FC Barcelona Soccer Camp in the USA 2025

Overview

• Location: Casa Grande, Arizona, USA
• Ages: 10 - 17 years old (program options for boys and girls)
• Levels: Advanced/elite

Academy / Club history

The FC Barcelona High-performance Academy is the result of a partnership between FC Barcelona, one of the greatest soccer clubs in the world, and the Grande Sports Academy of the United States Soccer Development Academy (USSDA). It’s the only full-time residential academy in the US partnered with a top international soccer club.

Since the Grande Sports Academy was established in 2010, they’ve celebrated incredible success. Every alumnus to pass through the academy has either earned a scholarship to compete on a US collegiate team or signed a professional contract. Their success has earned them a stellar reputation with collegiate coaches and professional coaches throughout the country. If you’d like to build your resume to further your soccer career in the US, the FC Barcelona High-performance Academy in Arizona is the right choice for you.

Training

• Skill level: Advanced/Elite
• Other soccer education features: Same training regime as students at La Masia, Personal evaluation at the conclusion of camp
• Students per training group: 16 - 20 students
• Training language: Training is always in English (Some coaches speak Spanish)
• Training intensity: 4/5

Training at the academy is entirely based on FC Barcelona’s highly successful methodology and philosophy. In fact, academy coaches come directly from La Masía to teach participants FC Barcelona’s secret formula for success. The High-performance Summer Soccer Camps at the academy present the perfect opportunity for young, talented soccer players to learn what makes the club so successful.

Summer camp participants work on their technique, game intelligence, and physical fitness and practice the same drills and methods as full-time students at La Masía. They practice on exceptionally well-kept grass fields and use the academy’s indoor training gym to work on technique during the hotter hours of the day. Coaches also organize didactic scrimmages to develop the participants’ game intelligence and help them see the field through the eyes of an FC Barcelona soccer player.

After a couple of weeks of intensive training with FC Barcelona coaches alongside some of the country’s most talented young athletes, participants greatly improve their technique, vision, game intelligence, physical fitness, and speed of play.

Training Facilities

• Training surface: Natural turf
• Additional training facilities: Performance center (open space for training and gym equipment for physical conditioning), Hot and cold plunge pools, Physical therapy center, Professional caliber locker rooms
• Quality of training facilities: 5/5

The training facilities at the FC Barcelona High-performance Academy are among the best in the country. In fact, US Soccer has named them the “Best training facilities” three years in a row. The participants practice on beautiful, well-groomed grass fields and make use of the academy’s 58,000 square foot state-of-the-art performance center for technical training and conditioning.

Camp Schedule

The following schedule demonstrates a typical day at camp. The exact camp schedule will most likely vary from day to day.

Accommodation

• Name of the facilities: Francisco Grande Hotel and Golf Resort
• Location (distance from training facilities): Adjacent to the fields (balcony view of training fields) - on the same campus
• Types of rooms: Double rooms (each with 2 queen beds) - 2 students per room
• Bathrooms (private or shared): Private
• Quality of accommodation: 4.5/5

The participants find accommodation at the Francisco Grande Hotel and Golf Resort - a nine-story, tower-style hotel located adjacent to the academy’s training fields and golf course.

During the academy’s high-performance summer soccer camps, the academy reserves a couple of floors exclusively for camp participants. They stay in comfortable and spacious double rooms which include two queen-size double beds, a flat-screen TV, closet space, and a beautiful private bathroom with marble countertops. Each room in the tower also has a spacious, inviting balcony with expansive views of the soccer fields, golf course, and Arizona mountains.

Common areas in the residence include the hotel lobby, an outdoor swimming pool (in the shape of a baseball bat), a restaurant and dining area, and various conference rooms.

While at camp, the participants enjoy nutritious and delicious buffet-style dining. All meals are specially prepared with young athletes in mind to make sure they get the energy they need to perform their best. The academy also accommodates various special menu options such as vegetarian, gluten-free, vegan, etc.

Prices and Dates

The official rate of this program is determined in US DOLLARS so the final amount in other currencies may vary slightly due to currency fluctuation.

Starting Dates

Improved booking conditions for all camps

This 2025 make your reservation more easily and with less risk

• We´ve lowered the deposit required to reserve your camp to just 500€
• Free cancellation until March 1st
• Money-back guarantee within 10 days
• Optional insurances

*Please note that if a visa is required to attend camp, it will be necessary to pay the total amount of the program

Extra Services

You can purchase one of the extra services below at an additional cost.

Camp Insurance

We offer two insurance options based on your needs:

• Cancellation and Interruption Insurance: This option allows you to get your money back if you have to cancel or interrupt the camp for any justified reason, including injury or illness of participants both before and during the camp (the policy contains 35 different causes for justified cancellations).
• Travel/Medical Insurance: With this insurance policy, you will be covered for medical assistance abroad and possible expenses caused by health-related issues, as well as other contingencies such as lost luggage or an unforeseen flight change.

  Download the following PDF to learn more about each insurance options terms and conditions, coverage features, and price.

  Camp Insurance
  

  Transfer Service:

  There are two types of transfer services available that we´ll detail for you below:

• Standard transfer service: the camp offers an optional transfer service for participants who request it from the nearest airport to the residence (or vice versa). Check with Ertheo for schedules and prices for this service.
• Special transfer with additional unaccompanied minor service: participants who fly to camp alone and have contracted the unaccompanied minor service with their airline must hire this special transfer with accompaniment so that the child isn´t left alone in the airport. Check with Ertheo for schedules and prices of this service.

Contact Ertheo for prices and additional information.

• Nearest airport / train station: 
• Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport (PHX)

Transportation to the camp (flights/trains) is not included in the price of our programs.