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8 p.m.
Men's Soccer
at North Carolina
Friday, September 16
Durham, N.C.
7 P.M.
Duke University
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North Carolina
No. 5 Duke Hosts North Carolina in ACC Home Opener
9/15/2022 2:47:00 PM | Men's Soccer
DURHAM – Fresh off a 2-1 come-from-behind victory at then-No. 10 Louisville last Saturday, fifth-ranked Duke (4-0-0, 1-0-0) welcomes rival North Carolina (3-2-0, 0-1-0) to Koskinen Stadium for the Blue Devils' ACC home-opener on Friday evening. First touch is scheduled for 7:05 p.m., with the match streaming live on ACC Network Extra.
SERIES HISTORY
45 – The consecutive seasons by the Duke men's soccer program with at least one All-ACC honoree. The team has had one every season since 1976.
8 – The amount of points Shakur Mohammed has collected in just four games in 2022. He leads the team and is tied for 16th in country for total points after scoring a goal and recording an assist against Louisville.
3 – Consecutive ACC openers won by Duke after the Blue Devils defeated Louisville 2-1 on Saturday night.
4 – Assists for Nick Pariano, leading the team. He distributed two assists against Louisville, the first time a Duke player has recorded two or more assists in one game since Cameron Kerr did so against Wake Forest in November 2021.
5 - Duke secured their highest ranking of the young 2022 season when they came in at No. 5 in the country in the United Soccer Coaches poll on Sept. 13. It's also the highest the Blue Devils have been ranked since they were tabbed as the No. 3 team in the country last October.
2 – ACC award winners returning from last season. Reigning ACC Midfielder of the Year Peter Stroud and ACC Freshman of the Year Shakur Mohammed are both back in action for another campaign.
62.8 - The percentage of 2021 goals from returning players this season. While losing Thorleifur Ulfarsson's 15 goals, the team had 27 from returning players this year.
9 – The Blue Devils' goal differential during the 2022 so far this season. Buoyed by three shutouts to start the year, Duke is tied for 2nd in the ACC and tied for 16th nationally for goal differential so far this season.
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SERIES HISTORY
- Duke and North Carolina will renew the rivalry for the 98th time overall on Friday night, with the Blue Devils trailing in the series 37-50-10.
- The No. 12 Blue Devils defeated the No. 16 Tar Heels in their last matchup, taking home a 3-0 road win on Sept. 19 of last year.
- Shakur Mohammed and Amir Daley scored two goals in the first 14 minutes of play to open up an early lead and scored their third goal of the contest in the 50th minute when Scotty Taylor slotted it home. Goalkeeper Eliot Hamill finished the game in 2021 with his second consecutive shutout and his fourth in five games.
- North Carolina received votes in the United Soccer Coaches poll this week, collecting the second-most votes outside of the top-25.
- The Tar Heels secured a win in their mid-week game against East Tennessee State on Tuesday night, beating the Bucs by a score of 1-0.
- North Carolina was picked to finish second in the Coastal Division in the ACC Men's Soccer Preseason Coaches' Poll, receiving 52 total points, including five first-place votes. The Tar Heels also picked up two votes to finish as ACC champion
- Duke used two second-half goals to comeback against No. 10 Louisville last Saturday, defeating the Cardinals 2-1.
- The ACC opener for both teams was a top-10 matchup, with the Blue Devils ranked seventh.
- Jai Bean and Shakur Mohammed were the goal scorers for Duke, with Bean scoring his first goal of the season in the 54th minute and Mohammed firing home his third goal of 2022 in the 82nd minute.
- Shakur Mohammed picked up several weekly awards following his offensive efforts against Louisville on Sept. 10.
- The sophomore M/F assisted on the Blue Devils' first goal of the game and then scored the game-winner in the 82nd minute to push No. 7 Duke past No. 10 Louisville, 2-1.
- Mohammed was named ACC Co-Offensive Player of the Week on Sept. 13 and was also named to both TopDrawerSoccer and College Soccer News' National Team of the Week.
- Forward Jai Bean made his first appearance of the 2022 season for the Blue Devils against Louisville last Saturday.
- The sophomore made an immediate impact, scoring his first goal of the year in the 54th minute to draw Duke level with the Cardinals.
- Bean played 58 minutes off the bench against Louisville, the most of any Blue Devils substitute.
- After using his COVID year to return to the Blue Devils for one more season, goalkeeper Eliot Hamill has made his presence felt between the posts.
- His three shoutouts in the first three games to start the season means he's halfway to matching his season total for clean sheets in 2021 (6).
- The graduate student has played all 360 minutes and has lowered his career goal against average to 1.08.
45 – The consecutive seasons by the Duke men's soccer program with at least one All-ACC honoree. The team has had one every season since 1976.
8 – The amount of points Shakur Mohammed has collected in just four games in 2022. He leads the team and is tied for 16th in country for total points after scoring a goal and recording an assist against Louisville.
3 – Consecutive ACC openers won by Duke after the Blue Devils defeated Louisville 2-1 on Saturday night.
4 – Assists for Nick Pariano, leading the team. He distributed two assists against Louisville, the first time a Duke player has recorded two or more assists in one game since Cameron Kerr did so against Wake Forest in November 2021.
5 - Duke secured their highest ranking of the young 2022 season when they came in at No. 5 in the country in the United Soccer Coaches poll on Sept. 13. It's also the highest the Blue Devils have been ranked since they were tabbed as the No. 3 team in the country last October.
2 – ACC award winners returning from last season. Reigning ACC Midfielder of the Year Peter Stroud and ACC Freshman of the Year Shakur Mohammed are both back in action for another campaign.
62.8 - The percentage of 2021 goals from returning players this season. While losing Thorleifur Ulfarsson's 15 goals, the team had 27 from returning players this year.
9 – The Blue Devils' goal differential during the 2022 so far this season. Buoyed by three shutouts to start the year, Duke is tied for 2nd in the ACC and tied for 16th nationally for goal differential so far this season.
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