Throughout its 10-day, 8-night trip to Italy and Austria, women's soccer will be providing insights through a blog on the athletics website as well as updates through the women's soccer Instagram account.
Saturday, August 8
We began our trip back to the United States bright and early. We flew out of Munich with a layover in Lisbon, before reaching our destination at Dulles.
Now, we can't wait for move in day next week to get out 2026 season started!
Friday, August 7
We enjoyed our final team breakfast and then took a bus to Innsbruck. We were able to walk around town and shop before our final game in Europe versus the Wacker Innsbruck first team.
We tied 1-1 while playing in the rain to finish our trip undefeated in Europe with a 1-0-2 record.
After the game, we went back to Hopfgarten where we had our farewell dinner.
Thursday, August 6
We started our morning with a team breakfast before taking a walk to Salvenaland. We were able to enjoy the lake that had an iceberg, trampoline, pool, mountain coasters, and mini golf.
We were able to walk around town and shop before a team dinner at a local restaurant.
Wednesday, August 5
We had team breakfast at the hotel and then took gondolas to the top of the Alps where we were able to see the amazing views and hike.
We also had our second game of the trip. We played Wacker Innsbruck and had a great team win with a score of 3-0.
We finished the night with a team dinner in town.
Tuesday, August 4
Our morning started with practice. We left Italy and headed to Austria!
We had a 5-hour bus ride and stopped for lunch on our way. We arrived at Hotel Pension Lukas in Hopfgarten, Austria.
After checking in we went into town and had team dinner, and after we were able to explore the town.
Monday, August 3
We started the morning with a team breakfast before taking on Union Brescia, finishing with a hard-fought 1-1 draw.
After the match, we had a pizza party with the Union Brescia players. We spent the afternoon visiting a beautiful vineyard.
We wrapped up the day with dinner in town.
Sunday, August 2
Our day started with a team breakfast at the hotel followed by practice to prepare for our game tomorrow.
After practice, we took a bus ride to Lago Di Garda. We were able to walk around town, enjoy the beach, even ride paddle boards and peddle boats with slides!
We ended the night back to the hotel and finished our day with team dinner.
Saturday, August 1
The morning started with team breakfast at the hotel. We then traveled to San Siro Stadium, home to AC Milan and Inter Milan and took a tour of the stadium.
After, we went to downtown Milan where we all enjoyed lunch, shopping, and many other things!
To finish our day, we had team dinner at the hotel.
Friday, July 31
This was our travel day! We started at Dulles and then landed for our layover in Lisbon, Portugal before we took our plane to Milan, Italy. Once in Milan, we took our bus to Hotel Touring where will be staying while in Milan.
We had a light training session at the field at the hotel, where we were then able to enjoy the pool! We enjoyed a team dinner at the hotel which included pasta, chicken, and potatoes, and dessert that was strawberries and ice cream.
To end our day, we enjoyed a team walk around the town.
