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Former Duke forward Mike Grella didn’t get the playing time he might have hoped for in Sunday’s FA Cup third round matchup with Manchester United, but his Leeds United teammates played the game of their lives to defeat the Red Devils on the road Sunday afternoon.
As The Chronicle’s Sports Blog detailed yesterday, two of England’s [...]
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The Chronicle’s Sports Blog has been dominated by basketball talk all winter, but across the pond in England, former Blue Devil soccer player Mike Grella and Leeds United face a much tougher opponent than any Duke Basketball has seen, or will see, this season: the Red Devils of Manchester United.
Leeds United currently lead League One–the [...]
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Former Blue Devil Jay Heaps announced his retirement from professional soccer on Wednesday after playing 11 years in Major League Soccer, three for the Miami Fusion and eight with the New England Revolution. During his career, Heaps amassed 17 goals and 34 assists and won the MLS Rookie of the Year Award in 1999. He led the Revolution [...]
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Following a 14-7 campaign that saw the Blue Devils advance to the Sweet Sixteen, newcomers Ryan Finley and Andrew Wenger have been named to the Goal.com “Freshman Team of the Season.”
Finley, a native of Lumberton, N.J., led the Blue Devils with 11 goals, while also tallying 5 assists.
Wenger, of Lititz, Pa., anchored a Duke back-line [...]
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Real Salt Lake (RSL) defeated the Los Angeles Galaxy in penalty kicks last night to win their first ever MLS Cup Trophy and three former Blue Devils took part in the celebration. RSL head coach Jason Kreis, a 1995 Duke graduate and one of the top MLS players of all-time, steered the team to the championship [...]
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It’s been a good week for Leeds United striker Mike Grella. After playing 82 minutes and earning Man of the Match honors in Monday’s win over Darlington, the former Duke star signed a three-year contract with the club Wednesday.
Grella’s final season as a Blue Devil ended with a first-round NCAA Tournament loss, but his playing [...]
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Former Duke defender Jay Heaps, the 1998 National Player of the Year, was named to the United States squad for the Gold Cup, a tournament involving teams from North and Central America and the Caribbean, Thursday morning. The Gold Cup kicks off Saturday.
Heaps has been called up to national team squads in the past, but [...]
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Michael Videira might not have wanted to play in the MLS originally, but he looks to be settling in with his hometown team just fine.
Videira, who hails from Milford, Mass., had a short spell at Hamilton Academical in the Scottish league, but has now returned to the team which originally drafted him in the 2008 [...]
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