Day 7—Futbol Sala at La Masia & a match vs. CF Palleja (Aug. 18)
We started the day walking down the street to La Masia, the new FC Barcelona Futsal training facility. We arrived for our futsal clinic right as the first team was ending their session. Unfortunately we did not catch sight of Messi or Suarez, but we did have an unbelievable experience inside their new futsal facility. […]
Press Release: Alexandria Soccer Association’s U15 Boys Futsal ID team wins US National Futsal…
Alexandria Soccer Association’s (ASA) U15 Boys Futsal ID team was crowned US Futsal National Champions Sunday evening. The USFF National tournament, held in San Jose, California began last Thursday with group stage games. ASA’s team won all three of its tightly contested group stage games to advance to the semifinals on Sunday morning. The team […]
Day 8—Beach day & Camp Nou Tour (Aug. 19)
We set out for the beach in the morning! We chose a beautiful beach called El Prat located just south of downtown Barcelona. It was a bit overcast, perfect beach weather to enjoy for a few hours! Team ASA enjoyed time in the water and time on land playing beach futbol! We enjoyed lunch at […]
Day 9—Final Match and FC Barca Home Opener! (Aug. 20)
We arrived at La Barruana for our final match of the tour. There was only one team available for a game so we combined our own teams of boys and girls into one coed team to play the match. It was a great experience and the other team was very skilled and disciplined. ASA playing […]