Saturday, July 18, 2009:

This was our off day and thekids are all with their respective families and are due back no later than 8 PM in order to start getting ready for our game with Argentina tomorrow at 11 AM.

As for Sean and I, we went with two other soccer coaches to the home of Ron Schneider, who is the Director of Soccer Coaching at the Wingate Institute. He grilled out for us and we had a wonderful meal with his wife, 2 daughters and their respcetive husband and fiancee. We had a greta time at his hopme in Kfar Saba. After lunch, we drove with Ron to the border of Jordan, which was maybe 5 minutes by car from his home. the perspective of just how close the Arab nations are to Israel at any point was startling to us. I now understand how precarious this proximity truly is.

After seeing that, we returned to our hotel, where we will remain for the evening. So, this is my shortest blog of the trip and hopefully, tomorrow's will be longer and full of good news about our semi-final game with Argentina. Remember, fingers crossed by everyone for us!

Take care, stay well and love to my wife, family and "gang of five"!

Best regards,
Preston and Sean from Israel