Day 4 - On the Road Again

The start of the premier league made getting out of bed a lot easier today. Watching Liverpool beat Stoke City with a cup of coffee and then it was off to the office for our AM session.  To begin we had a chalk board session/meeting as Coach Ouimet called it but not sure the last time I ever saw a chalk board so maybe it'll eventually change to dry erase board session.  Either way it was time to try and recap our previous days efforts with some X's and O's and talk about the game tomorrow and some ideas we want to try and implement.

Onto the field and the session was sharp but much shorter with a 20min 11 v11 game and then into some shooting.  Have to say that Higgins in particular scored some scorchers and there were a few other goals which could have made the headlines.  As we left the field it wouldn't be long until our many Arsenal supporters including McClearn, Shaban and Elwing would be crying in the showers after the discovery that their beloved Gunners we beaten 3-1 at home.  Hopefully we can get a result tomorrow that will cheer them up.

After practice it was time to hit the road and start our journey to Duke.  I do like the new GW bus but no matter how good it looks sitting in traffic is no easier.  Yes the dreaded DC traffic hit again and gave me flashbacks of last year for our first scrimmage which took us to ODU a 3.5 our drive that became 7 hours.  With traffic against us our planned evening session and walk through would be cancelled and it was straight to dinner.

 After dinner it was on to the hotel.  Some final thoughts and notes for the pre game talk tomorrow and its time for bed.

Raise High Moment of the Day
Learning 3 interesting facts I didn't know about each player and staff member on the bus, fun and a great way to pass some time.