Ducar was born in Lawrence, Massachusetts and began her athletic career at North Andover High School.
[2] She played both basketball and soccer, however, her second year she injured her back and needed surgery for two vertebrae to be fused together.
However, Ducar proved her coach wrong, and led North Andover's women's soccer team to a Cape Ann League Title.
In the 1994 NCSS Tournament, Ducar played every minute in every game, and University of North Carolina won the National Championship.
Ducar picked up two more caps, (games played against international competition), in Melbourne on February 28, 1996 and in Bathurst on March 3, 1996.
[2] Then in 1997, during the Nike Victory Tournament, Ducar split time in every game with Briana Scurry, (the starting goal keeper for the U.S. National Team), and also in the Women's World Cup in 1997.
In 1998, Ducar played in six matches for the national team and while starting in each one, had four shutouts, and allowed only two goals.