Today was one of the longest days of the whole trip, as the boys got up for an early breakfast before departing to the American Express Elite Football Performance Center for their morning session with Brighton. Their morning session was run by some of the coaches in Brighton's Academy, the focus of this session was receiving to play forward and breaking lines. After a tough but fun morning session, it was back to the hotel for lunch and a little bit of down time.
Training session two started with a bit of a surprise as Liam Rosenior, a former player and current assistant coach with Brighton's U23 team, came and joined the boys. Rosenior played 393 games at the professional level in England for an assortment of clubs, most recently playing his last three years in Brighton before retiring just this year. Rosenior is famous for making his debut in the Premier League where he was the fullback marking Cristiano Ronaldo, he ended up shutting down Cristiano and winning Man of the Match in his debut. Rosenior gave a motivational speech to the players about what it takes to become a professional player at the highest level. He then opened it up to the boys for some Q and A. Training session #2 began shortly thereafter where the boys worked on combinations to goal as well as finishing with the coaches of Brighton's Academy.
After a long day of training, the boys went back to the hotel to enjoy dinner and head out to the Brighton Marina for some bowling. It was a great day but very exhausting, can't wait for tomorrow as the boys will be training, touring Brighton's stadium, and playing a match against the Brighton's Academy.
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