Festival Update, Part II

Today was a great day, despite our results. Our players learned what it is to be a Rush player from Tim Shulz, Rush President and National Staff Coach. Tim spoke about what qualities are important and gave cool examples of those qualities. We struggled in our games, failing to score a goal or a win. After lunch, all the players at the Festival were broken into groups by position and did some functional training with coaches from across the country. Between the sessions we were visited by three Kansas City Wizards players, who told the players what they went through to get where they are and what it is like to be a pro. Many girls asked about David Beckham, who will play against the Wizards tomorrow evening. We closed the night with an Ice Cream social, where all the players came together and traded club items.

Tomorrow we have our final group game, street soccer and then we are off to the Wizards vs Galaxy game.

Everybody is doing very well and enjoying themselves. This will surely turn out to be one of the finest soccer experiences for our players.