Victor Ulloa is one of five Home Grown players who have been signed
to FC Dallas professional contracts. In his first preseason as a
professional player, Ulloa will be using this blog to share his trials
and experiences with FC Dallas fans.
READ: Victor's first blog entry
Hello everyone,
Victor here, reporting from Orlando.
So last Sunday we arrived at Tampa in the evening and we took a bus to Orlando. When we arrived to the hotel we got our room keys and I found out Bryan Leyva was my roommate. We've been roommates in the past with the Academy, so we know each other well. We had the night off so I went out to eat with Moises [fellow Home Grown player Moises Hernandez], Bryan and new signee "El Cachi" [Richard Sanchez] to Olive Garden.
Monday morning we had a light training and then we went back to the hotel. In the afternoon we had a game against Seattle that we won 2-0, with goals from Marvin [Chavez] and Brek [Shea]. In the evening Moises, Bryan, Richard and I went out to eat and then we went to the Universal CityWalk. We had a good time walking around and taking pictures.
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Tuesday morning we had technical training and in the afternoon the guys that didn't play a lot against Seattle had a very intense practice.
Wednesday we had a game against New England that we unfortunately lost 1-0, but we played with a whole new team. The game was at 11:00 in the morning, so we had the rest of the day off. Again, I went out with the guys and we went to the Orlando Premium Outlets to shop and walk around. In the evening Moises, Daniel [Hernandez] and I went to the movies to watch "Unknown." By the way, it was a really good movie. When we got into the theater we saw Bobby Hammond (team adminisrator) and John Ellinger (assistant coach). They were there to watch the same movie, so we all watched it together. After the movie, Moises and I met up with Bryan and Richard and we got dinner in Downtown Disney.
Yesterday morning we had a light training and then we came back to the hotel. We had a game at 6 last night against Orlando City that we won 1-0 off a goal from Milton [Rodriguez]. Since we won, we get to play for the championship Saturday evening (streamed live at 7 pm CT on FCDallas.com). Wish us luck!
That's about it for now, but I'll check in with you all later.
-Victor
