Day 5 - Sunday, July 12th

Game Day vs Israel.

A lot of downtime until our game at 4pm. Had some breakfast, team meeting to discuss strategy, do laundry, lunch and getting dressed pretty much summed up the day. We got on the bus and went to the field at 2:30pm. Much to our surprise, it was still extremely hot in the late afternoon. Had to be in the mid-to-high 90's. Warming up was not a problem. You couldn't drink enough water. It came out of you as soon as it went in. Here's the squad at the field before the game in our game Blues.

Unfortunately it was not a good day for us. Israel came prepared for us this time around. They were still pissed that they lost to us 4 years ago and really stacked their team. They had 3 former Israeli National Team players and a couple of guys who played professionally. They scored two goals in the first half. A header that just slipped in under our keeper and a follow up tap in after our keeper made a save. The heat was really a problem for many of us. It just took the legs right out of you. In the 2nd half we played a little better and actually had some really good scoring opportunities. Their keeper made two great saves which would have put us right back into the game. They scored one more towards the end of the game. It was a good effort but they were clearly the better team.

We came back after the game wet and dejected. Some dinner and beers at the Bear Pub closed out the night.