Did I just hear Roberto Stone correctly during the USWNT match and that the city of San Diego is the fortunate host of a 6 day USWNT training camp starting on the 21st? Lucky bastards!!!
yes he did say the 21st and I'll be arriving on the 23rd! (Millie's B-day) Hey Lab we gotta check for open practices!
you lucky people better go out and do some good stalking. I want practice notes and pictures!!! Please.
at the olympic training center. a beautiful complex. they have a number which usually as practice time approaches you can call and they might give out a time when the pracdtice is. OTOH, recently, they haven't given out the practice times, discouraging people to attend. still, people show up anyway and usually no one is there to stop you. worth a trip!!
Anyone know the actual dates? And, how far is Chula vista from San Diego? Also, how do you get that phone number?
Anybody else find it sad that San Diego probably won't be getting any more of these training camps once the National Training Center in "Smell A" is built. I think it sucks ass, that this is true.
Concur completely, though I still think we'll get the odd camp of various sorts. This ain't a women's note, but one of the best soccer experiences of my life was going to 3 or 4 Men's Nats Camps two winters ago, meeting players, taking pictures, getting to intently watch practices, almost alone on a few occasions on the benches to the side, taking it all in. Nothing like smoggy Carson to look forward to. I still don't know why you would want your country's best soccer players breathing that crap air on a daily basis.
in today's U-T As a sidebar to today's article on the WCC being a quality conference, there was this short piece: LAST CHANCE: The full U.S. women's national team convenes at the ARCO Training Center in Chula Vista on Monday, perhaps for the last time. The five-day camp is in advance of the CONCACAF Gold Cup, the regional championship that doubles as qualifying for the 2003 Women's World Cup in China. The U.S. women open the eight-team tournament on Oct. 27 against Mexico at the Rose Bowl at 3pm; the top two teams get berths in 2003. U.S. Soccer is opening a new national training center in Carson next summer, and the men's and women's national teams will train there instead. The ARCO training sessions, which are open to the public, are scheduled for 11 am on Tuesday and Thursday and 10 am on Wednesday and Friday. The roster likely will include three current members of the San Diego Spirit - Julie Foudy, Shannon MacMillan and Joy Fawcett.
Certainly not a concern for the women's team, and for the men they would also need to be at 6,000 altitude to replicate the physical conditions. And then they would need to add 120,000 screaming Mexican NMT fans....
Mac, Julie, Joy on the Team The USSF has posted the announcement on who coach Heinrichs has picked for the team... http://www.ussoccer.com/news/fullstory.sps?iNewsid=22948&itype=
I'm in the same boat! It was different 2 years ago, when the boss that I had then let me take off early every day during the WUSA 10 day preseason extravaganza down at ARCO...
Press Release Excerpt This was in a press release sent out to media members: All the U.S. National Team players and head coach April Heinrichs will be available for interviews after training. Media can obtain credentials to access the Olympic Training Center by calling 619/656-1500. For more information, media should contact U.S. Women's National Team Press Officer Aaron Heifetz at 619/278-3182. U.S. WOMEN'S NATIONAL TRAINING SCHEDULE ARCO U.S. OLYMPIC TRAINING CENTER CHULA VISTA, CALIF. - Oct. 21-25 Monday, Oct 21, 4 pm US Training at ARCO OTC Tuesday, Oct 22,11 am US Training at ARCO OTC Wednesday, Oct 23, 10 am US Training at ARCO OTC Thursday, Oct 24,11 am US Training at ARCO OTC Friday, Oct 25, 10 am US Training at ARCO OTC
you all should try to definatly make it down there its such a cool place to go and tour. they also have an olympic video which Mac narrates
Gold Cup games I didn't want to start a new thread for this, and felt here would be the best place for it... *** Rose Bowl & Titan Stadium I’m sure that most of us have been to both of these places before, but just in case there are any of you who haven’t, here are places to look for info: http://www.rosebowlstadium.com/directions.htm http://www.titansports.org/visitors.html
Then. . . And Now (UT article on NWT) I know that most of us who follow the NWT have probably heard these stories before, but here is an article by Mark Zeigler on the '91 team's visit to Haiti for qualifying... http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/uniontrib/wed/sports/news_mz1s23then.html Something that isn't part of the online article is a picture of the 1991 team during the National Anthem. The caption identifies all of the players: Heinrichs, Griffin, Cirovski, Overbeck, Sanchez, Chastain, Leone, Cromwell, Hamm, Akers, Foudy, Gabarra, Lilly, Fawcett, Gabauer, Belkin, McCarthy, and Maslin.