Brazilian Training

Today we got up for breakfast as usual, but unfortunately our practice uniforms weren't clean, so we had to push back our first training session. After waiting for about thirty minutes, coach Pinard decided to have a “light” training session. We jogged, stretched, and played several games, players from the North vs. players from the South. It gets pretty competitive and really gets us working hard.

We had a relaxing afternoon and then had a double session—first the one that we were supposed to do this morning, and then a technical session with a Brazilian coach. Gabriella, our Soccer Futuro liason, translated for us as the coach had us juggling tennis balls, explained drills, and constantly urged us to go faster.

Our legs tired, we got in the pool, shorts and all, then headed up for dinner where we celebrated sophomore Anne Marie Burke's birthday with a surprise cake.

The day ended with the team laughing and joking around, excited for our first visit to Monte Siao tomorrow and our second game.

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