Thursday 5 June 2008 - Well the tour is moving along but not without its share of drama. We all know that communication is the key to life and we have been getting our share of life lessons with communication. Today Nordin Wooter and Kiki Musampa flew in to spend a few days with us on the tour. When they arrived we were in in Jersey at Giants Stadium so they had to hang out in Manhatten until we could hook up later. We did some promo work for the NY Red Bulls with kids in the bubble before the game and all was well. They asked the players to do more things during the half time show. After leaving the field Edward van Gils was approached by a dutch player and long time friend Dave van den Bergh. Well this was against the rules (even though he came over to us) and "that day" one of the managers was having a bad day! But it doesnt matter - long story short, we did what we had to do and left the stadium as soon as possible. One day you guys may find out what really happened.
Saturday 7 June 2008 - We were picked up in a stretch limo and were driven over to Newark, New Jersey. Welcome to the Portuguese Day Parade - 2 days of almost 100 degree weather, food, music and more than 600,000 people walking the streets. Like always we did the do, distributed pannas, walked in the parade, played games, taught moves, had a lot of fun and promoted the game of street soccer/football. Big up to Hugo, Nuno and the rest of the team at Benfica Soccer Schools for all the support and love. They really took care of us. Thanks guys - C U again soon!
The players came back to the hotel after a long and tiring day and a few of them grabbed a limo and went Uptown to hang out. Big up and shouts out to Danni Moe and Johnathon for the hook up at BODY. We heard it was off the chain.
Monday 9 June 2008 - Lenny Netteb and Lenny MacNack were invited to play on a team in the Calcetto 7v7 Tournament. It was hilarious and disasterous all at the same time!!!! The team was in bad shape and they expected that our two guys were going to come and play with them to ensure that they would win. NOT!!! THAT IS WHY ITS CALLED A TEAM. Ronaldinho was on the team (at least someone thought he was dinho or maybe it was maradonna, I couldnt tell). Anyway long story short NEVER again! There were a few guys on the team with skills. You know who you are anyway..thanks for the opportunity. Drama no. 2
We have done 2 promotional things now on this tour that we VOW never to do again. But then again i should never say never cause its not about the opportunities its about the people that you have to deal with and this week we had to deal with both Beavis and a major Butt-head.
All in all things are going great. The players are enjoying the weather and especially NYC. Stay tuned...
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