Crossfire Premier Players Simon LeKressner, Angelo Calfo and Harrison Kurtz have been on a lot of exciting soccer trips over the course of their young careers, but none as big as the trip they are currently preparing for. Simon, Angelo and Harrison will leave on October 23^rd for an 8 day trip that they will remember forever. The three will be traveling to Milan, Italy and training with the Inter youth teams as part of the partnership that Crossfire Premier has with Inter.  They will be accompanied by Crossfire Premier Coaches Peter Hattrup, Steve Crum, Richard Reece and Justi Baumgardt. 

Day 1

Today was a long day of travel.  The group left Sea-Tac Airport on Sunday at 1:30pm and arrived in Amsterdam on Monday at 9am with the time change.  After a much shorter flight to Milan, we all arrived at the Residence Siloe which is a 5 minute walk to the Inter Youth Academy training facilities.  The rest of the day was spend resting and getting ready for the players first time on the field on Tuesday.

                 

Day 2

On the morning of day 2 the players stayed at the hotel for study hall (yes they have to study while they are here).  Some of the coaches headed  downtown to see some of the sights, including the Piazza del Duomo.  The coaches were able to visit inside the Duomo Cathedral and the walk around the Duomo shoping district.  In the afternoon the players finally got to do what they came here for, they trained with the Inter Youth Academy.  Harrison Kurtz trained the older team and Angelo Calfo and Simon LeKressner trained with the younger team.  The coaches were able to observe a number of ages groups.  The weather today was heavy rain all day.  However the forecast for the rest of the week is dry.  Despite the wet conditions the afternoon was a success!

Pictures to be uploaded soon!

            

      

       

 

  

Day 3

On the morning of day 3 the Crossfire travel group went to tour the San Siro Stadium downtown where Inter plays their home matches.  Click here to view more information on the Inter website about the stadium.  We used the subway system and had to make a transfer and yet no one got lost.  We are off to training in a few minutes but I thought I would post a couple early pictures.

ok, in the afternoon the players and coaches headed back to the youth academy field complex (more about the complex tomorrow).  The weather was a lot better and all three players performed well.

Click here for an article on the Inter website about the visit.

    

   

   

    

   

  

  




Day 4 

FYI for those of you that may be follwing our trip, we are having internet connectivity issues.  Uploading pictures has become more dificult.  We will load as many pictures as we can on the trip and then upload a bunch more next week when we are back at home.

Today the we did a little more sight seeing and then the boys went to training.  We stoped by the Sforza castle for a quick tour.  It is quite impressive, we didn’t realize how big it was untill we got to walk around the grounds.

Today at training the boys felt like they were starting to get more comfortable.  They felt better physically and they felt more comfortable with their foriegn suroundings.