UK Trip 2019 – Day 8

Day 8 was a very busy day. With practice cancelled so we could spend more time in London, it was an early start to go see the changing of the Queen’s guards. A very busy area of London, around Buckingham Palace, with thousands of people lining the streets and packing the sidewalks, and all this while […]

UK Trip 2019 – Day 7

The start of our first full day in London. And what a start… an incredible breakfast buffet at the hotel. We can now see why Swansea City stayed at the hotel! Following our fill up of food, we head to the football cages, ‘Goals Gilette Corner’, just around the corner from the VAR station near […]

UK Trip 2019 – Day 6

Bright eyed and bushy tailed for breakfast, we met in the lobby for our last full English meal in Manchester. Afterwards, we repacked our bags, loaded the bus, and made our way London, but not before we stopped at St. George’s Park for a tour. With construction finishing in 2012, it took 18 months for […]

UK Trip 2019 – Day 5

Day 4 started off with a bang, an early start down to breakfast with the team and a walk over to the playing fields behind the Sports Village stadium, where both Manchester Utd U23’s and Woman’s team play This was to be the final training session during our time in Manchester. The training session was […]

UK Trip 2019 – Day 4

A bright and early start at 7:30am, and first stop our hotel breakfast at the hotel to energize before heading to the practice facilities. Today’s session was a scrimmage session, using small sided games in the ‘football cage’, with the coaches taking part and splitting up on to the 2 teams. A fun session to […]

UK Trip 2019 – Day 3

Following our long day of travel, and after everyone checked in at the Holiday Inn Express, after getting a good night’s sleep, the team was energetic and ready for their breakfast. Surprisingly, everyone woke up and got ready in time for breakfast. At the hotel, we had a classic Sunday breakfast: British bacon, sausage, eggs, […]

UK Trip 2019 – Day 2

 Day 2 of our trip to the U.K. is a continuation of the long travel from San Francisco, just a blur of sporadic sleeping moments on the 2 flights separates the days. Upon landing at Manchester Airport, we are greeted by Jack, our tour guide from WorldStrides, a jolly Scotsman with many stories. The […]

UK Trip 2019 – Day 1

A great start to the trip, with everyone arriving at the airport an no passports left at home. Starting out at San Francisco International Airport, it is a long trip to our final destination of Manchester, England, where we will be arriving late Saturday afternoon. Undaunted by the long travel, everyone was in great spirits, […]

Season 2019/20 Season Curriculums

Attached you will find the curriculum’s for the 2019/20 season. This outlines the sessions for the full season, the coaches also receive the curriculum but with a specific session plan for each session. Through the age groups you will see how the topics change from the U9 player, to the U19 player. It is so […]