08/11/2009
Women's Soccer Arrives in Costa Rica for Preseason Trip; Read About Day 1

The Clark University women's soccer team departed on August 11 to Costa Rica for an international preseason trip. The 8-day, three-game trip will include time in San Jose and San Carlos. This marks the first time Coach Brady, in his ninth year, has taken the team on an international trip.

The trip will include three games against local club teams, opportunities to train and a number of popular cultural attractions. In addition, the team will take part in a community service project. The players will visit a childrens community center that cares for and educates 200 low-income children between the ages of 1-12 years old.

The players will team up during the trip to provide daily updates from Costa Rica.

Day 1 (Tuesday, August 11, 2009) Provided by the seniors

The day started off very early when we all met at the Knellar at 2:30am. Our flight left Boston at 6 am and after a brief layover in Atlanta we arrived in Costa Rica safe and sound.

Our trip is being run by Costa Rica Soccer and our orange coach bus came complete with a tour guide, Roberto, to help us along the way.

Ironically, Worcester was a warm 80 degrees at 3 am in the morning, but our first session of the trip was in the rain we've all been so familiar with this summer. After cleaning up after our muddy training, we were treated to our first traditional Costa Rican dinner complete with a private performance from a local dance group. Some suprise participants joined in on the festivites and showed off some pretty unique dance moves. I don't think any of us have ever seen Coach Brady move like that.

The long first day meant an early night for everyone. Another jam-packed day awaits us today including a community service project and our first game. Thanks for following our adventure and we'll keep you posted! -- The Seniors