In hardly four days, the Barça will begin his kilométrica turns by United States. There also it will be the first country where the Club will open the FCB Barça Academy, one in Arizona and another in Long Island, to promote and develop the talent futbolístico in this country where the soccer is growing to a very important rhythm.
The Barça Academy will go headed to boys and girls from among 6 and 19 years that want to keep growing like sportsmen and turn into professionals or achieve a sportive scholarship for a North American university, following the educational model that applies in this country. These athletes will be trained by technicians that have formed part of the staff of the FC Barcelona in the last seasons.
At the same time, the players that form part of this project will compete in the first division in childish categories, of the Academy of Development of the Football in United States, league in which they participate the 70 more important clubs of the country. This new residence will fill the brecha between the programs FCBEscola and the university and professional football.
Players of the first team, present
The Barça Academy of Long Island will present during turns it, with the presence of players of the first team. This sportive project is managed directly by the FC Barcelona through his office in the heart of New York and opens his doors to finals of this summer. The teams of football of the academy will play in official competitions of first level.
To finals of May, initiated proofs for the athletes that will form part of the first batch of players of the Academy Barça Long Island. There has been a big answer, as they show it the more than 1.500 players that participated, with more than 600 in list of wait.