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
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
U. Soc. Coaches poll	No. 5
TopDrawerSoccer.com	No. 11
2020 record	7–4–2 (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 stadium	Koskinen Stadium

2020 ACC women's soccer standings
	Conf									Overall
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.

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

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

Source:[3]

Schedule

Source:[4]

Date Time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (Attendance) City, State
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.

2021 NWSL College Draft

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

Source:[5]

Rankings

Fall 2020

Ranking movement
Legend: ██ Improvement in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking. ██ Not ranked the previous week. RV=Others receiving votes.

Poll	Wk 1	Wk 2	Wk 3	Wk 4	Wk 5	Wk 6	Wk 7	Wk 8	Wk 9	Final
United Soccer[6]	7	11	7	5	4	5	6	6	5	5

Spring 2021

Ranking movement
Legend: ██ Improvement in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking. ██ Not ranked the previous week. RV=Others receiving votes.

Poll	Pre	Wk 1	Wk 2	Wk 3	Wk 4	Wk 5	Wk 6	Wk 7	Wk 8	Wk 9	Wk 10	Wk 11	Wk 12	Wk 13	Wk 14	Wk 15	Wk 16	Final
United Soccer[6]														None Released
TopDrawer Soccer [7]	11	11

References

1. "ACC Women's Soccer 2020 Preview | College Soccer". TopDrawerSoccer.com. Retrieved 2020-11-10.
2. "NCAA Division 1 Council Approves Moving 2020 Fall Championships to Spring 2021". SI.com. Retrieved 2020-11-10.
3. "2020 Women's Soccer Roster". goduke.com. Duke University Athletics. Retrieved January 27, 2021.
4. "Women's Soccer - 2020 Schedule/Results". Duke Blue Devils Athletics. Retrieved January 27, 2021.
5. Yang, Stephanie (January 13, 2021). "All the picks from the 2021 NWSL College Draft". allforxi.com. Vox Media. Retrieved January 26, 2021.
6. "United Soccer Coaches Top 25 NCAA DI Women — National". unitedsoccercoaches.org. United Soccer Coaches. November 24, 2020. Retrieved January 26, 2021.
7. "College Soccer National Rankings". TopDrawer Soccer. February 8, 2021. Retrieved February 8, 2021.