At the stadium

Final words from Crown coach David Booth at the end of their training session

More photos from the training session by Phnom Penh Crown on the almost perfect playing surface at the Kaohsiung national stadium in southern Taiwan (or Chinese Taipei to be politically correct). All six teams were allowed a 1-hour session prior to their first games. The stadium was built in 2009 with over 8,800 solar panels on the roof, the first of its kind, and covers an area of 19 hectares. Construction took two years ahead of the World Games held two years ago.

This is the open-ended part of the stadium with the giant scoreboard

Assistant coach Prak Vanny with his two goalkeepers

Stretching exercises under the watchful eye of David Booth

Crown prepare pitchside for their training session

Kaohsiung national stadium - a horseshoe-shaped steel-rod structure with a roof covered with solar panels

The impressive sweep of the stadium's seating area

The stadium’s unique, semi-spiral shape imitates a dragon

Another view of the national stadium in Kaohsiung

The outside entranceway at the national stadium