Off to the Hague

Day 5-Off to The Hague

 

The two boys teams took the morning to clean up their rooms, finish a little shopping and eat a hearty lunch before their 1PM departure to Den Hague. The normal 2 hr bus ride turned into to a 3 1/2 hour one due to construction enroute. The Hague is of course famous as the home of the World Court where all international disputes are settled.

The 2000's took the field against ADO Den Hague's 2000 boys team for the 5PM kickoff. Note: Den Hague's parent team plays in the Dutch 1st division against the likes of the world famous Ajax of Amsterdam. Their players were very technical and extremely skillful. However, our boys started out a lot better than they did in the first 15 minutes of game 1 and seem to be learning and adjusting along the way. The game ended up in a 0-0 tie but if not for the strong goalkeeping of Everaert, the score would have been larger. In fact he stopped a penalty kick deep into the 2nd half to thwart Den Hague's repeated offensive thrusts. The young players of Den Hague strike the ball very clean and are very tactically savvy as they (hopefully) move up the ladder to becoming a future pro.

Ethan Stewart, again, played a strong game terrorizing his opponents up and down the flanks. Captain, Tate Rusby-Wood was a solid and commanding force at the back. And Alec Taitague provided the opposition with more than they could handle.

The Den Hague club was kind enough to provide dinner for both Virginia teams in their clubhouse before getting back on the road to their new hotel in Eindhoven.

Tomorrow: Game 3

 

Gordon MillerVYSA Technical Director