Lazy Sunday

It was a pretty much a lazy Sunday for the U.S. Women’s National Team…except there were no cupcakes consumed and then there was training, which was anything but lazy. Several players came out early to get some extra work in and the practice ended with fitness games, which consist of eight-minute games with two four-minute halves playing 4 v 4 plus one on big goals with goalkeepers on big fields that only seem get bigger from game to game on a hot, muggy day. Did we mention the minimal rest between games? It’s basically eight straight minutes of 50-yard sprints. Needless to say, the players put in some hard, sweaty work before heading back to the hotel for lunch. The rest of the day was truly lazy as almost all the players either went to a movie, did a bit of shopping, napped, or for the more industrious players, perhaps all three.