Today we had our first tryout. A gorgeous day with around 15 degrees of temperature. Awesome weather to play football. I hope tomorrow morning is the same. It was very basic. The girls first warmed up with a 15 minutes run and then we had 15 minutes of just passing, so I can observe individual skills. After that, speed and shooting. Being the first time most of them were playing football this season, their skills were below average with rare exceptions.

I was really happy to see all the players from last year’s team trying out this year (with the exception of Marta and Louise who graduate already and Katy and Greta, both back in US). Still, we have one player injured. Greta Delfino has a broken ankle so she will try out after CNY.

We had 40 minutes of scrimmage where I could see some new talents. In total we have 18 girls trying out. It will be tough to choose 12 players for the season. One thing for sure is we are super well-served on goalies with Bella and Mikayla. They did an wonderful job today.

Tomorrow, 10AM, more tryouts. It will be an intensive one. Stay tuned.