Friday, June 5, 2009

Final Preparations for TFC


On a bright and sunny day in Toronto with a strong wind blowing in from Lake Huron, the Galaxy went through a sharp and concise training session earlier today at BMO Field. Sarachan and Jones led the player through a long warm-up as the players looked to shake off yesterday’s five-plus hour flight.

Next, the players progressed by adding a balls into the mix and passing and moving around one half of the field. Everyone was focused on feeling out the surface by hitting short and long range passes in the north half of the field.

Then, the players began a possession game with two sides of seven along with two men in the middle playing on offense the entire time. A point was given to each team for 12 consecutive passes. Next, the teams each took a sideline to defend and earned a point by reaching the other end.

The defense and offense went through some positioning drills at different speeds. The offense would work the ball up the field and looked to get outside before sending in a cross into the box. Then, it would be the defense’s turn to work the ball out of the back and up to midfield.

At the conclusion of training, the team worked on set pieces before having ten minutes on their own. A few players hit some penalty kicks while others worked on their passing and touch with a few games.

We caught up with Cobi Jones and a few players after training to get their thoughts on the match tomorrow…

Cobi…


Ricketts…


Sanneh…


Buddle…

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

Your reports sound just like cj27posts.

Anonymous said...

But shorter.

charlesj27 said...

Good to know, Anonymous... "But shorter" - that made me chuckle. Yes, brevity is not a gift passed on to me, Anonymous. Who knows maybe all that I am dictating / "preaching" actually is starting to sink in and make sense to the training and coach staff. Hey, if it works, then all of us would benefit, right? No harm in trying!
Guys@the blog,
Thanks very, very much for the pics. Love it! Keep 'em coming. Okay, again I ask - TWIG video? Where is it? You guys know it's overdue... Good luck to the guys tomorrow! Play hard, with fight, with passion, and most of all stay focused and alert - work ofor each other!

Anonymous said...

Are you boys all in bed now? Did Bruce tuck you all in personally?

"GET PLENTY OF REST NOW"...and dream of goals, goals, goals, goals, goals, goals, goals, goals, goals, goals, goals, goals.

ZZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.

Anonymous said...

we are the last 1 lose team lol awesome, good luck in BM Field guys
Go Galaxy