Washington University Men's Soccer Showcase

Wednesday

2010-07-21T14:32:00.001-07:00

The boys began their last day at camp with a 3 v 3 tourney followed by a talk about defensive and offensive penalty area play.

Randy Gartside was awarded camp MVP!

The staff of the camp wants to thank the boys for being great campers, playing their best and being so easy to work with this week. We saw wonderful improvement and hope to see everyone next year!

Tuesday

2010-07-21T14:14:00.000-07:00

Today at camp the boys started with a transition passing game followed by 5 v 5 games into small goals. The camp was interrupted once again by rain and lightning (thanks to Saint Louis' unpredictable weather) and the campers listened to stories told by Joe.

After lunch, once the weather decided to shine some light back on the camp, the boys played in a 3v3 tournament for each age group.

Dinner came and was followed by full games at night including an all-star game against some coaches and local college players.

At night a round table discussion was held with five Wash U. soccer players that last two hours, ending at 12:30 AM.

Monday

2010-07-20T06:25:00.000-07:00

The morning session today consisted of 3v3 to 4 large goals, a shooting game that players seem to love, as well as a drill focusing on transition, overlapping and creating 2 on 1's. After the players finished their morning session and just before lunch Mike Sorber, coach of the US men's national team, surprised the camp and gave a talk about what it was like being the assistant coach for the World Cup team in South Africa.

In the afternoon the boys were taken on a campus tour of Washington University followed by the rising senior's admission interviews and/or time to relax. At 3:30 PM the boys had an information session with an admission's representative.

Rising seniors who already interviewed as well as had an information meeting were taken to the St. Louis Zoo for the afternoon.

In the evening the boys played great games with rejuvenated legs after no afternoon practice. The energy the coaches saw was amazing.

Sunday

2010-07-18T21:25:00.000-07:00

The guys started out their morning with a teaching session that was soon interrupted around 9 AM with a large storm passing through St. Louis. In place of the teaching session the boys had a recruitment workshop as well as a workshop explaining the mental aspect of soccer.

The boys broke for lunch around 10:30 AM and the rain came to a slow stop.

Back on the field the boys had a technical fitness session that lasted for a couple of hours. Here they worked on getting in shape as well as mastering their skills.

Around 4:30 PM the boys had the choice of dinner on their watch as long as they were on time for their scheduled soccer game (5:00, 6:00 or 7:00). After their scrimmages the boys showered/changed and headed to an auditorium for pizza and a movie (Invictus).

Goal keepers working separately on drills.

Saturday

2010-07-18T21:02:00.000-07:00

The boys began their day with registration starting around 1 pm in the Danforth hall where they will be staying all week. Around 2:30 Joe held an introductory meeting for the men explaining camp procedures, rules and the game plan for the day and week. The boys broke to play soccer in some intense, typical St. Louis heat and humidity. Important to keep forcing those fluids!

After the boys finished with some rounds of soccer, they broke for dinner at the Danforth University Center (D.U.C). This was followed by a couple scrimmage games at Francis field, pizza for a late night snack and then off to bed for the night.

Dorm (Danforth) boys staying at:

D.U.C