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Italy, FIFA World Cup Champions, is a great destination for team travel…excellent soccer and awesome sightseeing. For over a decade United Soccer Academy has been customizing and coordinating programs to Italy for club and college teams. Not “off the shelf tours”, but programs that fit the needs, level of competition, desires, and budgets of our teams and clubs. Italy is a wonderful country to travel to as it has such much to offer culturally and sightseeing. Allow United Soccer Academy to coordinate a soccer program from training to tournament play to Serie A matches to stadium tours to professional clinics/camps to Italy and your team will have a once-in-a-lifetime experience on and off the field.

With our vast network of professional clubs and youth tournaments in Italy we can arrange programs in the spring and summer from southern Italy, Palermo to northern Italy, Como. As an official tournament representative for four of Italy’s best youth tournaments United Soccer Academy can provide youth teams with many viable tour options, including:

Como Lake Cup (boys) – March 21-23, 2008
Como Champions Cup (girls) – March 21-23, 2008
San Marino Cup – June 30-July 6, 2008
Valtellina Cup – July22-27, 2008

Como Lake Cup and Como Champions Cup. These two quality tournaments are played over the Easter Weekend (March 21-23, 2008). The Como Lake Cup is for boys teams U12 – U18 and is played throughout the area of Como. The Como Champions Cup is for girls/women’s teams and will draw the top Italian female teams. This cup is recommended for top female US teams (U16 and older). As part of the tournament weekend, teams and players will have the opportunity to attend the Inter Milan vs Juventus, Serie A match, at the famous San Siro Stadium in Milan

San Marino Cup. Played in the world’s oldest republic, Republic of San Marino, along the Adriatic coast from June 30-July 6, 2008. The San Marino Cup is Italy’s largest international youth tournament. In 2007 teams came from 12 different countries. Combine this tournament with many options from friendly matches and sightseeing in Rome, to a training camp in the Tuscany region (Florence), to friendly matches and sightseeing in Milan and Como.

Valtellina Cup. Played in Morbegno, a well known mountain and sports resort city located in the Italian Alps of the Lombardy Region, is close to the Swiss border and the famous city of Saint Moritz. The Valtellina Cup is played from July 22-27 and is a great tournament to prepare for a team’s fall soccer season.

For college programs, both men’s and women’s, Italy is an excellent soccer destination, especially in the Spring time and into May. We are able to coordinate matches with Serie A, B, C, D clubs. During this time, teams will be able to attend professional matches, as well as take in training sessions. Off the field, teams and players will enjoy everything that Italy has to offer.

Professional Youth Tournaments for ODP teams and/or top US club teams. We can arrange for high level US youth teams to play in top level youth professional tournaments. Compete against professional Italian teams like AC Milan, FC Juventus, FC Inter Milan, AS Roma, AC Fiorentina and top European clubs like Manchester United, Real Madrid, and FC Barcelona. These tournaments, for boys’ teams, take place throughout the Italian peninsula during the spring, summer, and fall season. Contact us on exact details which will depend on the age of your team and just importantly the level of play of your team. Tournaments:

Boys U12 – Margine Coperta Tournament (Tuscany region) – Spring
Boys U14 – Orbassan Tournament (Piedmont region) - Spring
Boys U16 – Maggioni Tournament (Piedmont region) - Spring
Boys U18 – Trofeo Angelo Tournament (Lombardy region) - Summer

Interested coaches and/or team managers may contact United Soccer Academy at 1-800-656-5499 for a detailed, customized tour to Italy.

For individual players interested in experiencing quality soccer, high level coaching, and a first rate soccer experience, both on and off the field in Italy, players may choose to participate in the 2008 Italy Tour from March 15-25, 2008. Interested players may attend a clinic/tryout or contact United Soccer Academy for a player application.

Scandinavia

For over 15-years United Soccer Academy has been leading teams and customizing tours to Scandinavia for individual players and club, high school, and collegiate teams. There are numerous options for teams interested in traveling to Scandinavia from major international youth tournaments to homestay programs to camps conducted by top European professional clubs and coaches.

For club and high school teams one viable option is to make the Gothia Cup and Football Festival Denmark the focus on your tour to Europe and Scandinavia. The Gothia Cup, the world’s largest international youth tournament, played in Gothenburg, Sweden, will have over 1,600 teams from 65 different countries. The Football Festival Denmark, is played in Aarhus, Denmark’s second largest city. The Football Festival provides “elite” divisions in certain age groups for high level teams. The fields are excellent. Players and teams will also have the opportunity to attend a Danish Superliga professional game.

As an official Gothia Cup and Football Festival Denmark representative in the United States, United Soccer Academy can provide youth teams with many viable tour options, including:

Training camp in Copenhagen and Gothia Cup – July 9-20, 2008
The Gothia Cup and Football Festival Denmark – July 12-28, 2008
The Football Festival Denmark and Norway Cup – July 19-August 2, 2008
The Football Festival Denmark and Kick Cup (Sweden) – July 19-August 3, 2007
Homestay program or training camp with Hamburg SV in Germany and Football Festival Denmark – July 17-28, 2008

Along with the Gothia Cup and Football Festival Denmark, United Soccer Academy coordinates programs to other quality tournaments such as the Tivoli Cup in Copenhagen, Vildbjerg Cup in Denmark, and the Helsinki Cup in Finland. Allow United Soccer Academy to customize a program, tour for your team…this could entail a training camp or clinics with Danish professional teams FC Copenhagen, or Brondby IF, or FC Nordsjaelland with one of Scandinavian’s top youth tournaments. Options:

Professional training camp and Tivoli Cup – July 3-12, 2008
Homestay program in Germany and Vildbjerg Cup – July 26-August 3, 2008
Professional clinic, Football Festival Denmark and Norway Cup – July 17-August 3, 2008

Interested coaches and/or team managers may contact United Soccer Academy for a detailed customized tour and a Gothia Cup DVD and Football Festival Denmark brochure.

For individual players interested in experiencing quality soccer, high level coaching, and a first rate soccer experience both on and off the field, players may choose to participate in the 2008 Brazil, Italy, or Britain Tours, specifically designed for individual players. Interested players may attend a clinic/tryout or contact United Soccer Academy for a player application.

Besides having airline agreements with top international airlines, United Soccer Academy has established a great relationship with Scandinavian Airlines (SAS), one of the world’s leading airlines and leader in travel to Scandinavia. Let United Soccer Academy customize and plan a soccer tour for your team to Scandinavia.

Britain

England, the birthplace of soccer, has so much to offer in terms of soccer tournaments, training, and sightseeing throughout the United Kingdom. United Soccer Academy can design and coordinate programs for club, high school, and collegiate teams that can include tournament competition, training camps, attend English Premier League matches and sightseeing in England, Wales, Scotland, or Ireland.

Our featured programs to the United Kingdom are focused around two tournaments: Rangers FC Invitational in Glasgow, Scotland and the 21st Watford & London International Festival of Football in Watford, just outside of England.

The Rangers FC Invitational is played from July 18-20, 2008 in Glasgow, Scotland and is coordinated by the famed soccer club, Rangers Football Club. Teams will experience Rangers FC firsthand from coaching sessions with academy coaches to player meetings (Question and Answer Sessions) to a visit to Murray Park to a tour of Ibrox Stadium. All the prestige and glamour associated with Rangers FC will be behind the Rangers FC Invitational. The invitational facilities at the Glasgow University Sports Complex are second to none, with quality grass and field turf “pitches”.

The 21st Watford & London International Festival of Football, considered London’s only professional level youth tournament featuring Academy and Centre of Excellence Teams from local Premiership and Championship Clubs such as Arsenal, Chelsea, Spurs, Watford, Charlton, Reading, Millwall, and West Ham, as well as teams such as Birmingham City, Everton, and Coventry City. Professional youth teams also come from outside of England such as Hearts, Swansea City, and Brondby. All games are played on 16 immaculate pitches. Teams will have the option to have training sessions with professional academy coaches, as well as stadium tours to Stamford Bridge (Chelsea), Emirates Stadium (Arsenal), or the newly built Wembley Stadium.

Both these tournaments can be combined together or coordinated to include visits to Edinburgh or Manchester so that your players can experience Manchester United FC with a tour of Old Trafford and a training session at the Cliff Training Grounds. Another popular option is to have a 3-day training camp prior to tournament play with FA coaches and or coaches from EPL academy teams that can include training sessions and friendly matches.

With our vast network of professional clubs and academy programs United Soccer Academy through the United Kingdom we can arrange soccer tours in the fall, winter, and spring as well. These programs can entail training sessions by pro-coaches, matches, attending an English Premier League (EPL) match, and sightseeing.

Interested coaches and/or team managers should contact United Soccer Academy for a detailed customized tour proposal to the United Kingdom.

For individual players interested in experiencing quality soccer, high level coaching, and a first rate soccer experience both on and off the field, United Soccer Academy coordinates three international programs: the Brazil Tour, Italy Tour, or Britain Tour. Interested players may attend a clinic/tryout or contact United Soccer Academy for a player application.

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