It is a standard protocol for a manager to take their team away on a pre-season trip to help prepare them for the start of the season, as well as for valuable team building.
The University of Evansville just recently completed a spring exhibition trip down to North Carolina, playing against Duke University (3-0 victory), Cape Fear Community College (2-0 victory) and UNC Wilmington (4-1 victory). These kinds of opportunities allow coaches to evaluate his team prior to the season starting against strong competition, which is a huge coup on a pre-season trip. It also allows a coach to build solid continuity between new teammates or a new nucleus on the field.
Sigi Schmid has his Seattle Sounders FC on a trip to Argentina, which allows the new expansion team to accomplish all of these important items as their embark on their inaugural MLS season.
"It's been a positive trip," said Schmid. "I think we've learned things about ourselves. We've gotten more minutes for guys together on the field, so the understanding is better. You learn from doing things successful, you also learn from things that don't work. You learn a lot that way."
"I think we accomplished that. It allowed us to continue to work on our fitness and allowed us to push that in the right direction. It's been a good trip for all those factors."
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