Hello USA! After a day of travel on Saturday, the Blues woke up in New Jersey for the first time on Sunday and were ready to get to work…

On our first full day in the USA, the players started with breakfast at the hotel, followed by a team meeting – and a familiar face was back in the team after spending most of the year in the USA rehabbing from her injury.

Not only was Mia Fishel reunited with her teammates, she also finally got her hands on her Women’s Super League winner’s medal. General Manager Paul Green presented the striker with her award, which was met with applause from her fellow Blues players.

On to training where Sonia Bompastor led her last session before taking on her first game as Chelsea head coach tomorrow against NJ/NY Gotham.

It started in the gym and then the Chelsea players took to the pitch at Pingry School for an hour-long session, focusing first on warming up before a series of drills in smaller and then larger groups.

“Good job,” was one of Bompastor’s feedback during the training, which was observed by numerous invited guests, including two players from PHWL New York, a professional women’s ice hockey team.

After meeting the guests and signing jerseys and footballs, some Blues still had time for another training session in the gym before heading back to the hotel for lunch.

Later in the afternoon, Aggie Beever-Jones, Nathalie Bjorn and Johanna Rytting Kaneryd made their way back to Pingry School for a community event, which also included players from tomorrow’s opponents Gotham.

Two of these players were former Chelsea defender Jess Carter and goalkeeper Ann-Katrin Berger.

At the event, Pingry School students had the opportunity to meet and chat with our Blues trio and ask them questions about their careers in professional football so far.

Tickets for the tour

Tickets for the game are still available here!

How to watch NJ/NY Gotham vs Chelsea

Our game against Gotham, which kicks off at 19:00 (local time) and 00:00 (UK time), will be streamed live by Dazn and on Chelsea’s official website and app.

All you need to do is log in with a Chelsea account to watch the games for free!