Thursday, December 5, 2019

Day Five in Mexico City with the Europe Warriors


Thursday, December 5, 2019

It was another chaotic day in Mexico City, a.k.a., Ciudad de Mexico, a.k.a, CDMX. As we get closer and closer to our game Saturday morning, the distractions get bigger.

Yes indeed, the BIG game
is set for this Saturday at 11:00 a.m.
local time

We started the day with a 90 minute drive to Saturday's game stadium for a workout.

Turn right here

The day's tight schedule

The Warriors arriving at
Estadio Wilfrido Massieu

Warming up

Running the Zone Read

After our practice, we had a Media Day with members of the local press. Of course, our Team Photographer, Sue Valdivia, was busy advancing the Warriors' cause.

We are an International Team, you know

Team Mexico was IN THE HOUSE

Regarded as the best Women's
Running Back in Mexico

I'm sure that we'll see a lot of her come game time.

The flag of Denmark with the
logo of the Razorbacks superimposed

The tall and the short of
it in Germany!
Pia Schwarz and Verena Menzel 

Our two RBs, Izzy Burger
and Stine Madsen

Germany plays
GREAT American football

Mexican and European players
squaring off at midfield

A random Mexican player
bonding with our Pia Schwarz

Coach Marc with DT Alina Markl

Coach Honza with veteran
athlete Missy Bedwell

Our 2019 Team Photo

Our Warriors after their
ice baths

As coaches, we needed to check out
the locker room facilities far in
advance of the contest

The Cheyennes are a feeder program
with their players aspiring to
someday play for the 2019 National
Champion Burros Blancos program

An old Cheyennes' schedule poster

Go Cheyennes GO!

The Cheyennes were quite open to meeting our game day needs. They will provide a great venue on Saturday

The bus ride back to the hotel took just under two hours which was about an hour more than I had wanted.

Still . . .

We checked out some
interesting tattoos on our bus

I liked this one too

Lunch with Coach Honza, four street tacos
and a Coke each, all  for just
about $5.00 USD total

The afternoon practice starting up

This was a high energy practice with lots of good plays on both sides.

I was still hungry at 10:oo p.m., as were coaches Bart, Marc and Honza.

Only one thing to do in a case like this . . .

. . . find a grimy street taco stand

 They worked hard for their pesos

Coach Marc in the background and
three street tacos in the foreground

I stopped after five of these delicious taco wonders.

The cost you ask? A mere $.50/taco.

WOW! Mexico, what a country!

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