Upcoming Event: Men's Soccer at Clemson on October 17, 2025 at 8 p.m.
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8 p.m.
Men's Soccer
at Clemson
Friday, September 8
Durham, N.C.
7 p.m.
Duke University
vs
Virginia
Blue Devils Open Conference Play on Friday Night
9/7/2023 3:00:00 PM | Men's Soccer
DURHAM – Duke men's soccer opens ACC play on Friday night at Koskinen Stadium, hosting Virginia at 7 p.m. Single-game tickets can be purchased here and students can reserve their tickets here. The match will also be available on ACCNX, with Dean Linke and Cedric Burke on the call.
The Blue Devils (3-0-1) are tied for ninth nationally in the most recent United Soccer Coaches Top-25 poll and take on the Cavaliers (3-1-0) for the 15th time with John Kerr at the helm of the Duke program. Virginia is coming off a top-25 win, having defeated No. 20 Maryland, 2-1, at home on Sept. 4.
BY THE NUMBERS
22 - Consecutive unbeaten regular season matches for Duke
8 - Undefeated results in the last 10 home matches against Virginia, with 5 wins, 3 draws and just 2 losses since 2003
36 - Points tallied by the Blue Devils so far through four matches this season, good for an average of 9.0 per game. Duke finished the 2022 campaign with 97 points (5.1/game)
10 - Goal differential for Duke in its first four regular-season matches, the fourth-best differential in the country as of 9/7
BEAR ROARS IN BACK-TO-BACK MATCHES
To stay up to date with Blue Devils men's soccer, follow the team on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook by searching "DukeMSOC".
#GoDuke
The Blue Devils (3-0-1) are tied for ninth nationally in the most recent United Soccer Coaches Top-25 poll and take on the Cavaliers (3-1-0) for the 15th time with John Kerr at the helm of the Duke program. Virginia is coming off a top-25 win, having defeated No. 20 Maryland, 2-1, at home on Sept. 4.
BY THE NUMBERS
22 - Consecutive unbeaten regular season matches for Duke
8 - Undefeated results in the last 10 home matches against Virginia, with 5 wins, 3 draws and just 2 losses since 2003
36 - Points tallied by the Blue Devils so far through four matches this season, good for an average of 9.0 per game. Duke finished the 2022 campaign with 97 points (5.1/game)
10 - Goal differential for Duke in its first four regular-season matches, the fourth-best differential in the country as of 9/7
BEAR ROARS IN BACK-TO-BACK MATCHES
- Forster Ajago, a graduate transfer from Dayton, has made his presence felt quickly for the Blue Devils and is nicknamed "Bear" because of his goal celebration
- A native of Navrongo, Ghana, Ajago currently leads the country in goals scored (5) and is tied for second nationally for total points (10)
- Duke ended 2022 with a 5-0-3 ACC record, the first ACC team to finish the regular season undefeated since Wake Forest ('17)
- The Blue Devils are 6-1-2 (.778) in home conference matches over the past two seasons
- The Blue Devils went 11-1-1 when scoring the first goal in '22 and scored first in 13 of their 15 regular season goals in '22.
- Duke is 2-0-0 this season when scoring first after Forster Ajago put home the opening goal against Furman and Ulfur Bjornsson opened Duke's ledger at Princeton
- Duke hits the road for its next ACC match, traveling to Clemson on Sept. 15
To stay up to date with Blue Devils men's soccer, follow the team on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook by searching "DukeMSOC".
#GoDuke
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