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Princeton University Athletics
U.S. Men's National Team to Hold Pre-World Cup Training Camp at Princeton
April 21, 2010 | Men's Soccer
CHICAGO (April 21, 2010) - The U.S. Men's National Team has selected Princeton University as the site of its Pre-World Cup training camp in the United States. Players and coaches will begin to report May 15 for the eight-day camp, with the first training session scheduled for May 17 on Myslik Field at Roberts Stadium. All team training sessions will be closed to the public.
The U.S. Men's National Team will face two of the traditionally stronger teams from Europe in the Czech Republic and Turkey in the Send-Off Series prior to departing for South Africa and the 2010 FIFA World Cup. The USA will meet the Czech Republic on May 25 at Rentschler Field in East Hartford, Conn., at 8 p.m. ET before playing its final home tune-up match against Turkey on May 29 in Philadelphia. The game in Hartford will be broadcast live on ESPN and Galavision, while kickoff at Lincoln Financial Field is set for 2 p.m. ET, with ESPN2 and Galavision providing the television broadcast. Fans can also follow the matches live on ussoccer.com's MatchTracker and at twitter.com/ussoccer.
The U.S. Men's National Team is coached by Princeton alum and former head coach Bob Bradley '80, a standout player for the Tigers during his playing career who led the Tigers in scoring during his senior season of 1979, when the team advanced to the second round of the NCAA Tournament. That same year, he was awarded the David S. Hackett Memorial Cup, given annually to the Princeton player demonstrating outstanding enthusiasm, discipline and leadership. Bradley began coaching the Tigers in 1984 and in the next 12 seasons built the team into an Ivy League and national powerhouse. Princeton won two Ivy League titles, earned three NCAA Tournament bids from 1984-95 and advanced to the NCAA semifinals in 1993 for the first time in school history. That year the National Soccer Coaches Association of America named him the National Coach of the Year. Bradley resigned in 1996 to become an assistant coach with D.C. United of Major League Soccer.
Another familiar face on the U.S. Men's National Team is Princeton alum Jesse Marsch '96, who was named an assistant coach on the staff in February, after ending a 14-year career in Major League Soccer. Marsch was an All-America at Princeton, where he totaled 29 goals and 15 assists in four seasons. He finished 1994 and 1995 as the Ivy League's leading scorer and was on the all-Ivy team both years. He led the Tigers to an NCAA appearance during his senior year, when he scored 16 goals.