Pictures from Friday

Here's motivation, to do your best to play the best...


Frenchie had the girls at the field for a bit of a talk and a couple photo ops.



Here's the layout at the souviener store. It's quite the operation. Anything from pre-wrap to shoes, Surf Cup T's to authentic replica Arsenal jerseys. No one walked out without dropping a few $$'s.

Dinner at the hotel was the typical carbo load, pasta, salad and bread...

Tobey - hard at work.

The hotel were staying at is pretty nice, plenty of areas for the kids to roam. It looks like there was 2 weddings in progress and a couple of other functions going on. I hope the wedding shots don't show a couple little faces peeping out of the background....

Friday - the day before....

Having a heck of a time getting our broadband connection up. Dang computers.

The girls got a chance to wander out to the fields today to look around. The grass looks really fast. It's cut short and the ground seems to be fairly firm.

We'll see how things go. Kick off is at 9:10a

Thursday - Recon Mission

Well coach beat everyone down here and did some reconnisance this morning. She's pumped and ain't shy about it.

Here's some pictures she sent out... It looks really nice.

We made it down here this afternoon, flying into Long Beach was pretty much pain free. It's a small airport using a former military airfield. The infrastructure is pretty basic. The terminal building are really just trailers, no fooling.

There was one hitch, we flew in on Horizon and the particular airplane we flew in was the one that WSU charters so it was painted up with Cougar colors.... Oh so painful.... (I'm a Husky...Go DAWGS!)

Getting the rental car was a plesant experience, we managed to snag a VW Beetle. Yahoo!

Happy travels everyone, see you tomorrow.

T minus 2 and counting

Tuesday - nothing happening. The girls had a good time at the pool party Sunday following the second game, so much so that it's suspected that they were focused on the party halfway through the second game. Coach got annoyed and had some running for them afterwards.

Enjoy the pool girls, it'll be awhile before coach let's you back in.....

In a funny twist of fate, two of the players guesting were playing against us last summer at Chinook Cup. We all had a good laugh when we found out that one of our favorite pictures of the year was also one of theirs. I'll dig it up and post it soon....

Eastside FC - G98R Trip to Surf Cup Countdown

The countdown to Surf Cup has begun.

The team's application to Surf Cup was accepted this spring and now the team has been focusing on getting ready for the big dance. Coach has been setting up several different friendlies with U12 teams so we can get used to playing 11v11 against strong opponents. In the two different tournaments we've entered we've played up. Lots of preperation, and the girls are looking real good.

Since the team was formed with 9v9 play, we're needing a couple more players to fill up the roster. Also we're missing one of the players due to a planned vacation so we'll have to keep her updated on the progress via this blog and email...

More to come.