Tuesday July 14th

Today we play our second game. The game is at 6:45 pm so we have the entire day for nothing. Im telling you we really did nothing. We woke up for breakfast and some of us took our clothes yet again to get washed. After breakfast we went back to bed. We woke up again and went to lunch. After lunch we stayed awake but just watched tv. Some of the guys spent time with their families but the rest of us stayed in and out of the sun.

At 5:00pm we met downstairs to catch the bus to go to our game. The bus was late...but when it finally got to the hotel it was only big enough for 10 people. We were willing to make it work but the driver was unwilling. So we had to call for a bigger bus which took another 30 minutes. As soon as it got to the hotel we got on and headed to the game. We were stuck in traffic for a long time. We even went to the wrong facility to start with. This driver, I swear was on drugs. We almost killed one lady on a motorcycle. We went into areas of Tel Aviv, that I am sure more people who live here have never seen. It was the longest and weirdest roundabout way to get to the field.

We finally got to the facility 20 minutes before the game started. Remember the game is at 6:45 and we were suppose to leave at 5:00pm. The weird part of the entire thing was that Argentina was not at the facility either. We got changed and on the court and thats when we knew they were here too. I was hoping for a forfeit. We warmed up and got ready for the game.

We started the same way. Aaron in goal, Josh at defense, Ian and Simon in midfield, Mike up top.

We played even with Argentina for most of the first half. They scored 2 goals near the end of the half and at half time they were up 2-0. We were upset with the score but it was much better then what it could have been. The Argentina team has been working together for years. Our team has been together for almost 2 weeks now.

The second half on the other hand sucked. They scored 5 more that half, 3 of them were all our teams fault which should not have happened. But it did and they scored. The game ended 7-0, we lost our first game. CRAP!!!

We went to get on the bus to head back to the hotel and realized the bus was not at the facility. We were stranded. So we stayed and watched the next game. It was Estonia vs Brazil. To our surprise Estonia scored the first goal. Our entire team went crazy for Estonia. They have been having a very hard time losing to Finland 7-3 and US 11-3.

So they scored first followed by the unrelenting domination from the Brazilian side. At half time the score was 12-1. OUCH is right.

We left at half because the bus finally showed up. This time it was a different driver, thank the lord. But as it turns out this guy must have been a relative because he too got lost. He took us to 2 different hotels before he would listen to us saying MARINA TEL AVIV. He actually called someone to find out where we were staying because why would Americans know what is going on. It took this man who spoke no English and what it seamed as very bad Hebrew, 45 minutes to 1 hours to get us back to the hotel which is maybe 25 minutes away with traffic. It was an unreal day.

No one was hurt...only our pride was a bit lacking. Oh and to make things worse...we got back at 10:00pm (our game was over around 8 or a little after) and dinner stops at 9:00pm. We complained and they let us make our own sandwiches. They gave us cold cuts (turkey and salami) some bread, some humus, and salad. So it was us, a few guys from Hungry and Denmark (they spell it DANMARK)

Today could have been worse...but it was one of those days that you wish didnt happen. Lets just hope we get a better result tomorrow. Till then....