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.

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, Valentino sent his first update. Check back regularly for more updates from Igwe and Valentino as their trip continues.

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I arrived in London early in the morning of December 6 with about 4 other guys. At the airport, we were greeted by the adidas people and they took us to the hotel, and as we arrived to the hotel, I started to see Chelsea signs and advertisements. Our hotel is right in the stadium grounds. It would be the equivalent of staying in the CBS Scene at Patriot Place so you can imagine how cool that is. I got to my room and took a nap before I was woken up by my loud roommate coming in, the one and only, Amaechi Igwe.

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