Eastlake trip to Spain

eastlake varisty soccer team has done something no other team in texas has accomplished. traveled across the pond to play against some of the best competion in the world. abc 7’s luke lyddon has more. a trip that’s been 7 months in the making. “when he first brough it up to us about going to spain we were all like really?? but all the hard work that we put into the fundraiser once we committed to it and everybody was on board from the beginning.” a 9 da trip to barcelona spain for the eastlake varsity squads with friendlies against the local spanish teams. competition unlike anything they’ve ever seen. “the intensity is incredible. everything is 100%, everyone fights for the ball… it’s honestly like a great experience.” “you ju see the dedication in the teams here. you see it in the elvel of their play and the level of effort that they put into every game.” and n visit to spain is complete without catching messi score in a barcelona match. “it was great, being able to see that level of intensity at that level. i mean it was just an honor being there and seeing messi in his 500th game.” a journey of a lifetime that wouldn’t have been possible without the students hard work and fundraising. “its just the fact that we actually pulled it off. being able to say that we accomplished being able to get here and just being able to enjoy it has really paid off.” and that is why your eastlake soccer team is this weeks community champion sponsored by southwest university. luke lyddon abc 7. so far the eastlake boys are 2-1 in their friendly matches and the girls are 1-2. they will continue to play this upcoming weekend.