2020 Duke Blue Devils women's soccer team
The 2020 Duke Blue Devils women's soccer team represented Duke University during the 2020 NCAA Division I women's soccer season. The Blue Devils were led by head coach Robbie Church, in his twentieth season. They played home games at Koskinen Stadium. This was the team's 33rd season playing organized women's college soccer and their 33rd playing in the Atlantic Coast Conference.
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| Conference | Atlantic Coast Conference |
| U. Soc. Coaches poll | No. 5 |
| TopDrawerSoccer.com | No. 11 |
| 2020 record | 7–4–2 (4–2–2 ACC) |
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| Home stadium | Koskinen Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | T | PCT | W | L | T | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 1 Florida State †‡ | 8 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 1.000 | 11 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 1.000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 2 North Carolina † | 8 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 1.000 | 11 | – | 1 | – | 0 | .917 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 10 Virginia | 5 | – | 2 | – | 1 | .688 | 8 | – | 3 | – | 1 | .708 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 6 Clemson | 5 | – | 3 | – | 0 | .625 | 6 | – | 4 | – | 0 | .600 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 5 Duke | 4 | – | 2 | – | 2 | .625 | 7 | – | 4 | – | 2 | .615 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Louisville | 4 | – | 4 | – | 0 | .500 | 4 | – | 5 | – | 0 | .444 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Virginia Tech | 4 | – | 4 | – | 0 | .500 | 5 | – | 8 | – | 0 | .385 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 14 Notre Dame | 4 | – | 4 | – | 0 | .500 | 4 | – | 5 | – | 0 | .444 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wake Forest | 3 | – | 4 | – | 1 | .438 | 3 | – | 5 | – | 1 | .389 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Pittsburgh | 3 | – | 5 | – | 0 | .375 | 9 | – | 5 | – | 0 | .643 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Boston College | 1 | – | 7 | – | 0 | .125 | 1 | – | 7 | – | 0 | .125 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Syracuse | 1 | – | 7 | – | 0 | .125 | 1 | – | 7 | – | 0 | .125 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Miami | 0 | – | 8 | – | 0 | .000 | 0 | – | 9 | – | 0 | .000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| † – Conference champion ‡ – 2020 ACC Tournament champion As of November 24, 2020; Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Poll Source: The ACC Note: † Due to COVID-19, NC State has suspended the 2020 women's soccer season. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the ACC played a reduced schedule in 2020 and the NCAA Tournament was postponed to 2021.[1][2]
The Blue Devils finished the fall season 7–4–2, 4–2–2 in ACC play to finish in sixth place. As the fifth seed in the ACC Tournament, they defeated Clemson before losing to eventual champions Florida State in the Semifinals.
Previous Season
The Blue Devils finished the season 9–4–7, 3–1–6 in ACC play to finish in fifth place. As the sixth seed in the ACC Tournament, they lost to Virginia in the Quarterfinals. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament where they defeated Utah before losing to Wisconsin in the Second Round.
Squad
Roster
Updated January 27, 2021[3]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Team management
| Position | Staff |
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| Head Coach | Robbie Church |
| Assistant Coach | Kieran Hall |
| Assistant Coach | Carla Overbeck |
| Assistant Coach | Lane Davis |
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Schedule
Source:[4]
| Date Time, TV |
Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | Site (Attendance) City, State | ||||||
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| Regular season | |||||||||||
| September 10* 7:00 p.m., ACCNX |
at Wake Forest | W 4–3 OT | 1–0–0 |
Spry Stadium (0) Winston-Salem, NC | |||||||
| September 17 6:00 p.m., ACCN |
Virginia | T 1–1 2OT | 1–0–1 (0–0–1) |
Koskinen Stadium (0) Durham, NC | |||||||
| September 20 5:00 p.m., ACCN |
Wake Forest | T 0–0 2OT | 1–0–2 (0–0–2) |
Koskinen Stadium (0) Durham, NC | |||||||
| September 27 3:30 p.m., ACCN |
No. 7 | No. 1 North Carolina | L 0–2 | 1–1–2 (0–1–2) |
Koskinen Stadium (0) Durham, NC | ||||||
| October 5 5:00 p.m., ACCN |
No. 11 | No. 3 Clemson | W 1–0 | 2–1–2 (1–1–2) |
Koskinen Stadium (0) Durham, NC | ||||||
| October 9* 7:00 p.m., ACCNX |
No. 7 | Virginia Tech | W 2–0 | 3–1–2 |
Koskinen Stadium (0) Durham, NC | ||||||
| October 15 4:00 p.m., ACCRSN |
No. 5 | at Boston College | W 1–0 OT | 4–1–2 (2–1–2) |
Newton Campus Soccer Field (0) Chestnut Hill, MA | ||||||
| October 18 11:00 a.m., ACCRSN |
No. 5 | at Syracuse | W 4–0 | 5–1–2 (3–1–2) |
SU Soccer Stadium (1) Syracuse, NY | ||||||
| October 23* 7:00 p.m., ACCNX |
No. 4 | at No. 1 North Carolina | L 0–1 | 5–2–2 |
Dorrance Field (0) Chapel Hill, NC | ||||||
| October 29 4:00 p.m., ACCRSN |
No. 5 | at No. 2 Florida State | L 0–1 | 5–3–2 (3–2–2) |
Seminole Soccer Complex (284) Tallahassee, FL | ||||||
| November 1 3:30 p.m. |
No. 5 | at Miami (FL) | W 3–1 | 6–3–2 (4–2–2) |
Cobb Stadium (100) Coral Gables, FL | ||||||
| ACC Tournament | |||||||||||
| November 10 3:00 p.m., ACCN |
(5) No. 6 | vs. (4) No. 5 Clemson Quarterfinals |
W 1–0 | 7–3–2 |
Sahlen's Stadium (327) Cary, North Carolina | ||||||
| November 13 5:30 p.m., ACCN |
(5) No. 6 | vs. (1) No. 2 Florida State Semifinals |
L 0–4 | 7–4–2 |
Sahlen's Stadium (277) Cary, NC | ||||||
| *Non-conference game. #Rankings from United Soccer Coaches. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. | |||||||||||
Rankings
Fall 2020
| Poll | Wk 1 |
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Final |
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| United Soccer[6] | 7 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 |
References
- "ACC Women's Soccer 2020 Preview | College Soccer". TopDrawerSoccer.com. Retrieved 2020-11-10.
- "NCAA Division 1 Council Approves Moving 2020 Fall Championships to Spring 2021". SI.com. Retrieved 2020-11-10.
- "2020 Women's Soccer Roster". goduke.com. Duke University Athletics. Retrieved January 27, 2021.
- "Women's Soccer - 2020 Schedule/Results". Duke Blue Devils Athletics. Retrieved January 27, 2021.
- Yang, Stephanie (January 13, 2021). "All the picks from the 2021 NWSL College Draft". allforxi.com. Vox Media. Retrieved January 26, 2021.
- "United Soccer Coaches Top 25 NCAA DI Women — National". unitedsoccercoaches.org. United Soccer Coaches. November 24, 2020. Retrieved January 26, 2021.
- "College Soccer National Rankings". TopDrawer Soccer. February 8, 2021. Retrieved February 8, 2021.