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No. 9 Duke Travels to Furman on Sunday
8/30/2025 6:34:00 PM | Men's Soccer
DURHAM, N.C. - The ninth-ranked Duke men's soccer team hits the road for the first time this season, traveling to Furman on Sunday, Aug. 31. Kickoff at Stone Stadium in Greenville, S.C., is scheduled for 6 p.m., and fans can watch live on ESPN+.
The Blue Devils are coming off two wins in the opening weekend, defeating No. 10 San Diego on Thursday, Aug. 21 and UC San Diego on Sunday, Aug. 24 at Koskinen Stadium. Three different Duke players scored goals across the weekend, with freshmen Max Simpson and Aridon Racaj joined on the scoresheet by graduate Leonardo D'Ambrosio.
MATCHUP NOTES
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The Blue Devils are coming off two wins in the opening weekend, defeating No. 10 San Diego on Thursday, Aug. 21 and UC San Diego on Sunday, Aug. 24 at Koskinen Stadium. Three different Duke players scored goals across the weekend, with freshmen Max Simpson and Aridon Racaj joined on the scoresheet by graduate Leonardo D'Ambrosio.
MATCHUP NOTES
- Duke has won the last nine meetings between the two teams, and holds an overall 12-1-0 advantage in the series.
- The two teams last met during the 2023 season, with Duke staking claim to a 6-0 victory at Koskinen Stadium on Aug. 27, 2023.Â
- Furman's lone win in the series was a 2-0 win on Nov. 3, 1991.Â
- The Blue Devils will look to maintain their success away from home that the squad established last season, with Duke tallying an unbeaten ledger of 5-0-2 on the road in 2024.
- Duke moved inside the top 10 of the United Soccer Coaches poll this week, earning the ninth spot in the rankings. The Blue Devils are also a top-10 team in TopDrawerSoccer's weekly poll, coming in at eighth nationally.
- Duke is one of the 10 ACC teams that is ranked in this week's USC poll.
- The Blue Devils have had a balanced offensive attack through two games, with their three goals coming from three different goalscorers. Freshmen Max Simpson and Aridon Racaj netted goals against San Diego and graduate Leonardo D'Ambrosio scored the lone goal against UC San Diego.Â
- Duke's duo of Italian transfers, Alessandro Arlotti and Leonard D'Ambrosio have seen their name all over the scoresheet through Duke's first two games. Arlotti, a Harvard transfer, has assisted both game winners, against San Diego and UC San Diego, while D'Ambrosio, arriving from College of Charleston, scored the only goal in the Blue Devils' 1-0 win over the Tritons.
- Duke goalkeeper, Eryk Dymora, has held steady in net through two matches, making two saves in each of the Blue Devils' wins over opening weekend.
- The Monmouth transfer entered the season with 21 shutouts and posted the first clean sheet of his Blue Devil career against UC San Diego.
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