Duke Soccer Alums in Major League Soccer (MLS)

[coblue]

Hey All,

I am again trying to get into soccer but find it hard to build a rooting interest in a particular team.

I know Jay Heaps is still with the NE Revs, but I suspect there has to be several other alums in the league with the quality of the Duke soccer program.

Right??

[wilson]

Duke alum Jason Kreis is head coach of Real Salt Lake:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jason_Kreis

Other than that, I don't know of any MLS Dukies.

[phaedrus]

has it been so long? acc poy, 2006.

http://redbull.newyork.mlsnet.com/players/bio.jsp?team=t107&player=camp_b&playerId=cam434532&statType=current

[coblue]

Thanks. Too bad Blake is stuck with the Red Bulls.

Maybe he will get selected for San Diego.

Wow, I would have thought there was many more.

[FireOgilvie]

Wow, I would have thought there was many more.


Chris Loftus and Kyle Helton are on the NE Revolution roster.

[coblue]

Oh cool.

Can I be a fan of New England and not be a bandwagoner? lol

They are such a quality team.

[YmoBeThere]

Oh cool.

Can I be a fan of New England and not be a bandwagoner? lol

They are such a quality team.

I went to today's game/match at Gillette and was disappointed in New England. They didn't appear to be interested much in the game. Perhaps the game on Thursday just took too much out of them?

I missed the play where Jay got a yellow card but did see him on the field quite a bit.

[Reisen]

Jordan Cila was a surprise for Colorado a few years ago, but I'm not sure if he's still playing. Ali Curtis was on DC United's starting squad back in 2003, but has since left soccer. Evan Whitfield was playing with the Chicago Fire for quite a while, but I haven't seen him lately.

Robbie Russell is still playing in Norway and is arguably the most successful of any Duke alumni not named Jay Heaps or Jason Kreis. He has ground out a very respectable European career.

I, too, am a little amazed we haven't had more success in MLS beyond Kreis and Heaps. Ditto for the national team. I think Ali probably could have been and Eddie Johnson-type forward (he had the speed, and won the Herman Trophy as college soccer's best player), but word is he could make a lot more money on Wall Street than he would in MLS.

I've heard a lot of mixed reviews of John Rennie, both in terms of raw coaching/personality, and in terms of developing players. I'm a huge Duke soccer fan, but really wish we could bring some of our regular-season success to the post-season. I'm starting to wonder if Rennie isn't a better recruiter than a game-coach.

[coblue]

Thanks Reisen!