USA Tour Story: The players get to work

The Blues arrived in San Jose in the early hours of Tuesday morning and after waking up and having breakfast, the players started their day by going for a leisurely walk around the local area close to their hotel.

Raheem Sterling and Mykhailo Mudryk having a chat during this morning's walk

The morning also saw Moises Caicedo link up with his teammates after flying in separately following his exploits with Ecuador at the Copa America.

That was soon followed by a session in the hotel swimming pool, where the players could stretch their muscles and loosen up ahead of the day.

Moises Caicedo was back with the Chelsea squad this morning after helping Ecuador to the quarter-finals of the Copa America

New signing Renato Veiga was among those in the pool

Ben Chilwell, Levi Colwill and Armando Broja during the pool session

After lunch, the players headed to the iconic Stanford University and the home of their Stanford Cardinal college football team for a training session.

The Blues will be based at Stanford Stadium in the build-up to the opening match of our 2024 USA Tour against Wrexham at the nearby Levi’s Stadium on Wednesday, with kick-off 7pm local time, 10pm ET and 3am BST (Thursday 25 July).

Benoit Badiashile doing some work in the gym before heading out for training

Raheem Sterling was in great spirits at Stanford Stadium

The players will be training at Stanford Stadium this week

The players started with pre-activation work in the gym before heading out onto the grass. The session began with some Rondos for the outfield players before Enzo Maresca worked on attacking patterns of play.

Robert Sanchez and the other goalkeepers were working hard

Enzo Maresca is a very hands-on coach during his sessions

The players came over to speak to the supporters in attendance

Maresca and captain Reece James then travelled to Levi’s Stadium, home of NFL side San Francisco 49ers, for their respective press conferences previewing the match with Wrexham.

Enzo was speaking to the media for the first time since taking charge

Reece James speaking to the media at Levi's Stadium

While the players enjoyed some dinner and relaxation time back at the hotel in the evening, former Blues goalkeeper Carlo Cudicini joined more than 200 supporters at a fans’ event at The Brit sports bar in San José, which was hosted by San Jose Blues and Bay Area Blues.

Cudicini joined host Zac Djellab on stage to discuss all things Blue and to answer supporters’ questions before those in attendance had the chance to meet the fans’ favourite.

Carlo Cudicini had an enjoyable evening mingling with supporters

Supporters also had a great evening

The event was put on by the San Jose Blues and Bay Area Blues

You can still buy tickets for Chelsea versus Wrexham and for those not based in the USA or Canada – where the game will be shown by domestic broadcast partners – you can stream it live on the official Chelsea website and app for £4.99.

The live stream on our website enables casting to smart TVs, while the Chelsea app exclusively features enhanced stats and event tracking. Broadcasting on both platforms begins 20 minutes before kick-off.