Thursday, August 11, 2016

Day 11 August 11th

Today the boys and girls soccer players had the opportunity to visit the 'Home of Football'. Wembley Stadium is located in North London and sits on the site of the previous stadium. Many people in America will be familiar with the stadium because it has hosted NFL games the last couple of years. The stadium was officially opened up in 2007 and is the official home of the England national team as well as several cup finals (FA Cup, League Cup, etc.). In 2010 it hosted the Champions League Final between Manchester United and Barcelona. The stadium is regarded as the holy grail for English football and the kids had the opportunity to take a behind the scenes tour. They went into the changing rooms, the press conference room and even had the chance to sit in the dugout.





Field hockey spent the majority of the day preparing for their last game on Friday. This will be a big test and one that the girls certainly want to end on a winning note. The feedback we have received from some of the other teams has been amazing. They are well impressed with the standard that our teams have played at and they are all jumping at the chance to come to American and play us on home soil!




In the evening the girls soccer teams had two games against local opposition, Crawley and Eastbourne. Both of the games were really tight and it made for some entertaining football. Crawley and Eastbourne were very impressive and put up a good fight against the Seacoast United teams. After the game, they all received USA Nike balls and they girls received commemorative pennants to mark the occasion.