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A Pair of Men's Soccer Players Featured
October 06, 2011 | Men's Soccer
A pair of Princeton men's soccer players, senior Manny Sardinha and freshman Cameron Porter, are featured this week in stories on Princeton's main page, Princeton.edu, and in the student paper The Daily Princetonian.
Student-athletes Balance Life On and Off the Field
by Ushma Patel & Maggie Westegaard, Princeton.edu - Oct. 6
For the nearly 1,000 students, or about 20 percent of the University's undergraduates, who suit up for Princeton's 38 varsity sports teams, life as a student-athlete poses both opportunities and challenges.
Varsity athletes have the chance to travel around the United States and even in other countries for competition, while creating deep bonds with their teammates, honing their talents and learning values such as leadership and fair play. Student-athletes, such as the eight featured below, also balance their rigorous athletic commitment with coursework and other extracurricular activities during their college years.
Porter Gives Tigers a Creative Touch
by Luc Cohen, The Daily Princetonian - Oct. 6
Last season, the men's soccer team relied on a steady, consistent attack to score the goals it needed to secure the Ivy League championship. The Tigers created many opportunities off the run of play, but one of their core strengths was their ability to score off of restarts, corner kicks and junior defender Mark Linnville's long throw-ins. It was a dependable and strategic - if not always pretty - way to win games.
Enter freshman forward Cameron Porter. He thrives off of the freedom the attacker position affords him. In his words, he likes the "stylish things." That "crazy move." The dynamism. To Porter, the potential for creativity is one of the most alluring aspects of the game. A Manchester United fan, Porter has found an idol in Bulgarian forward Dimitar Berbatov, known for his elegant and laid-back style of play, which is interpreted by some as laziness.