A two-time All-American while at Duke, Kerr was also the first person to be awarded the Missouri Athletic Club Collegiate Player of the Year award and named player of the year by Soccer America, Adidas and the Atlantic

Coast Conference all in the same season.

While at Duke, Kerr also played with the American national Team in qualifying matches for the 1986 World Cup and the 1988 Olympics. Although he never made a World Cup or Olympic Squad, Kerr remained in the national team system until 1995.

As soccer was not yet popular in the United States in 1987, Kerr chose to pursue further playing experience in England. With four elective credits to take until graduation, he took his senior spring abroad and tried his hand in the English professional leagues.

"I played six or seven games in a semi-professional league, and after those games I was seen by a couple of scouts who offered me tryouts with pro teams," Kerr said. "In April '87, I went on a tryout and played a second-team game with Portsmouth, who was winning promotion to the Premier

League. I scored the only goal in a game against Crystal Palace, and I was offered a contract after the game [by Portsmouth]."

Kerr was also offered a contract by his opponent Crystal Palace, but he opted to stay with Portsmouth, who was coached at the time by Alan Ball, a member of the English National Team that won the 1966 World Cup.