2010 Brazilian Tour

Umbro Center

davidweiler — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 15:30:00 GMT

Here is a link to the Umbro Center, which is where we will be playing against the Umbro club on some small sided turf fields. More to follow

http://www.usclouveira.com.br/

Photos: Day Three

davidweiler — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 02:56:00 GMT

Day Two

davidweiler — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 21:30:00 GMT

Well our intention was to have the boys update todays blog but as you can see that did not happen. However it is for a good reason; they are quite tired.

Today we rose at 6:30AM had a great Brazilian breakfast consisting of bread, ham, cheese, fruit and freshly squeezed juices. The boys then walked to the training facility in Louveira which is approx one mile from our hotel. I posted some photos of the field earlier today so perhaps you had a chance to take a look at it. The boys continued to work on the 3-5-2 formation, which has been a great challenge. In addition they worked on playing compact and of course in Brazilian style being creative.

After a lunch back at the complex the boys had another training session from 2:30PM to 5PM at the Louveira Estadio Municipal where they had a chance to scrimmage against a local club. After a tough first half the team scored three goals in the second half to post it's first very unofficial victory.

This evening after a late supper the boys had a 90 minute team meeting whereby they discussed tomorrows game plan. Tomorrow at 9AM they have their first match against the local Louveria club. This will be a tremendous challenge in that our opponent will more than likely bring their U16's and U17's.

Our Brazilian friends have been very accommodating and all the boys are starting to tease one another, which is a good sign.

That is all for today. I am off to bed as well.

Ciao

Dave

Photos: BFUT

davidweiler — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 11:05:00 GMT

Finally Made It

davidweiler — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 07:54:00 GMT

We are here in Brazil now. Our flights went very smoothly. Business class is quite amazing. 3 course meal, hot towels, reclining seats ---- makes the time go pretty quickly. Upon our arrival, we met Thadeu, the professional coach that will be with us all week, and transferred to our hotel. After checking in, our boys got their first taste of playing against Brazilians. Needless to say the first 15 minutes were tough for them. I'm happy to report that they settled down and started to play more quickly and with less anxiety. They are still adjusting to the travel time so by tomorrow I expect even greater improvement. We had a short team meeting with our Brazilian teammates. Our team consists of 7 Americans and 7 Brazilians. They will be training and competing with us all week.

Have to run and eat. Take care all.

Dan