Notre Dame fifth-year senior goalkeeper Scott Rodgers and Duke fifth-year senior attackman Ned Crotty have known each other since they played together in a high school All American game.

Rodgers and Crotty are still friendly, and that was evident when Rodgers was asked during Sunday’s press conferences about tangling with Crotty.

"The toughest part about playing against Ned is that he’s a nice guy," Rodgers said. "You get no bad vibes off of him, he doesn’t make you angry out there. He makes all the feeds in the world. The kid can make any feed – no-look, it doesn’t matter. He kind of reminds me of [Cornell sophomore attackman] Rob Pannell in the sense that his feeding ability is unreal. And I think his team feeds off of that. He can see anyone. I’ve seen him make a 20-yard, no-look pass across the field at the top of the box. He’s just a phenomenal player."

That’s when his coach, Kevin Corrigan, interjected, "Remind me to tell you later what he said about you."