Pura Vida Futsal - Alex Mendez in Costa Rica

By Alex Mendez, Assistant Captain of the U.S. Youth Futsal Boys U18 team

Hello my name is Alex Mendez I'm 17 years old and I am the assistant captain of the Boys U18 team. I'm from Grand Rapids, Michigan where I play futsal with ABK Futsal Academy. 

I will be talking about the game day #1 in this blog. To start the schedule we got up at 8 am to eat breakfast. After that we went back to the room to relax and listen to some music and it was time to start focusing up for the first national game. It finally was time to depart to the futsal facility at 11:30 am. We warmed up and the intensity went up. Throughout the game I had four goals with the help of my teammates. We worked very hard to get the result and the game ended 8-2 in our favor. 

After the match was finished it was time to head back to the hotel to cool down in the pool with the rest of the team. After that we waited until 5 pm to eat dinner. As soon as dinner was finished we headed back to the facility to go watch the girls get their wins.

Mendez scored four in his opening match