After last week with the Adamm's Family, things have sure started to look up! I'm staying a 2 min drive from both Hermosa and Manhatten Beach... possibly the nicest beaches i'll ever visit! I'm staying with the ex national boxing champ mum (she's spared with half the fighters in Million Dollar Baby)and her son Nico in thee hottest house in California! The bars, surfing and bikinis here are nothing short of miraculous and def the nicest place iv been to so fa...

After a tough 5am-5pm day on the Club Chivas scene teaching the hispanic populations, the time came to meet my new family. From the moment the 6ft 7inch dad crawled out the front seat, stated they had 9 cats, I was paired with an absolutely nuts coach and lost the toss for the double bed, my dreams of the OC were rapidly dwindling! This week I was allocated the unbelievably cute 8 year old girls in the morning so it was a nice change from the 10 year old bo...

Just coming to the close of my first week of coaching... im definitely raising some unbelievable buddin soccer stars including the illustriously named, Nicky Lombardo, armed with Puyol style maine n spanish feet! Had my first slice of Californian nightlife on Wed n certainly wasnt disappointed! Got a coaches north vs south 11 a-side game after the camp graduation ceremony tomorrow so gonna have to polish my 'cleats' (boots), pull on my 'shinguards' n wrap my...

Well i've just finished my first day of coaching... i've been rewarded with the under 10 boys team at the biggest (380 kids) camp in Newbury, north of LA. I'm staying with an awesome family with their own pool, hot tub and double en suite room so im taking life to new VIP standards!

After arriving in LA the fun and games begun during our induction weekend! We kicked off with a beach volleyball tournament on the golden sands of Hamosa Beach before taking gold medal in an 11 a-side 'soccer' tournament at LA Galaxy's illustrious training ground! Took a stroll out onto the pitch at the Home Depot Centre, high fived the Galaxy and Real Salt Lake players (including the braided god that is Cobi Jones) before taking our VIP seats to watch the ...