Drew Kerr

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Drew Kerr
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Kerr in 2024
Personal information
Full name Drew Kerr
Date of birth (2004-12-16) December 16, 2004 (age 19)
Place of birth Hillsborough, North Carolina
Height 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 North Carolina FC
Number 22
Youth career
2016–2022 North Carolina FC
College career
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2022– Duke Blue Devils 28 (2)
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2021–2022 North Carolina FC U23 15 (2)
2021–2022 North Carolina FC 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of October 16, 2022

Drew Kerr (born December 16, 2004) is an American soccer player who plays as a midfielder. He has played for North Carolina FC in USL League One and North Carolina FC U23 in USL League Two.

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Early life

Kerr began playing in the North Carolina FC academy system in 2016. [1]

College career

He committed to join Duke University in 2022 to play college soccer with the men's soccer team, where his father was the head coach. [2] [3] On August 25, 2023, he scored his first collegiate goal in a 3-1 victory over the Jacksonville Dolphins. [4] He has earned All-ACC Academic honors in 2022 and 2023. [5] [6]

Club career

In March 2021, he signed an academy contract with the North Carolina FC first team in USL League One in 2021, [7] while a high school sophomore. [8] He signed a second academy contract with the pro team the following year. [9] During the summers of 2021 and 2022, he played with their pre-professional side North Carolina FC U23 in the fourth tier USL League Two. [10] [11] He made his professional debut with North Carolina FC in USL League One on October 1 against Toronto FC II. [12]

Personal

He is the son of Duke Blue Devils men's soccer coach John Kerr and former Providence College coach Tracy DiMillio Kerr. He has an older sister, Alex, who plays for the Orlando Pride, and brother, Cameron, who played with him at Duke. [13] [14]

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References

  1. ↑ "Drew Kerr Duke profile". Duke Blue Devils .
  2. ↑ "Duke men's soccer adds depth ahead of 2022 season, signing 10 recruits". Soccerwire. June 19, 2022.
  3. ↑ "Blue Devils Announce 2022 Signing Class". Duke Blue Devils . June 17, 2022.
  4. ↑ "No. 4 Duke Surges Past Jacksonville, 3-1". Duke Blue Devils . August 25, 2023.
  5. ↑ "Stroud Named Scholar-Athlete of the Year, 16 Blue Devils Named to 2022 All-ACC Academic Team". Duke Blue Devils . February 1, 2023.
  6. ↑ "14 Blue Devils Earn All-ACC Academic Team Honors". Duke Blue Devils . February 1, 2024.
  7. ↑ Whiteside, Matthew (March 24, 2021). "North Carolina FC Takes Monumental Step in Youth-to-Professional Development, Signing 15 Academy Players". North Carolina FC .
  8. ↑ "15 Academy Players Sign with NCFC". North Carolina FC . March 24, 2021.
  9. ↑ "North Carolina FC Inks Eight NCFC Academy Players to Amateur Contracts". North Carolina FC Youth . April 6, 2022.
  10. ↑ "Drew Kerr 2021 USL2 Stats". USL League Two .
  11. ↑ "Drew Kerr 2022 USL2 Stats". USL League Two .
  12. ↑ Martin, Hannah (October 1, 2021). "Match Recap: North Carolina FC Fall to Toronto FC II on the Road". North Carolina FC .
  13. ↑ "Drew Kerr Duke profile". Duke Blue Devils .
  14. ↑ Spooner, Garrett (November 5, 2023). "Keeping it in the family: Duke men's soccer's Cam and Drew Kerr round out final year playing together with dad as head coach". Duke Chronicle . Retrieved June 13, 2024.
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