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STORRS — UConn is known for many things, across many sports. Here’s a new one brewing:

Goalkeeper U.

“I did know that UConn produces goalkeepers for the professional level,” Kyle Durham said. “I did know that (pro) coaches come here to watch UConn’s goalkeepers. That’s why I came here in the first place, because I knew, ‘You want a lot of shots? Come to UConn. … You want to show the world that you can play? Come to UConn.’ So I came to UConn, got a lot of shots, made a lot of saves, found a way to win games.”

Durham, in his first season, probably his only season, as a full-time college keeper, has stopped 93 shots in 20 games, with a flare for the dramatic and the spectacular. He has anchored the UConn men’s soccer team, which has an NCAA

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