PRINCETON — Princeton senior midfielder Diana Matheson is in China with the Canadian national women's soccer team for the FIFA Women's World Cup and the Big Red are set to begin pool play Wednesday.
Canada will face Norway at 8 p.m. local time in China, 8 a.m. Eastern Time in the U.S. The game will be televised live on ESPN. Overall pool play began Monday with a Group A match in which Germany defeated Argentina 11-0. Canada will have games against Ghana on Sept. 15 and Australia on Sept. 19, both at 5 a.m. ET and both live on ESPN.
Matheson has played in more than 60 games for Team Canada since joining the full national squad in 2003. By the time she returns from China, Matheson will have flown nearly 90,000 miles just since Oct. 2006 while playing for Canada.
Once she returns to Princeton, the three-time first-team All-Ivy honoree and 2004 NSCAA All-America will resume pursuit of the program's career assist record. Matheson has 19 and Kathy Kobler '91 leads with 20.
Every few days, Matheson will contribute to an online journal through GoPrincetonTigers.com, which can be found here.
Courtesy: Princeton Athletic Communications