08/15/2009
Women's Soccer Travels For Time at the Beach and Training on the Beach; Read About Day 5

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 5 (Friday, August 15, 2009) Provided by the juniors

Read About Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4

We woke up early to enjoy our last breakfast at the Tilajar and then settled in for a four hour bus ride to the beach. On the way we stopped to see some crocidiles in the river. They were bigger and more scary than we imagined. At our new hotel we divied into small houses separted in different sections named "Jamacia" and "Hati". We headed to the small sided beach soccer field at the hotel for some our training session and some 6 v 6 games. We played seniors and juniors against sophomores, a mixed team and then MA, NH, and ME against the rest of the team. Coach, Rick and Roberto (our tour guide) even made a celebrity apperance in the state game. Coach made some great saves but his team ended up losing while Roberto scored two goals. After our training session we had some time at the beach and the pool right near the field. After cooling off from the games in the ocean we did a small workout in the water. We enjoyed another class one dinner outside and time with our team. We finished the night hanging out by the pool with our teammates and some uninvited guests (racoons) who got a little too close. Tomorrow we had to the zip line tour and then an afternoon at the beach. -- The Juniors