Moravian College Men’s Soccer: Spring Trip to England, Holland and Germany, March 3-12, 2006

Members: Ryan Walker, George Gray, Brian Tarulli, Neil Unternahrer, Ken Wilson, Ryan Hess, Phil Campano, Chris DelloBuono, Dan Scavone, Dale Baumes, John Mikovits, Ruben Concepcion, Ryan Williams, Chris Nederostek, Lou Dollarton, Pete DiDomenico, Adam Williamson

The men begin their trip with a tour of London, including Picadilly Circus and a visit to Lillywhites.

The team attended a Barclays Premiership game between Tottenham Hotspurs and Blackburn Rovers. They are privileged to witness the Goal of the Year by Robbie Keane taking a harmless throw-in and spectacularly beating two defenders before slotting it past American International Brad Freidel. Tottenham won the game 3-2 to stay in a Champions League position in the table.

After a great nil-nil draw against Stevenage Borough in England, the teams pose for a picture.

Pregame at a Coca-Cola Championship game between Queens Park Rangers (QPR) and Wolverhampton Wolves. Exciting game highlighted by QPR’s goalkeeper, who up to the week before was at Wolves, making 3 great saves to keep it a scoreless draw.

The men take a tour of legendary Highbury, the home of Arsenal. Highbury is in its last year of existence and will be replaced by Emerites Stadium.

In our last day in England, the team toured Stamford Bridge, the home of Chelsea FC. The picture was taken in the home locker of the stadium.

Neil and the team at the point where the three countries of Holland, Germany and Belgium meet together. Shouldn’t someone be asking for a passport?

The boys having a bit of fun throwing snowballs across the German border.

The highlight of the trip was Adventure Day in Holland where the team headed underground to explore tunnels and participate in team bonding activities.

Mountain Biking through the underground tunnels in Valkenburg, a city in Holland where a stage of the Tour de France will end in 2006.

A tour of the most famous soccer stadium in Holland, Amderstam ArenA, home of Ajax. This is the press room where Neil was introduced as the Man of the Match in our 4-2 victory over VV ADVEO the previous night.

The men’s soccer team in the town square of Amsterdam, Holland.

Outside the Cologne Cathedral, the largest cathedral in Europe. The boys toured the city of Cologne before heading to the Bundesliga game between FC Koln and FC Nuremburg.

The team takes their seats for the game at the Rhein Energie Stadium, one of the host stadiums for the 2006 World Cup. The game was unbelievable with Nuremburg holding on to defeat the home team 4-3 in a snow storm that completely covered the field.