Men's Soccer to Play Chinese Under-17 Team in Preseason Scrimmage

Aug. 25, 2005

The Princeton men's soccer team will play a preseason 60-minute scrimmage against China's Under-17 national team next Tues., Aug. 30, at 6 p.m. at Christopher Dock High School in Lansdale, Pa.

The Tigers will use the scrimmage, to be played in two 30-minute halves, as preparation for their season opener Friday night against Loyola at Lourie-Love Field. The Chinese team is preparing for the Under-17 World Cup, which begins in mid-September in Peru.

The United States will also be represented in the Under-17 World Cup and will meet the Chinese in a pair of scrimmages in early September in Florida. The U.S. Under-17 team begins play in that 16-nation tournament on Sept. 17 when it faces North Korea.

Princeton, under 10th-year head coach Jim Barlow, began preseason training this week. After playing Loyola Sept. 2, the Tigers will play at American the following Friday and host Akron and Fairleigh Dickinson in the Princeton Invitational the following weekend.

2004 Ivy League Player of the Year Darren Spicer leads a Princeton group that finished 8-5-4 overall and 3-2-2 in league play a year ago. The Tigers were in the hunt for the league title until the season's final weekend.

For directions to Christopher Dock High School, visit the school's website at http://www.christopherdock.org/contact/directions.html.

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