Generation Adidas Checks in From London

By: travis | December 9th, 2008

As I previously reported last week, a squad of MLSers who were dubbed as Generation Adidas players were heading overseas for a short stint over in England, where soccer is football and people live and breath the darn thing. Roger Espinoza of the KC Wizard emailed a quick update, which I am relaying to you from the Wizards blog, Hillcrest Road. The GA squad lost 1-0 to the Reading reserves and took in today’s CFR Cluj-Chelsea match at Stamford Bridge. Here’s what Espinoza had to say:
The trip has been fantastic so far. We practiced at the Chelsea facilities the second day we got here, and it was a first-class organization. Everything was amazing. The time change has been very difficult for everyone to adjust to, but we are doing pretty well now. In the game against Reading, we played pretty well. I was expecting them to be at a whole different level than us, but the game was pretty even. Both Chelsea and Reading have treated us very well.

Watching Chelsea play in the Champions League today is what I have enjoyed this trip the most. It was the best soccer game I’ve been to. The passionate people in the stadium makes the game so interesting because everyone is chanting and supporting their team the entire game, and the level of soccer: it was incredible from both teams.

Other then that, I really haven’t done that much the walk around the mall here and shop some. During the weekend is when we start doing things like getting a tour around town and go watch Liverpool, so I’ll let you know how that goes.

Tomorrow we play the Chelsea reserve team in the morning. I’ll let you know how that goes too.

Interesting to see how they’ll do against the Chelsea reserves. Best of luck to them. Anyone else know what is going on over there? Please post below.