| | It's 1650 and we just got back for a quick shower and then we're off to dinner. The day started with breakfast, for those of us who woke up for it. The busses left at 1000 to travel back to the Liverpool Soccer Academy where we watched a combined team of 14, 15 & 16 year old Academy players compete against an U16 team from the Coventry Soccer Academy. I think that it's important that I give you all an idea of just how impressive this was to our boys... some of them slept on a grassy knoll while the game was on. It's not important who or how many. When you have a true and deep passion for this game, I guess you just can't get enough sleep. What's more, some of the boys think that their play is similar in many ways to the Academy team. Roy isn't exactly certain if he agrees with those boys assessment. Perhaps they need a bit more training before they should be doing any assessing on a professional level. After leaving the Academy, we came back to the dorms to pick up our kit (hey, that's the term used around here for uniforms, etc. - pretty cool, huh?) Then we went back to the fields where we played our three games in the tournament and met a U15 team from Gibraltar. Most of the boys played better than they had before. For those of you who keep track of these things, we were able to defeat the youngsters by a score of 3-2. We're trying to get another friendly game set up for tomorrow, but as of yet, have been unsuccessful. Tonight is a Disco at the local "Leisure Center." We'll be driving the boys, as well as picking them up. That way, we can be assured that they'll all make it back to bed at a decent time tonight (that bit of information is for the Maternal Parental Units.) It's time for me to sign off for now. Hope you're all well and feeling fine. |
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