Day 8 - Wednesday, July 15th

We had our second game this morning. Pregame breakfast in the hotel and then some stretching before hopping onto the bus for the 15 minute trek down to the fields.

We lost to England 3-0. It was a closer game than the score would indicate. We had some really good chances to score but just couldn't get the ball in the net. I almost scored twice on two free kicks that we had. On one of them I was able to bend the ball around the wall they set up. Beckham would have been jealous. It would have been spectacular if the goalie didn't make a diving save.

After the game we just chilled by the pool for a while. Playing at 11am in that sun is just draining. There is absolutely no shade anywhere around the fields. We went to check out the Women's USA team play England later in the day. The US women were fantastic. They have a few players who are in the mix for the US National team. We went for dinner in this area of Haifa called the German Colony. Lots of open air restaurants down at the bottom of the mountain. Haifa is a lot like San Francisco. Our hotel is at the top of the mountain with all these windy roads that lead down to the water of the Mediterranean Sea. This is the view from my hotel room with the Mediterranean Sea in the background. After dinner I went back to the hotel and got to call Chelsea at camp for her birthday which was nice.