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ACC Championships 1980 Championship Team 1980 Regular Season Champions In John Rennie’s second year at the helm of the Duke soccer program, he led the Blue Devils to their fi rst ACC Championship. Duke achieved their highest ever ranking of 11th and fi nished the season with a 15-4-3 record. They went undefeated in conference games with a mark of 4-0-2 to take the championship. Sean McCoy led the way with nine goals and six assists. Boris Ilicic recorded 109 saves and only allowed 18 goals in 22 contests with nine shutouts. 1999 Championship Team 1999 Regular Season and ACC Tournament Champions The Blue Devils earned their fi rst ACC Tournament Championship in 1999. Duke went through the season undefeated before losing to Santa Clara in the NCAA Tournament. The team fi nished 16-1-3 and 4-0-2 in the ACC. The Blue Devils began the ACC Tournament against arch-rival North Carolina and after a scoreless fi rst half, Troy Garner scored twice within a three-minute span to break the game open. Twenty minutes later, Donald McIntosh connected on two goals in a three-minute span to seal the 4-0 victory. The Blue Devils squared off against seven-time tournament champion Virginia in the fi nals. Ali Curtis gave Duke a 1-0 lead with a goal eight minutes into the game. The Cavaliers came back to tie the score just after halftime in the 47th minute. The match went scoreless for the next 81 minutes before Stephen Pate found the back of the net in the third overtime to give the Blue Devils the title. 1982 Championship Team 1982 Regular Season Champions Joe Ulrich became the fi rst of six Duke players to earn National Player of the Year honors when he led the Blue Devils to the school’s fi rst national championship appearance. Duke set a school record with a 24-game unbeaten streak before losing to Indiana in the National Championship game, 2-1 in eight overtimes. The Blue Devils ended with a 22-1-2 record and were 4-0-2 in the ACC. Tom Kain had an outstanding freshman season with 13 goals and 20 assists for 46 points while Bob Jenkins tallied 16 goals. Pat Johnston recorded 12 shutouts, allowing just 18 goals and stopping 124 shots. 2005 ACC Championship Press Conference 2005 Championship Team 2005 ACC Tournament Champions The 2005 ACC Tournament was fi lled with excitement for the Blue Devils. The fi fth-seed in the tournament, Duke started with a 2-0 victory over 10th-ranked Virginia Tech. Chase Perfect came into the contest having only played 30 minutes on the season, but gave the Blue Devils a 1-0 lead with his fi rst goal of the season off a corner kick. Zach Pope later tallied an empty net goal. Duke faced No. 1 Maryland in the semifi nals and came out strong at the start. Blake Camp scored two goals in the fi rst 15 minutes and Pope made it 3-0 with a goal three minutes into the second half. Maryland stormed back in the fi nal 10 minutes with two goals but Spencer Wadsworth put the fi nishing touches on the Blue Devil’s 4-2 victory. Duke faced No. 4 North Carolina in the fi nals and for the second time in the season the two played through two overtimes with a scoreless tie. The championship came down to penalty kicks. The Blue Devils trailed 4-3 and faced a loss but Justin Papadakis made a key save and Camp evened the shootout at 4-4. In the extra round of kicks, Papadakis made another save and freshman Mike Grella converted his kick to give the Blue Devils the 5-4 shootout victory. 21
Blue Devils in the Pros 22 The Duke men’s soccer program has established a reputation as one of the top program’s in the country since Head Coach John Rennie started his tenure in 1979. The Blue Devils have been to fi ve NCAA College Cups and won the national championship in 1986 with a 1-0 victory over Akron. Rennie has produced 15 All-Americas in his 27 years at the helm and has had several of his former players move on to play professional soccer. One of the biggest names in Major League Soccer history is a former Blue Devil. Real Salt Lake forward, Jason Kreis, became the league’s all-time leading scorer in 2004 and last season became the fi rst player in MLS history to score 100 career goals. He broke the scoring record with a goal in the 37th minute against D.C. United on June 26, 2004. His 100th goal came on August 13, 2005 against Kansas City. Kreis was the 43rd overall pick (fi fth round) in the Inaugural MLS Draft in 1996. He was drafted by the Dallas Burn and scored the franchise's fi rst-ever goal on April 18, 1996, against Kansas City. He played his fi rst nine seasons with Dallas before he was traded to Real Salt Lake for future considerations on Nov. 17, 2004. Kreis has 106 career goals and 74 assists. He has been Mark Dodd Blue Devils in the MLS Jason Kreis named to the all-star team seven times and was given the Honda MVP award in 1999 as the player of the year. He captured the scoring title that season, becoming the fi rst player in MLS history to score 15 goals and have 15 assists in the same season. Kreis was a three-time All- America selection at Duke and ranks among the top 10 in career goals and the top fi ve in assists and points. Three other Duke players were selected in the Inaugural MLS Draft with two of them also going to Dallas. Mark Dodd, a former goalkeeper, was drafted in the sixth round (53rd overall pick) by the Burn. He spent four years in the league and was named the Goalkeeper of the Year in 1996 after posting a 1.46 goals against average. Before the creation of the MLS, Dodd played for the Dallas Sidekicks in the Major Indoor Soccer League (MISL) and the Colorado Foxes of the American Professional Soccer League (APSL). He earned 15 caps for the United States national team. Seventeen former Duke soccer players and coaches have gone on to be affi liated with Major League Soccer. Blake Camp: New York Red Bulls Jordan Cila: Colorado Rapids, Real Salt Lake, New York Red Bulls Ali Curtis: Tampa Bay Mutiny, D.C. United, Dallas Burn Mark Dodd: Dallas Burn Doug Hamilton: Vice President/General Manager, Los Angeles Galaxy Jay Heaps: Miami Fusion, New England Revolution Josh Henderson: Los Angeles Galaxy (drafted) Mike Jeffries: Dallas Burn head coach, Chicago Fire assistant coach Brian Kelly: New York/New Jersey MetroStars, Los Angeles Galaxy John Kerr: Dallas Burn, New England Revolution Jason Kreis: Dallas Burn, Real Salt Lake Garth Lagerwey: Miami Fusion, D.C. United, D.C. United broadcaster Mark Noonan: Vice President of Marketing, MLS Trevor Perea: Columbus Crew, D.C. United Robert Russell: Los Angeles Galaxy (drafted) Kevin Sakuda: San Jose Earthquakes (drafted) Evan Whitfield: Chicago Fire, Real Salt Lake John Kerr Brian Kelly Midfi elder John Kerr was also picked up by Dallas as the 83rd overall pick (ninth round). Kerr played 12 games for the Burn in 1996 before fi nishing out the season with New England. He went on to play one more year with the Revolution, tallying seven goals and six assists for his career. After his career with the MLS he played two seasons with the Boston Bulldogs of the professional A-league as a playercoach. In college Kerr helped lead Duke to their fi rst NCAA Championship and was awarded both the Hermann Trophy and the fi rst-ever Missouri Athletic Club Award as the nation’s top player. He was a two-time All-America and three-time All-Region selection at Duke. He ranks in the top fi ve i n goals, assists and points. After college he played professional soccer in England, Ireland, France, Canada and the U.S. He also played with the U.S. National team from 1984-1995. He is currently the Head Men’s Soccer coach at Harvard. The fourth Blue Devil selected in 1996 was goalkeeper Garth Lagerway. He was chosen in the 15th round (150th overall pick) by D.C. United but played 23 games for Kansas City and posted a 1.75 goals against average. In the 1997 and '98 seasons he played for Dallas, and from 1999-2000 he played for Miami. While at Duke, he was an All-Region selection in 1992. He also has recorded the most saves by any Blue Devil in both ACC and NCAA tournament play with 12 saves against Virginia on Nov. 5, 1993, and 12 saves against Southern Methodist on Nov. 27, 1992. Garth Lagerway In 1997, Brian Kelly became the fi rst Duke player to be selected in the fi rst round of the MLS College Draft. The forward was chosen by the MetroStars with the fi fth overall pick. Kelly played three full seasons with the MetroStars before he was traded to Los Angeles midway through the 2000 campaign. He spent his fi nal season with Tampa Bay in 2001 and fi nished his career with 10 goals and 11 assists. In his collegiate playing days, Kelly was a third team All-America selection in 1995 and two-time All-Region choice. He is eighth all-time at Duke with 29 assists. Two Blue Devils were drafted in the 1999 MLS College Draft. Jay Heaps, the 1998 Missouri Athletic Club award winner, became the highest Duke player drafted, going second overall to the Miami Fusion. Miami traded up from the fi fth pick to take the two-time All-America. In his rookie season with the club, he was named MLS Rookie of the Year after scoring three goals. He spent three seasons with Miami and recorded a career-high fi ve goals and six assists in 2000 to earn his fi rst all-star selection in 2000. Midway through the 2001 season he was traded to New England and remains a starter for the Revolution defense. A year later he scored the game-winning goal in the semifnal game against Columbus to lead the Revolution into the MLS Cup. Heaps ranks in the top fi ve in career goals, assists and points at Duke. He was named to the All-South Region team all four years of college and was both the National and ACC Freshman of the Jay Heaps Year in 1995. Heaps was the embodiment of Duke Athletics, playing both soccer and basketball. Not only did he possess great athletic talent but he was also a great student and was one of three Duke soccer players to be named Academic All-America.
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