SUNDAY, MAY 4
7:11 P.M. EST

COACH WARNER... We played against Tyreso Saturday in Stockholm, which is a little over three hours from Carlstad. The team met at our practice facilities that morning and the bus left at 8:00 AM for a 3:00 PM kickoff. The trip was no different than if we were playing a game in the States, other than the fact that a couple of our players had elected to meet us at the field in Stockholm. We drove about 3 hours with guys sleeping and watching movies until we stopped for our pre-game meal at a restaurant just outside of Stockholm. After a pasta lunch, we left and arrived at the field just before 1:00. There was a Junior game being played on the field when we got there, and we were watching that and checking out the facilities, which were pretty nice. There were a couple of other fields around the complex, and all of them were field turf including the game field. We did a light warm up on the side fields before getting out on the game field for pre-game... read more as Cedric leads the Crusaders to a 20-0 win over Tyreso >
 

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 30
12:39 A.M. EST

COACH WARNER... We're here! After three planes, two trains, and one long day of travel, we made it. Everything went great on the flights and once we got into Stockholm we had to catch two trains to Carlstad - that was a bit interesting figuring out that system with people cruising around all over, not to mention the 7 bags we were lugging around. Jet lag definitely set in, and I finally slept for about an hour from Copenhagen to Stockholm. Once we got on the second train, it was a three hour ride, so I got another hour or so. By the time we got to Carlstad it was 3:45. Our GM picked us up from the train station. He is kind of who I expected... really nice guy and energetic, but I had figured he was a business man. WRONG! He's a teacher. That kind of through me for a loop, but getting there and finally meeting him brought Ced and I back to life a little... read more as Coach Warner and Cedric get through their first practice >