Dilly Duka helped FK Partizani win the Albanian Superliga. (Photo courtesy of MLS resources)

Dilly Duka has come home.

The former Major League Soccer player has returned to play with FC Motown in the National Premier Soccer League this season.

Duka helped FK Partizani win the Albanian Superliga and clinch a berth in the UEFA Champions League after playing a major role in Motown finishing as runners-up in the NPSL in 2018.

The midfielder will be a great help to Motown, which also will compete in the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup this year.

Duka, who hails from Montville, N.J. has played for the Red Bulls, Columbus Crew SC, Chicago Fire and Montreal Impact in Major League Soccer.

A former Rutgers University standout, Duka has made 141 appearances and 97 starts over eight seasons in MLS. A former member of the U.S. Under-20 and U-23 national teams, Duka recorded 12 goals and 14 assists for those sides.

Front Row Soccer editor Michael Lewis has covered 13 World Cups (eight men, five women), seven Olympics and 25 MLS Cups. He has written about New York City FC, New York Cosmos, the New York Red Bulls and both U.S. national teams for Newsday and has penned a soccer history column for the Guardian.com. Lewis, who has been honored by the Press Club of Long Island and National Soccer Coaches Association of America, is the former editor of BigAppleSoccer.com. He has written seven books about the beautiful game and has published ALIVE AND KICKING The incredible but true story of the Rochester Lancers. It is available at Amazon.com.