Drew Kerr (born December 16, 2004) is an American
soccer
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is ...
player who plays as a
midfielder. He has played for
North Carolina FC in
USL League One and
North Carolina FC U23 in
USL League Two.
Early life
Kerr began playing in the
North Carolina FC academy system in 2016.
College career
He committed to join
Duke University
Duke University is a private research university in Durham, North Carolina. Founded by Methodists and Quakers in the present-day city of Trinity in 1838, the school moved to Durham in 1892. In 1924, tobacco and electric power industrialist James ...
in 2022 to play college soccer with the
men's soccer team, where his father was the head coach. On August 25, 2023, he scored his first collegiate goal in a 3-1 victory over the
Jacksonville Dolphins. He has earned All-ACC Academic honors in 2022 and 2023.
Club career
In March 2021, he signed an academy contract with the
North Carolina FC first team in
USL League One in 2021,
while a high school sophomore. He signed a second academy contract with the pro team the following year. During the summers of 2021 and 2022, he played with their pre-professional side
North Carolina FC U23 in the fourth tier
USL League Two. He made his professional debut with
North Carolina FC in
USL League One on October 1 against
Toronto FC II.
Personal
He is the son of
Duke Blue Devils men's soccer
Duke v Maryland, 1968
The Duke Blue Devils men's soccer team represents Duke University in the ACC and in all other men's NCAA Division I Soccer competitions. They won their first and only NCAA tournament in 1986, co-captained by their current ...
coach
John Kerr and former
Providence College
Providence College is a Private university, private Catholic Church, Catholic university in Providence, Rhode Island. Founded in 1917 by the Dominican Order and the Roman Catholic Diocese of Providence, local diocese, it offers 47 undergradua ...
coach Tracy DiMillio Kerr. He has an older sister,
Alex
Alex is a given name. It can refer to a shortened version of Alexander, Alexandra, Alexis.
People
Multiple
*Alex Brown (disambiguation), multiple people
* Alex Gordon (disambiguation), multiple people
*Alex Harris (disambiguation), multiple pe ...
, who plays for the
Orlando Pride, and brother, Cameron, who played with him at Duke.
References
External links
*
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2004 births
Living people
People from Hillsborough, North Carolina
Sportspeople from Orange County, North Carolina
American men's soccer players
American people of Scottish descent
American sportspeople of Canadian descent
Men's association football midfielders
USL League One players
USL League Two players
North Carolina FC players
North Carolina FC U23 players
Duke Blue Devils men's soccer players
21st-century American sportsmen