February 26, 2002

U.S.National Team arrives in Portugal

The U.S. National Team arrived on Saturday, Feb. 23, in the familiar surroundings of Albufeira, Portugal, its home base for the Algarve Cup for the last three years. The U.S. team was greeted by hot weather and bright sunshine during a late afternoon training on Saturday, and Sunday and Monday morning practices in this popular tourist destination on the southern coast of the country. The team hotel owns and maintains two quality training fields which are just a five-minute drive away, making the Algarve Cup one of the most convenient events of the year for the U.S. women, who will spend a total of 12 days in Albufeira. After an intense training on Monday that featured a fitness test and a highly-competitive 3 v. 3 tournament, U.S. Head Coach April Heinrichs gave the players a day off today, which was spent a variety of different ways, including sleeping, shopping, café-sitting, sunbathing, weight lifting and sightseeing.

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