What is the purpose of the trip ?

 

 

A program run by the National Capital Soccer Academy, in conjunction with Soccer Futuro, will take a group of 18 Advanced/Competitive Boys 11-14 from the Greater Washington, DC Area and expose them to the best of soccer in the world. The program will start in Washington, DC where the players will be trained for one week, June 28—July 2, in preparation for the trip.

In addition to soccer training in technique, tactics, fitness and systems of play, each youngster will receive a 45 minute classroom session daily in Introductory Portuguese and a 45 minute classroom session daily in Introductory Brazilian History and Culture. On Friday evening July 2, the group will fly to Sao Paulo arriving Saturday morning July 3. From there we will bus to Campinas to watch a 1st Division Professional match. From July 4-9, we will be based in Limeira and hosted by the soccer club Limeira FC. During our 5 day stay in Limeira, the players will experience training with Brazilain staff coaches and will compete in several matches.

On Wednesday July 7, the group will watch its 2nd Professional match.

We will then move to Aguas Lindoia for additional training sessions and will compete in a tournament with 3 matches guaranteed.

The group will depart for Sao Paulo and the airport late on July 12 for our return to the USA.

 

The program will obviously feature highly competitive training and competition but also is undertaken in order to teach our young players to act as ambassadors of the USA. The purpose is to foster good will, friendship, camaraderie and understanding between the young people of our two countries. Soccer is a beautiful method to bring peoples together.

 

The Brazilians take their soccer quite seriously but are also known worldwide for their gracious sportsmanship and hospitality. That is why we want “SOCCER, YOU and BRAZIL”  to come together. There is no other country which plays the beautiful game with so much flair. You can rest assured that the competition will be stiff, but you can also be sure that the friendship that they offer will be honest, sincere and second to none.

 

SOCCER FUTURO’s specialty is  in bringing youth, high school and university teams to the Sao Paulo region to play games and experience top class competition and training. NATIONAL CAPTIAL SOCCER ACADEMY’s specialty is in training and developing TOP CLASS YOUTH SOCCER PLAYERS. Together, your experience will be unmatched in the world of soccer.