Soccer camp in UK?

[Anonymous]

My kid (13) would love to attend a football camp for fun while we spend two weeks in London in the summer. He’s an okay player in the US, but not great by European standards. We’d also consider another location if it’s got things to do for the rest of the family. Again, this is just for fun. He won’t be playing for Man City. Any suggestions?

[Anonymous]

When are you going? Camps won't start up until late July, due to school schedules.

[Anonymous]

Macclesfield FC and International Development Academy both have summer camps in the UK of varying lengths geared towards US kids.

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Anonymous wrote:When are you going? Camps won't start up until late July, due to school schedules.

We’ll be there in August.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Macclesfield FC and International Development Academy both have summer camps in the UK of varying lengths geared towards US kids.

Thanks!

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Good page to check out is https://soccercampsinternational.com/

[Anonymous]

Just drop him off in an inner city area of London or Manchester and he'll learn to play futbol the real way

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Anonymous wrote:Macclesfield FC and International Development Academy both have summer camps in the UK of varying lengths geared towards US kids.

Thanks!

No worries - their camps sound right for what you described. Both organizations run teams for high school and gap year kids. They contacted DS about finishing HS remotely and doing this. That's still pay-to-play and NOT cheap. I'm not advocating that for you, just the summer experience thing.

Another European opportunity, but not in the UK, would be linking up with NF Academy. https://www.nfacademy.com Predominantly Portuguese coaches coaching in the English language to mostly Norwegian and Swedish youth. An American can integrate seamlessly.

[Anonymous]

My son did one at Harrow school run by FC Barcelona, it was pretty cool and not too expensive. https://www.kampoos.co.uk/fcb-escola-camp-london/2539

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Does a kid have to quarantine first when going to these places now? I went to some of the websites listed and all these countries have different rules. Red zones and vaccinated vs. unvaccinated. Some test either way. I don't want to show up in a foreign country and find out we didn't check all the boxes. I really would like my son to go to one of these though, but all the red tape is making me weary.

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Anonymous wrote:Does a kid have to quarantine first when going to these places now? I went to some of the websites listed and all these countries have different rules. Red zones and vaccinated vs. unvaccinated. Some test either way. I don't want to show up in a foreign country and find out we didn't check all the boxes. I really would like my son to go to one of these though, but all the red tape is making me weary.

We went to Portugal this July and only had to have a negative rapid test in hand (we were NEVER asked for it inbound to Portugal!). Outbound we tested the day before departure. Air France in Paris and US Customs asked for it. No one inbound or outbound gave one hoot nor asked about our vax. DS played soccer for about 10 days there.

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Anonymous wrote:Does a kid have to quarantine first when going to these places now? I went to some of the websites listed and all these countries have different rules. Red zones and vaccinated vs. unvaccinated. Some test either way. I don't want to show up in a foreign country and find out we didn't check all the boxes. I really would like my son to go to one of these though, but all the red tape is making me weary.

We went to Portugal this July and only had to have a negative rapid test in hand (we were NEVER asked for it inbound to Portugal!). Outbound we tested the day before departure. Air France in Paris and US Customs asked for it. No one inbound or outbound gave one hoot nor asked about our vax. DS played soccer for about 10 days there.

Rules are changing though. More places are requiring vax and/or making quarantine tougher without.

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Anonymous wrote:Just drop him off in an inner city area of London or Manchester and he'll learn to play futbol the real way

That’s what he used to do when he was younger. He’d join other kids in the park or the street and it was awesome. Picked up some swear words in difffefent languages too. Now I would like something to drop off so I can still sightsee or visit with friends while he plays.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Does a kid have to quarantine first when going to these places now? I went to some of the websites listed and all these countries have different rules. Red zones and vaccinated vs. unvaccinated. Some test either way. I don't want to show up in a foreign country and find out we didn't check all the boxes. I really would like my son to go to one of these though, but all the red tape is making me weary.

We went to Portugal this July and only had to have a negative rapid test in hand (we were NEVER asked for it inbound to Portugal!). Outbound we tested the day before departure. Air France in Paris and US Customs asked for it. No one inbound or outbound gave one hoot nor asked about our vax. DS played soccer for about 10 days there.

Rules are changing though. More places are requiring vax and/or making quarantine tougher without.

This is OP. My kid is vaxxed. Of course I don’t know if the UK will let us in next summer.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Does a kid have to quarantine first when going to these places now? I went to some of the websites listed and all these countries have different rules. Red zones and vaccinated vs. unvaccinated. Some test either way. I don't want to show up in a foreign country and find out we didn't check all the boxes. I really would like my son to go to one of these though, but all the red tape is making me weary.

We went to Portugal this July and only had to have a negative rapid test in hand (we were NEVER asked for it inbound to Portugal!). Outbound we tested the day before departure. Air France in Paris and US Customs asked for it. No one inbound or outbound gave one hoot nor asked about our vax. DS played soccer for about 10 days there.

Rules are changing though. More places are requiring vax and/or making quarantine tougher without.

This is OP. My kid is vaxxed. Of course I don’t know if the UK will let us in next summer.

Best of luck. Sadly I doubt decisions to travel or not to Europe will be the least of our thoughts next summer.