Roberts Stadium was a 2,356 seat

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located on the

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. It was the home to the Princeton Tigers men's and women's soccer teams. The stadium was named in honor of Thomas S. Roberts '85, a former Princeton goal keeper. The stadium's natural

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game field, Myslik Field, was named in memory of Robert H. Myslik '90, a soccer alumnus and assistant coach who died in 2003. The team's

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practice field, Plummer Field, was adjacent to the stadium. The stadium was torn down in 2019 to make way for Perelman College, the future seventh

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at Princeton University. Roberts Stadium opened September 2, 2008, and was formally dedicated October 4, 2008, following a doubleheader with

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. The stadium replaced the former Lourie-Love Field, which stood on the same grounds. Lourie-Love Field was named after Princeton

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and

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, both 1922 graduates. In May 2010, the

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held a week-long pre-

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at Roberts Stadium. In June 2012, the

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held a two-week-long training camp at the stadium to prepare for an

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against the Chinese women's national football team at

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