{"id":848082,"date":"2026-08-06T10:42:10","date_gmt":"2026-08-06T10:42:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/848082\/"},"modified":"2026-08-06T10:42:10","modified_gmt":"2026-08-06T10:42:10","slug":"roller-selected-to-united-soccer-coaches-defenders-to-watch-list","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/848082\/","title":{"rendered":"Roller Selected to United Soccer Coaches Defenders to Watch List"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>DURHAM, N.C. \u2013 Duke&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/goduke.com\/sports\/womens-soccer\/roster\/cameron-roller\/24125\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"24125\" target=\"_blank\">Cameron Roller<\/a>, one of the top center backs in NCAA women&#8217;s soccer, has been named to the United Soccer Coaches Defenders to Watch List, as announced by the organization this week.\u00a0<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nSince stepping foot on campus, Roller has been a mainstay in the Duke lineup and a leader in the back for the Blue Devils.\u00a0 It marks the second year in a row Roller has been selected to the Defenders to Watch List.\u00a0<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nRoller, a 2024 All-America selection, has started 53 matches in a row heading into her senior campaign.\u00a0 Overall, she has started 55-of-58 matches to go along with four goals and nine assists for 17 points.\u00a0 Roller has helped lead Duke to 29 shutouts in 58 contests.\u00a0<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nA native of Sherman, Texas, Roller was named one of 13 members on the preseason All-ACC women&#8217;s soccer team.\u00a0 She was a 2025 preseason Hermann Trophy candidate for National Player of the Year, a 2024 United Soccer Coaches Third Team All-Region selection and 2024 All-ACC Third Team honoree.\u00a0 Roller was the 2024 ACC Defensive Player of the Year, a First Team All-ACC honoree and a United Soccer Coaches All-America.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nDuke will close exhibition action Saturday, Aug. 8, at 1:30 p.m., as the Blue Devils host Carolina Ascent FC.\u00a0 Admission will be free and open to the public.\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n#GoDuke<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"DURHAM, N.C. \u2013 Duke&#8217;s Cameron Roller, one of the top center backs in NCAA women&#8217;s soccer, has been&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":848083,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[440],"tags":[49,48,561,82],"class_list":["post-848082","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-soccer","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-soccer","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/848082","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=848082"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/848082\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/848083"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=848082"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=848082"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=848082"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}