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.

2020 Duke Blue Devils women's soccer
NCAA Tournament, Quarterfinals
ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference
U. Soc. Coaches pollNo. 7
TopDrawerSoccer.comNo. 6
Record12–5–4 (4–2–2 ACC)
Head coach
  • Robbie Church (20th season)
Assistant coaches
  • Kieran Hall (2nd season)
  • Carla Overbeck (27th season)
  • Lane Davis (5th season)
Home stadiumKoskinen Stadium
Seasons
← 2019
2021 →
2020 ACC women's soccer standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT
No. 2 Florida State  ‍y 8 0 0   1.000 13 0 3   .906
No. 3 North Carolina  ‍‍‍y 8 0 0   1.000 18 2 0   .900
No. 4 Virginia  ‍‍‍y 5 2 1   .688 14 4 3   .738
No. 6 Clemson  ‍‍‍y 5 3 0   .625 12 5 2   .684
No. 7 Duke  ‍‍‍y 4 2 2   .625 12 5 4   .667
Louisville  ‍‍‍ 4 4 0   .500 5 7 0   .417
Virginia Tech  ‍‍‍ 4 4 0   .500 8 9 0   .471
Notre Dame  ‍‍‍ 4 4 0   .500 6 7 0   .462
Wake Forest  ‍‍‍ 3 4 1   .438 5 7 2   .429
Pittsburgh  ‍‍‍ 3 5 0   .375 11 5 0   .688
Boston College  ‍‍‍ 1 7 0   .125 3 10 1   .250
Syracuse  ‍‍‍ 1 7 0   .125 1 7 0   .125
Miami  ‍‍‍ 0 8 0   .000 1 11 1   .115
NC State  ‍‍‍ 0 0 0   5 3 1   .611
† – Conference champion
‡ – 2020 ACC Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of May 18, 2021
Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Poll
Source: The ACC
Note: † Due to COVID-19, NC State suspended the 2020 women's fall soccer season. They did participate in the spring 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 ACC did not play a spring league schedule, but did allow teams to play non-conference games that would count toward their 2020 record in the lead up to the NCAA Tournament.[3]

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. The Blue Devils finished the spring season 3–1–1 and received an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament. In the tournament, they defeated Arizona State in the Second Round and Ole Miss in the Third Round before losing to Florida State in the Quarterfinals, on penalties to end their season.

Previous season

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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

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Roster

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Updated January 27, 2021[4]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK   USA Brooke Heinsohn
2 DF   USA Natalie Maurer
3 DF   USA Taylor Mitchell
4 DF   USA Remi Swartz
5 MF   USA Sarah Piper
6 DF   USA Caitlin Cosme
7 MF   USA Sophie Jones
8 FW   USA Tess Boade
9 FW   USA Grace Watkins
10 FW   USA Olivia Mijli
11 MF   USA Julia Burnell
12 FW   USA Marykate McGuire
13 FW   USA Emmy Duerr
14 MF   USA Julia Hannon
No. Pos. Nation Player
15 DF   USA Emily Royson
16 MF   USA Sydney Simmons
17 DF   USA Nicole Chico
18 DF   USA Karlie Paschall
19 MF   USA Maggie Graham
20 MF   USA Mia Gyau
21 DF   USA Katie Groff
22 DF   USA Delaney Graham
23 GK   USA Holly Stam
24 MF   USA Mackenzie Pluck
26 GK   USA Ruthie Jones
27 DF   USA Natasha Turner
28 MF   USA Lily Nabet

Team management

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Position Staff
Head Coach Robbie Church
Assistant Coach Kieran Hall
Assistant Coach Carla Overbeck
Assistant Coach Lane Davis

Source:[4]

Schedule

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Source:[5][6]

Date
Time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (Attendance)
City, State
Fall Regular season
September 10, 2020*
7:00 p.m., ACCNX
at Wake Forest W 4–3 OT 1–0–0
Spry Stadium (0)
Winston-Salem, NC
September 17, 2020
6:00 p.m., ACCN
Virginia T 1–1 2OT 1–0–1
(0–0–1)
Koskinen Stadium (0)
Durham, NC
September 20, 2020
5:00 p.m., ACCN
Wake Forest T 0–0 2OT 1–0–2
(0–0–2)
Koskinen Stadium (0)
Durham, NC
September 27, 2020
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, 2020
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, 2020*
7:00 p.m., ACCNX
No. 7 Virginia Tech W 2–0  3–1–2
Koskinen Stadium (0)
Durham, NC
October 15, 2020
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, 2020
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, 2020*
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, 2020
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, 2020
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, 2020
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, NC
November 13, 2020
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
Spring Regular season
March 6, 2021*
2:00 p.m.
No. 5 at UNC Wilmington W 3–0  8–4–2
UNC Wilmington Soccer Stadium (150)
Wilmington, NC
March 17, 2021*
6:00 p.m., ACCNX
No. 5 Coastal Carolina W 6–0  9–4–2
Koskinen Stadium (0)
Durham, NC
March 27, 2021*
3:00 p.m.
No. 5 at No. 7 West Virginia L 2–3  9–5–2
Dick Dlesk Soccer Stadium (400)
Morgantown, WV
April 2, 2021*
7:00 p.m., ACCNX
No. 7 at NC State W 1–0  10–5–2
Dail Soccer Field (100)
Raleigh, NC
April 11, 2021*
1:00 p.m., ACCNX
No. 7 No. 14 Vanderbilt T 0–0 2OT 10–5–3
Koskinen Stadium (0)
Durham, NC
NCAA Tournament
May 1, 2021
Noon, ESPN3
(9) No. 8 vs. Arizona State
Second Round
W 2–1 2OT 11–5–3
Johnson Stadium (200)
Greenville, NC
May 5, 2021
Noon, NCAA Livestream
(9) No. 8 vs. No. 24 Ole Miss
Third Round
W 1–0  12–5–3
WakeMed Soccer Park (185)
Cary, NC
May 9, 2021
1:00 p.m., NCAA Livestream
(9) No. 8 vs. (1) No. 1 Florida State
Quarterfinals
T 0–0 (3–5 PKs) 2OT 12–5–4
WakeMed Soccer Park (164)
Cary, NC
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from United Soccer Coaches. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

2021 NWSL College Draft

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Player Team Round Pick # Position
Tess Boade Sky Blue FC 4 40 FW

Source:[7]

Rankings

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Fall 2020

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Ranking movement
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United Soccer[8] 7 11 7 5 4 5 6 6 5 5

Spring 2021

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Ranking movement
Legend: ██ Improvement in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking. ██ Not ranked the previous week. RV=Others receiving votes.
Poll Pre Wk
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Final
United Soccer[8] None Released 5 5 5 5 7 7 9 8 None Released 7
TopDrawer Soccer [9] 11 11 11 11 9 8 8 7 7 7 7 7 6 6 6

References

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  1. ^ "ACC Women's Soccer 2020 Preview | College Soccer". TopDrawerSoccer.com. Retrieved November 10, 2020.
  2. ^ "NCAA Division 1 Council Approves Moving 2020 Fall Championships to Spring 2021". SI.com. Retrieved November 10, 2020.
  3. ^ "Atlantic Coast Conference Announces Spring Olympic Sports Schedules". theacc.com. The Atlantic Coast Conference. January 26, 2021. Retrieved February 10, 2021.
  4. ^ a b "2020 Women's Soccer Roster". goduke.com. Duke University Athletics. Retrieved January 27, 2021.
  5. ^ "Women's Soccer - 2020 Schedule/Results". Duke Blue Devils Athletics. Retrieved January 27, 2021.
  6. ^ "Women's Soccer Announces 2021 Spring Schedule". goduke.com. Duke University Athletics. January 27, 2021. Retrieved February 10, 2021.
  7. ^ Yang, Stephanie (January 13, 2021). "All the picks from the 2021 NWSL College Draft". allforxi.com. Vox Media. Retrieved January 26, 2021.
  8. ^ a b "United Soccer Coaches Top 25 NCAA DI Women — National". unitedsoccercoaches.org. United Soccer Coaches. May 18, 2021. Retrieved May 18, 2021.
  9. ^ "College Soccer National Rankings". TopDrawer Soccer. May 18, 2021. Retrieved May 18, 2021.