Editors note: When the annual Generation adidas off-season trip was announced a couple of weeks ago, we asked our two participants - Amaechi Igwe and Rob Valentino - to check in with periodic updates during their stay in England. Today, Igwe sent his first update. Check back regularly for more updates from Igwe and Valentino as their trip continues.

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On Dec 8th, we played our first match vs. Reading’s reserve squad.  I woke up around 8:30am for breakfast, but Rob and most of the other guys had already been awake hours before then due to their bodies adjusting to the time difference. We left the hotel at around 10 and arrived at Reading’s training facilities an hour before our noon kick off after an hour or so bus ride.

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The Generation adidas team - including Revs Amaechi Igwe and Rob Valentino - dropped a 1-0 decision against the Reading FC Reserves on Monday. It was the team’s first game on foreign soil after arriving in England on Saturday.

MLSnet.com has a full recap of the game, but it was good to see both Revs get a full 90 minutes. It appears from the lineup that the two New Englanders held down the left and left-center side of the defense in the game.

While many Revs will take the month of December to go home for the holidays and spend a brief (and much-deserved) time resting and relaxing with their families, two young defenders will be voyaging to England to train and play with the Generation adidas team. Amaechi Igwe and Rob Valentino will be two of 16 young Major League Soccer players traveling to London from Dec. 6-14, to watch, train with and play against the best in the world. You can check out the full release here.

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