From University of Rochester Athletics
Every three years the University of Rochester men's soccer team
gets to travel overseas and experience a new culture, visit
picturesque landmarks and also compete in athletic competition to
keep their skills sharp.
This year the Yellowjackets will again be traveling to Germany, the
site of the last international tour in 2011. Overall, this is
the fourth trip UR has taken to Europe as the team went to Spain in
2005 and 2008. The team departs today from the Toronto
airport and will arrive in Amsterdam tomorrow afternoon before
bussing to its first stop in Frankfurt Thursday evening.
On Friday, UR gets its first taste of German competition as the
Yellowjackets will train at TS Ober Roden in the morning and take
on the host club in a 7 pm night match. The following day the
team will get to explore the city and take in attractions such as
the Cathedral of St. Bartholomew and Staedel Museum before meeting
up as a group to watch the DFB Pokal Final (Bayern Munich vs.
Borussia Dortmund) on television. Sunday sees another match
for the UR student athletes as they take on another German Club
team in Bad Vilbel.
The team will then bus to Cologne on Monday and embark on a brief
tour of the city before departing for Gelsenkirchen on
Tuesday. There, the Yellowjackets will train at Schalke and
take in a tour and the history of the "Ultras", one of Germany's
most historic and popular Bundesliga franchises. Rochester
will then play its third and final match of the trip on Wednesday
night against 1. FC Bocholt.
As the tour winds down, the sightseeing opportunities continue as
on Thursday the team will tour the Früh Brewery. Friday,
UR will return to Amsterdam and explore the city, seeing places
such as the Anne Frank House and the Dutch Resistance Museum before
departing for the airport to return home the following
day.