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2021 Men's Soccer Roster
Ulfarsson, Thorleifur
Jersey Number 7
Thorleifur Ulfarsson
- Height:
- 6-1
- Weight:
- 165
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Kopavogur, Iceland
- High School:
- Verzlunarskoli Islands
Bio
2021: ACC Offensive Player of the Year ... MAC Hermann Trophy Semifinalist ... United Soccer Coaches All-American First Team ... All-ACC First Team ... All-South Region First Team ... College Soccer News All-American First Team ... Played in 16 games with 12 starts ... Led the team with 15 goals and 31 points on the season ... The 15 goal season finished in a tie for eighth on Duke's single season scoring list ... Finished the year ranked second in the nation in goals and goals per game (0.94) ... Became the fourth player in Duke history to lead the ACC in goals and points in the same season ... Scored eight goals in a five game stretch between 9/25 and 10/9 ... Registered second career hat trick in win over Howard (9/28) ... Followed it up with two goals in a win over Louisville (10/1) ... Named the National Player of the Week by the United Soccer Coaches, College Soccer News and TopDrawerSoccer and the ACC Offensive Player of the Week for his performance ... Became one of five in Duke history with a multiple goal performance in the ACC Tournament, scoring two in a win over Wake Forest (11/7) ... Scored five game winning goals and three penalty kicks on the year, including the game winning penalty kick goal over Clemson to lead Duke to its first ACC final since 2006 (11/10) ... Scored his first NCAA Championship goal against Saint Louis (11/27) ... Voted team's Most Valuable Offensive Player for the second straight season … All-ACC Academic Team.
2020-21: Joined the team in January 2021 … ACC All-Freshman Team … Voted team’s Most Valuable Offensive Player … Played in nine games with eight starts … Led the team with nine points from four goals and an assist … Recorded a hat trick to lead Duke to 3-1 win at Virginia (3/28) … First Duke hat trick since 2015 … Named ACC and College Soccer News Player of the Week and to the Top Drawer Soccer and College Soccer News Teams of the Week following the performance … Registered his first career point with an assist at Virginia Tech (3/6) … Notched his first career goal versus Pittsburgh (3/19) … All-ACC Academic Team … ACC Academic Honor Roll.
Before Duke: Ulfarsson comes to Duke after a long career with the club Breidablik, located just south of Reykjavik … Spent his last season prior to coming to Durham on loan at Vikingur Olafsvik, which plays in the second tier in Iceland … Started four games with Vikingur Olafsvik … Tallied a goal in a 3-2 victory over Magni … Played at least 65 minutes in every game and twice saw 88 minutes of action in a shortened 2020 season … Was a part of Breidablik since age six … Earned a spot on the U23 squad from 2017-20, despite being just a teenager … During those three seasons, he helped the club earn runner-up finishes in the Pepsi-deild karla – Iceland's top football league – all three seasons … Also helped Breidablik lift the cup in the summer of 2019.
Personal: Son of Ulfar Helgason and Gudfinna Kristofersdottir … Has two brothers and a sister … Born December 27, 2000 in Reykjavik … Dad graduated from Coastal Carolina in 1992.
2020-21: Joined the team in January 2021 … ACC All-Freshman Team … Voted team’s Most Valuable Offensive Player … Played in nine games with eight starts … Led the team with nine points from four goals and an assist … Recorded a hat trick to lead Duke to 3-1 win at Virginia (3/28) … First Duke hat trick since 2015 … Named ACC and College Soccer News Player of the Week and to the Top Drawer Soccer and College Soccer News Teams of the Week following the performance … Registered his first career point with an assist at Virginia Tech (3/6) … Notched his first career goal versus Pittsburgh (3/19) … All-ACC Academic Team … ACC Academic Honor Roll.
Before Duke: Ulfarsson comes to Duke after a long career with the club Breidablik, located just south of Reykjavik … Spent his last season prior to coming to Durham on loan at Vikingur Olafsvik, which plays in the second tier in Iceland … Started four games with Vikingur Olafsvik … Tallied a goal in a 3-2 victory over Magni … Played at least 65 minutes in every game and twice saw 88 minutes of action in a shortened 2020 season … Was a part of Breidablik since age six … Earned a spot on the U23 squad from 2017-20, despite being just a teenager … During those three seasons, he helped the club earn runner-up finishes in the Pepsi-deild karla – Iceland's top football league – all three seasons … Also helped Breidablik lift the cup in the summer of 2019.
Personal: Son of Ulfar Helgason and Gudfinna Kristofersdottir … Has two brothers and a sister … Born December 27, 2000 in Reykjavik … Dad graduated from Coastal Carolina in 1992.
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