Sea Gulls fly over pond for European Soccer Tour
SALISBURY, Md. - The Salisbury University men’s soccer team will get an early start to its 2007 campaign as it will cross the Atlantic Ocean to the Netherlands and Germany for a European Soccer Tour from August 6-14. The Sea Gulls will participate in soccer friendly matches and take in a cultural experience that will start in Amsterdam move to Cologne and finally depart from their last stop Nurnberg, Germany.

SU will participate in four friendly soccer matches in nine days along with two coaching sessions with the German and Dutch national coaches. Salisbury will play two matches in Amsterdam, the first against the EDO club team (August 7) followed by a game against FC Utrecht on August 9. The Sea Gulls will then have one match in each remaining city. On August 11, the maroon and gold will face FC Pesch 1956 e. V in Cologne and two days later finish the trip with a final match against TSV 1846 Nurnberg e. V in Nurnberg.

The trip will also include tours of each city along with visits to the Amsterdam football (soccer) stadium, Ajax museum, a cruise of the Amsterdam canal, German Sports and Olympic Museum, and a visit to the Adidas-Sportschuh Museum in Herzogenaurach.