DURHAM, N.C. – After claiming the 2025 NEC Championship, the FDU Knights (13-4-3) have punched their ticket to the Division I Men's Soccer Championship. In the opening round, the Knights travel to take on the Duke Blue Devils (8-3-6) on Thursday, November 20 at 1 p.m. 

• Date: November 20
• Time: 1 p.m. ET
• Where: Freeman Field at Koskinen Stadium (Durham, N.C.)
• TV: ESPN+
• Live Stats: GoDuke.com

• FDU is coming off their tenth NEC Championship win, which featured an overtime game winner from Jaime Barbero to beat SFU 1-0.
• The Knights out-shot SFU 12-0.
• For just the second time in program history, the Knights will battle the Blue Devils. Duke won the previous matchup 2-0 in 2004. 
• This is the 20th appearance of the Knights in the NCAA Tournament. 
• The most recent NCAA tournament appearance for the Knights was in 2022, where they fell 5-2 at Maryland. 

• Duke received an at-large bid to the tournament following an eight-win campaign.
• The Blue Devils top two scorers, Alessandro Arlotti and Kenan Hot, have each posted seven goals this season, combining for 27 total points. 
• Duke is led by John Kerr, a member of the Duke Hall of Fame who is in his 18th season at the helm.

The winner of the match will have a date with #3 Princeton the second round of the tournament. That match would be played on Sunday, November 23.