Here is a quick update on the happenings. We flew from Amsterdam to Atlanta to Albuquerque and upon arriving the players were met at the airport with news cameras. After 19 hours of traveling its kind of hard to do tricks (but like always we did what we had to do). After checking into our hotel and getting some needed rest we took a day off in order to adjust to the climate and altitude here (8000 ft above sea level). Today was the jumpoff.
We have been promoting street football out here in this steaming hot Albuquerque sunshine. Today the temperature was 91 degrees / 33 degrees celcius in the shade so you better believe we are getting our tans on (even though only one of us needs one - EDWARD)!
So far its been a blast. We have been hooking up with some very interesting people and the players are really enjoying themselves. As soon as possible we will get them to post some of their personal experiences and comments on the blog.
Shouts out to Ricci from 3 Star Sports & Entertainment and my man Pierre!!!! Also a big shout out to Alex Thomas, producer of Snoop Doggs Fatherhood television series (this guy is tooooo funny and he even has some football skills, if you ever get a chance to see his show - GO!!!).
We have only had one major problem thus far. We want to send a big shout out to SEAN from Paris and tell him to hang tight and stay focused. Our friends at USA immigrations would not let him into the country for some unknown reason. That has been a very disappointing experience but we are not done with it yet. SEAN we are here and we got you, hold it down in Europe until we can get this sorted out.
Today was the official jumpoff of the tour with a street soccer tournament here in Albuquerque. The city allowed us to close down one of the main streets (central and 4th Downtown). A special pitch was built especially for this event (Thanks Danny). The crowd really loved it and it was a lot of fun. This was the first ever street soccer tournament in the city. The MOTG team played and joked around the entire event. There are definitely some kids here with talent. The European street game is on another level so its all fun and love for the game. There were pannas and akkas flying all over the place. We will try to get some video footage out to you guys soon. Big up to "International" - they were the winners of the MOTG Albuquerque Street Soccer Tournament today.
Tomorrow we will be doing some demonstrations and attending the game between the Kansas City Wizards and CSD Municipal (Guatemala) - stay tuned...
We would like to thank Sauce Raw Nightclub, Nativo, New Mexico Sports Authority, Youth International, Premier Soccer Academy and JonRic International Salon & Day Spa for supporting and sponsoring this event!! Also a big shout out to all the local staff and the support team for being there for us (Chris & Johnny you guys are the best!).
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