehu Clements
20 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Andrew Myerson
21 FW Flag of Ghana.svg  GHA Forster Ajago
22 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Drew Kerr
23 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Kenan Hot
24 DF Flag of Iceland.svg  ISL Axel Gudbjornsson
25 FW Flag of the United States.svg  USA Miguel Ramirez
26 FW Flag of the United States.svg  USA Fahmi Ibrahim
28 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Sebastian Docters
29 DF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Nate Mulvaney
30 GK Flag of the United States.svg  USA Nathan Gaviser
32 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Jackson Lagos

Team management

PositionStaff
Athletic Director Flag of the United States.svg Nina King
Head coach Flag of the United States.svg John Kerr
Associate head coach Flag of England.svg Michael Brady
Assistant Coach Flag of the United States.svg Kyle Renfro
Volunteer assistant coach Flag of the United States.svg Tristan Wierbonski

Source: [6]

Schedule

Source: [7]

Date
Time, TV
Rank#Opponent#ResultRecordSite (Attendance)
City, State
Exhibition
August 12*
4:00 p.m.
No. 4at  UNC Asheville W  3–0  
Greenwood Soccer Field
Asheville, NC
August 16*
7:00 p.m.
No. 4 UNC Wilmington W  4–0  
Koskinen Stadium
Durham, NC
August 18*
4:00 p.m.
No. 4at No. 17  Georgetown T  2–2  
Shaw Field
Washington, D.C.
Regular season
August 25*
7:30 p.m.,  ACCNX
No. 4 Jacksonville W  3–1  1–0–0
Koskinen Stadium (1,023)
Durham, NC
August 27*
2:30 p.m., ACCNX
No. 4 Furman W  6–0  2–0–0
Koskinen Stadium (1,129)
Durham, NC
August 31*
7:00 p.m., ACCNX
No. 3 Wofford T  2–2  2–0–1
Koskinen Stadium (645)
Durham, NC
September 4*
4:00 p.m.,  ESPN+
No. 3at  Princeton W  2–0  3–0–1
Roberts Stadium (1,200)
Princeton, NJ
September 8
7:00 p.m., ACCNX
No. 10 Virginia W  2–0  4–0–1
(1–0–0)
Koskinen Stadium (1,569)
Durham, NC
September 15
7:30 p.m., ACCNX
No. 8at  Clemson L  0–2  4–1–1
(1–1–0)
Riggs Field (2,953)
Clemson, SC
September 24
4:00 p.m., ACCNX
No. 11at  North Carolina
Rivalry
L  1–2  4–2–1
(1–2–0)
Dorrance Field (2,858)
Chapel Hill, NC
September 26*
7:00 p.m., ACCNX
No. 21 Charleston W  3–2  5–2–1
Koskinen Stadium (418)
Durham, NC
September 29
7:00 p.m., ACCN
No. 21No. 7  Syracuse W  5–3  6–2–1
(2–2–0)
Koskinen Stadium (1,524)
Durham, NC
October 7
7:00 p.m., ACCNX
No. 14at No. 11  Notre Dame L  0–1  6–3–1
(2–3–0)
Alumni Stadium (1,451)
Notre Dame, IN
October 10*
7:00 p.m., ACCNX
No. 15 Elon W  3–0  7–3–1
Koskinen Stadium (559)
Durham, NC
October 13
8:00 p.m., ACCN
No. 15 NC STate W  2–1  8–3–1
(3–3–0)
Koskinen Stadium (1,457)
Durham, NC
October 21
7:00 p.m., ACCNX
No. 9at No. 23  Pittsburgh T  0–0  8–3–2
(3–3–1)
Koskinen Stadium (1,180)
Durham, NC
October 24*
7:00 p.m., ACCNX
No. 8 Howard W  7–0  9–3–2
Koskinen Stadium (523)
Durham, NC
October 27
7:00 p.m., ACCNX
No. 8 Virginia Tech W  7–1  10–3–2
(4–3–1)
Koskinen Stadium (1,367)
Durham, NC
ACC Tournament
November 1
6:00 p.m., ACCN
(5) No. 8(12)  Boston College
First Round
W  3–2  11–3–2
Koskinen Stadium (435)
Durham, NC
November 5
6:00 p.m., ACCN
(5) No. 8(4) No. 14 Clemson
Quarterfinals
T  3–3 (1–4 PKs) 11–3–3
Riggs Field (435)
Clemson, SC
NCAA Tournament
November 19
1:00 p.m., ESPN+
(15) No. 8No. 16  Western Michigan
Second Round
L  1–2  11–4–3
Koskinen Stadium (1,213)
Durham, NC
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from United Soccer Coaches. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Eastern.

Awards and honors

RecipientAwardDateRef.
Nick Pariano Pre-Season All-ACC Team August 26, 2023 [8]
Forster Ajago ACC Co-Offensive Player of the Week August 29 [9]
Julian Eyestone ACC Defensive Player of the Week September 12 [10]
Nick Pariano ACC Offensive Player of the Week October 3 [11]
Forster Ajago ACC Co-Offensive Player of the Week October 17 [12]
Forster Ajago ACC Offensive Player of the Year November 8, 2023 [13]
Forster Ajago All-ACC First Team
Nick Pariano
Ulfur Bjornsson All-ACC Second Team
Amir Daley
Julian Eyestone
Antino Lopez All-ACC Third Team
Ulfur Bjornsson All-ACC Freshman Team
Julian Eyestone

2024 MLS Super Draft

PlayerTeamRoundPick #Position
Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg Wayne Frederick Colorado Rapids 12MF
Flag of the United States.svg Antino Lopez Seattle Sounders FC 252DF
Flag of the United States.svg Ruben Mesalles Real Salt Lake 384DF

Source: [14]

Rankings

Ranking movements
Legend:██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
( ) = First-place votes
Week
PollPre123456789101112131415Final
United Soccer [15] 4 (1)3108112114159888Not released20
TopDrawer Soccer [16] 54831221121388781119191919

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