Christian Duke

Owner/ Coach

Refine Soccer Training SD

Christian Duke currently works with Sporting KC Academy technical staff. He attended the University of San Diego, where he and the Toreros went to the Elite 8 his senior year and won the WCC Title 2 times as a student athlete. The Overland Park, Kansas, native enjoyed a nine-year playing career in Major League Soccer and the USL Championship from 2013-2021, including his first two professional seasons with Sporting KC from 2013-2014 and two separate spells as captain of Sporting KC II in 2016-2017 and 2020-2021. The 2013 MLS Cup champion later led SKC II, formerly the Swope Park Rangers, to consecutive USL Western Conference championships in 2016 and 2017. Earlier this year, he had a brief stint with the Kansas City Comets of the Major Indoor Soccer League. Duke has been working on the side while playing professional soccer for 10 years doing private lessons and private group training. Prior to retiring as a player, Duke coached at Sporting Blue Valley and assisted at Sporting KC Academy training sessions while taking U.S. Soccer coaching courses. He began his post-playing career in early 2022, when he started SOCCER TRAINR-KC, offering private soccer training to youth players across Kansas City.