Cowgirls Win

Our final Spain blog. The Cowgirls won 1-0 to finish 2-1 in Spain.

Our last day in Spain started a little later than usual, as we were allowed to sleep in until 10. We got on our bus and took about a two hour trip to Figueres, close to the Spanish/French border, to visit the Salvador Dali art museum. Our bus had to fight through a long traffic jam to keep up with our tour guide, Jan, who drove his own car and led the way for us.

Many of us wanted to keep driving until we got to the border, just so we could all say we had been in France, but it would have taken too much time as we were already on a tight schedule. Dali is one of the most famous surrealistic artists of all time, so there were mixed feelings on our team about his work. However we all agreed that although his art is hard to understand, his craftsmanship and creativity were impressive. After the museum we had a short walk to a restaurant where we were served salad, three types of sausage-including blood sausage-and potatoes, followed by a dessert of ice cream. After lunch we had to quickly drive to our game where we were given 24 minutes to warm up for a 6:30pm kickoff.

Like our previous games, it took some time for us to get used to the adversity of the officiating, playing surface, and style of play of our opponents. We were able to pull out a rainy 1-0 win on an Amy Kuykendall goal, although we had clearly dominated play throughout the game. After the game, we had a long drive back to our hotel in Casteldefells, getting back earlier than usual so we could walk to the downtown area to eat one last meal by the beach. Now it is time for us all to get some sleep and get ready for our morning flight into NYC, then to DFW. We're sad to be leaving Spain, but excited to get our season started and use all we have learned here in helping us become a stronger team.

Katie Kuykendall, Kylie Rutherford, Austin Ricker, Chelsea Flores, and Kristen Brockman ~the sophomores~