Upcoming Event: Men's Soccer versus Louisville on September 26, 2025 at 7 p.m.
Men's Soccer
vs Louisville
Friday, September 26
Durham, N.C.
7 p.m.
Duke University
vs
Louisville
No. 16 Blue Devils Host Louisville on Friday Night
9/25/2025 4:25:00 PM | Men's Soccer
DURHAM, N.C. - Fresh off an 8-0 victory over Howard on Tuesday, Sept. 23, Duke men's soccer (4-0-3, 1-0-1 ACC) hosts Louisville (5-2-1, 1-2-0 ACC) in an ACC match on Friday, Sept. 26. The Blue Devils hold a two-match winning streak against the Cardinals but trail in the all-time series, 3-5-1. Kickoff is scheduled for 7 p.m., and fans can stream the match live on ACC Network Extra. This weekend marks Duke men's soccer's Alumni Weekend, welcoming back over 20 former players representing eight decades of Duke soccer as part of a celebration recognizing 90 years of Duke men's soccer.
Single-game tickets are available for purchase here. New this season, for walk-up ticket purchases at either the ticket windows of the Scott Family Athletics Performance Center or Koskinen Stadium ticket booths there will be a $5.00 print fee added to each order. Moving forward, the ticket office will be cashless when accepting payment for tickets, including on gameday. The ticket office accepts American Express, Discover, Mastercard and Visa. Duke students receive free admission to all Duke soccer games and can reserve their tickets here.Â
MATCHUP NOTES
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Single-game tickets are available for purchase here. New this season, for walk-up ticket purchases at either the ticket windows of the Scott Family Athletics Performance Center or Koskinen Stadium ticket booths there will be a $5.00 print fee added to each order. Moving forward, the ticket office will be cashless when accepting payment for tickets, including on gameday. The ticket office accepts American Express, Discover, Mastercard and Visa. Duke students receive free admission to all Duke soccer games and can reserve their tickets here.Â
MATCHUP NOTES
- Duke trails Louisville, 3-5-1, in the all-time series but has won each of the last two meetings between the two programs.
- Friday night marks the first matchup since the 2022 season and just third since 2021. Louisville's last win against Duke came during the 2018 campaign.
- The first meeting between the two schools came in 1997, a 0-2 decision for the Blue Devils in Raleigh, N.C.
- In their last match, the Blue Devils scored eight times, defeating Howard, 8-0, on Tuesday, Sept. 23.
- Jose Ortega opened the scoring with an early goal, his second in as many games, while Kenan Hot and Alessandro Arlotti both logged a brace for the first time in their careers.
- Both Kamran Acito and Drew Kerr each tallied a pair of assists.
- Max Simpson, Ulfur Bjornsson and Aridon Racaj all found the back of the net as well.
- With his goal, Bjornsson reached 25 goals in his career. The junior forward had missed three matches due to injury, but has returned with five points spanning Duke's matchups against Syracuse and Howard.
- Duke has enjoyed playing at home, posting an 8-0-2 (.900) record across its last 10 regular-season matches. During that span, the Blue Devils have a goal differential of +34.
- Since welcoming fans back to Koskinen in 2021 following COVID-19 restrictions, Duke holds a 34-6-6 (.804) regular-season ledger.
- Senior midfielder Kenan Hot has erupted offensively this season. After entering this season with just one goal and one assist (three points) in his career, Hot leads the team in goals (four) and points (10).
- He most recently highlighted his offensive prowess with a brace vs. Howard, his first multi-goal showing of his career.
- Goalkeeper Eryk Dymora has earned the praise of his head coach through the early portion of the schedule. John Kerr has emphasized the importance of having a veteran vocal leader as the anchor of Duke's defensive effort.
- Dymora holds a 0.77 goals-against-average and has made 19 saves this season, with a save percentage of .792.
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