Kerr Announces 2014 Men's Soccer Schedule

DURHAM, N.C.—With the spring men's soccer schedule getting underway Friday night at Wake Forest, head coach John Kerr already knows what lies ahead for the Blue Devils in the fall of 2014. Duke will host 11 games, including annual ACC foes North Carolina and Notre Dame.

Duke's schedule features the reigning NCAA Champion, two College Cup teams and seven NCAA Tournament squads overall.

The Blue Devils open the 2014 campaign with a trio of exhibition games before officially kicking off the season with the John Rennie/Nike Classic Aug. 29. Duke will host Stetson and Loyola Marymount in the opening weekend.

It will be the first meeting with Stetson since 1985, while Loyola Marymount and Duke will face each other for the first time in the programs' histories. LMU is coming off a good season, finishing 13-4-3 and advancing to the first round of the NCAA Tournament before losing to Stanford in a penalty kick shootout.

Duke will hit the road for the first time for a Sept. 5 contest at Southern Methodist. The Mustangs and Blue Devils last met in 2011 in Durham with SMU coming away with a 1-0 overtime victory.

The first midweek game comes against Temple Sept. 9 at 7 p.m. Duke is 2-0-0 all-time against the Owls with consecutive wins in 2004 and 2005. Four days later, the Blue Devils open ACC play at its newest member Louisville at 7 p.m. Led by former Blue Devil Ken Lolla, Louisville is 1-1-1 against Duke with the most recently contest being a 0-0 draw in Durham in 2010.

The back and forth schedule continues with a short trip to UNC Wilmington Sept. 23 before returning home to host ACC foe Boston College Sept. 26 and non-conference opponent Appalachian State Sept. 30.

Arguably the toughest road stretch for the Blue Devils comes over the next two weeks as Duke travels to Wake Forest Oct. 3 and Virginia Oct. 10. Wake Forest is coming off of a 9-5-5 season in which it advanced to the NCAA Tournament third round. The Demon Deacons are 14-23-6 overall and have not beaten Duke since 2009. Virginia, coming off of its 11th College Cup appearance, owns a two-game win streak over Duke and has the narrow 39-37-8 edge in the overall series.

Duke returns home to host non-conference rival Davidson Oct. 14. The Blue Devils and Wildcats have faced each other in each of the past eight seasons with Duke dominating that stretch 7-1. Duke rallied for a 3-2 overtime victory at Davidson in 2013.

The Blue Devils welcome reigning NCAA Champion Notre Dame Oct. 17. Duke faced the Fighting Irish twice in 2013, dropping hard-fought 3-1 and 1-0 games. A short trip to Elon awaits Duke Oct. 21 The Phoenix are coming off one of its most memorable seasons after advancing to the NCAA Tournament second round and going 15-4-2 overall. Duke has never lost to Elon, sporting a 9-0-3 record against the Phoenix.

Pittsburgh visits Koskinen Stadium Oct. 24 in the ACC home finale for the Blue Devils, while Duke closes out its overall home schedule with Georgia State Oct. 28. It will be third time in the past four seasons Duke and Georgia State will meet. The Blue Devils are a perfect 5-0-0 against the Panthers.

The regular season ends on Halloween night at Virginia Tech. Duke is riding a five-game win streak against the Hokies with the last loss coming in 2004.

The ACC Tournament gets underway Nov. 6 with quarterfinal games at campus sites. The ACC semifinals and championship are set for Nov. 14 and 16th, respectively.

Date	Opponent	Location	Time
Friday, August 15, 2014	at Old Dominion ^	Norfolk, Va.	TBA
Tuesday, August 19, 2014	Radford ^	Durham, N.C.	7 p.m.
Friday, August 22, 2014	Charleston ^	Durham, N.C.	7 p.m.
John Rennie/Nike Invitational, Aug. 29-31
Friday, August 29, 2014	Elon vs. Stetson	Durham, N.C.	5 p.m.
Friday, August 29, 2014	Loyola Marymount	Durham, N.C.	7:30 p.m.
Sunday, August 31, 2014	Elon vs. Loyola Maryomount	Durham, N.C.	12 p.m.
Sunday, August 31, 2014	Stetson	Durham, N.C.	2:30 p.m.
Friday, September 05, 2014	at Southern Methodist	Dallas, Texas	7 p.m.
Tuesday, September 9, 2014	Temple	Durham, N.C.	7 p.m.
Saturday, September 13, 2014	at Louisville *	Louisville, Ky.	7 p.m.
Friday, September 19, 2014	North Carolina *	Durham, N.C.	7 p.m.
Tuesday, September 23, 2014	at UNC Wilmington	Wilmington, N.C.	7 p.m.
Friday, September 26, 2014	Boston College*	Durham, N.C.	7 p.m.
Tuesday, September 30, 2014	Appalachian State	Durham, N.C.	7 p.m.
Friday, October 3, 2014	at Wake Forest *	Winston-Salem, N.C.	7 p.m.
Friday, October 10, 2014	at Virginia *	Charlottesville, Va.	7 p.m.
Tuesday, October 14, 2014	Davidson	Durham, N.C.	7 p.m.
Friday, October 17, 2014	Notre Dame *	Durham, N.C.	7 p.m.
Tuesday, October 21, 2014	at Elon	Elon, N.C.	7 p.m.
Friday, October 24, 2014	Pittsburgh *	Durham, N.C.	7 p.m.
Tuesday, October 28, 2014	Georgia State	Durham, N.C.	7 p.m.
Friday, October 31, 2014	at Virginia Tech *	Blacksburg, Va.	7 p.m.
Thursday, November 6, 2014	ACC Quarterfinal	TBA	TBA
November 14-16, 2014	ACC Championship	TBA	TBA
* ACC Contest
^ Exhibition

#GoDuke

Kerr Announces 2014 Men's Soccer Schedule

Related News

Related Videos

Duke information