Algarve Cup Finals Tomorrow, Match Schedule

I hope you’ve been able to follow along on Twitter at http://www.twitter.com/nscaawomen over the last couple days. Although I took today off from Tweeting, I will certainly be back at it tomorrow for the Algarve Cup finale.  

Here’s the Algarve Cup schedule for the final day of competition:

 11am local time: Austria vs. Faroe Islands – Estadio Dr. Francisco Vieira – Silves
11am local time: Romania vs. Finland – Parque Desportivo da Nora – Ferreiras
11am local time: Denmark vs. Norway – Complexo Desportivo Belavista – Parchal
11am local time: China vs. Sweden – Estadio Municipal de Albufeira
1pm local time: Portugal vs. Iceland – Estadio Algarve (on TV)
4pm local time: Germany vs. USA – Estadio Algarve

  As you can see, USA will be taking on Germany. I’ve now seen Germany play twice here at Algarve. They destroyed Finland 7-0, then walked all over China 4-0. It will be great to see the team against some deeper competition.   We also saw the USA yesterday against Sweden. They won 2-0 on two Lauren Cheney goals. It’s been great to see Pia use the depth from her bench, but it will definitely take a strong 11 to take down the Germans tomorrow. I’ll be tweeting live from the game, so tune in 11am ET (if my time zone calculation is correct) for the inside scoop from the stadium!

Finally, here’s my quick “1-2 punch” photo slide show for the last two days of the 2010 NSCAA Algarve Cup Symposium.

  March 1
 10am – Team Building on the Beach with the one and only Dr. Colleen Hacker

3pm – USA vs. Sweden match at Parque Desportivo da Nora  4pm – Germany vs China match at Algarve Stadium

7pm – Dinner with the group up the hill from our hotel on “the strip”. (I tried Sea Bream for the first time, a local fish – white, flaky & yummy!) 

March 2

10am – Depart hotel for Sagres, a fort on the Southwestern-most tip of Portugal that looks out onto the Atlantic Ocean. When you’re standing on the edge, it really feels like you’re on the edge of the world.