Let the games begin…
Kelly
Day one at Regional Camp was a busy day. We started the day early at 6:30 eating breakfast and having a game at 8:30. We played Utah and took control of the game in the second half. The first half was shaky and then we finally started connecting and finding each other. We took a number of shots but were unlucky and the game ended scoreless. A tie to Utah was not what we wanted, but we are glad to get our play back together. We had meetings with our coaches, Zahra and Marty, to discuss what could have gone better in the game and things to work on for the future. Lunch and dinner were the same as yesterday, and we are already getting tired of pasta. We are lucky to have such a good manager who has a stock of food for us in her room. The training we participated in was called a functional training where all the teams split into defenders, midfielders, flank players, and forwards. I went with the defender group and I must say that Washington definitely set the bar high! We went through a lot of the basics but also learned a few new things. It was a very good practice. They announced the girls who will play in the invite game and now we are headed off to cheer on our teammates! Good luck Ayana, Sandy, Cassidy, Dom, Coryn, and Jessica!
Miranda
Ahhhh! The wonderful first day. What to expect but hard work, ice baths, training, and half an hour of rest time in between it all. My very first day at Regional Camp was very tiring. We got up at 6 o’clock sharp and played our game versus Utah. We did very well and passed it around a lot better in the second half than the first. We had so many opportunities to score but I will give credit to the Utah team for their excellent defending. We ended up tying and shortly after, we headed to the cafeteria. Later in the day we went to a practice called “functional training”. The functional training is where all the states in the region practice together. All the coach’s, including Brandi Chastain’s husband, sat us down and told us who was in the invitational game. We had 6 people invited from our State Team which was awesome so they just watched us as we trained. Great job Ayana, Cassidy, Coryn, Jessica, Sandy, and Dom. We split up into groups so we didn’t have as many people’ forwards –center mids, outside mids, and defenders. My group was super fun with the midfielders because we all knew what we needed to do. Us girls from Washington really showed, but not because of our bright neon shirts but because of how well we know our position. I just got back from the invite game and it was really exciting to see our players play in front of all the college coaches, and they performed really well! My first day was a success and tomorrow we play Colorado at 10 which means an awesome game and more time to sleep in! All of us are excited about that! We are going to 4-4-2 it up!
