Brighton Trip Day 3

The boys woke up early this morning to a Full English breakfast, it was the fuel they needed as they had a big slate of competitive games today.  They headed over to the American Express Elite Performance Training Center. 

The Amex training center is Brighton's multi million dollar state of the art training facility that was opened in 2014 and is one of the most modern and sophisticated training grounds in all of English Football.  Today the boys had 4 "mini" games against teams from Brighton's Academy.

In their 4 games, the boys drew 0-0 to Brighton's Academy, lost 2-0 to Brighton's Development Squad, lost 1-0 to Brighton's academy, and finished things off with a 2-1 win against Brighton's Development Academy.  It was a tough day of competition, but that's what the boys came over to England to do: compete with the best.  The fact that they not only held their own against some of Brighton's teams but were able to pick up a win is a testament to how hard these boys and their coaches have worked.  

 After the games the boys headed back to the hostel and had some spare time so the group went down to walk around beautiful Brighton Pier, known as the Coney Island of England. 

After some time at the Pier, it was time to head back to the Hostel for some dinner and of course the competition wasn't limited to the pitch today as the boys had a table tennis tournament in the hostel post dinner.

The boys are certainly knackered after a long day of games, but they can't wait for tomorrow as it's on to beautiful historic Portsmouth for a day of sightseeing.