The DePaul Blue Demons men's soccer team is the intercollegiate soccer program representing DePaul University. The school competes in the Big East Conference in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). The team plays on campus in Lincoln Park, Chicago, Illinois at Wish Field.
DePaul has appeared in one NCAA Tournament. Their most recent performance came in 2008. Their combined NCAA record is 0âÂÂ1âÂÂ0.
Chase Stegall (November 9, 2004 â June 2, 2025) was a midfielder who played for the DePaul men's soccer team from 2023-2024. He was the son of former NFL and CFL player Milt Stegall as well as his mother Darlene. He was a native of Atlanta, Georgia.
As a freshman in 2023 Stegall did not see any playtime. However for the 2024 season he played in 16 out of 17 games, scoring a goal against Drake on September 2nd. He would see 369 minutes of playing time.
A sophomore aged only 20, Stegall was found unresponsive in his dorm room in Lincoln Park on the morning of June 2nd, 2025 and was pronounced dead at the scene. It was published by Stegall on the DePaul website in February that he had a history of seizures. An autopsy at the Cook County medical examiner's office was scheduled. On August 8th it was announced on the DePaul Athletics Instagram page that the team would wear #19 patches on all kits for the 2025 season to honor Stegall.
The cause of death was announced on September 3rd as a "sudden unexpected death in epilepsy", also known as SUDEP.