One tour. Two clubs.
One week they’ll measure everything else against.
Here’s exactly what happens on an Offside Explorers tour - what’s included, how a day runs, who looks after your players, and what it takes to get there.
• A day on tourWhat a typical day actually looks like.
Every itinerary is built around the host club’s calendar, so no two tours run identically. This is the shape of most days.
Training
Players train at the host club’s ground, or a specialized training facility and coached by their academy staff. Sessions run to the club’s own standards and structure, not a visitors’ program.
Morning
Recover and eat
Back to the hotel. Food, rest, and time to be teenagers.
Midday
Compete or explore
Depending on the day: a fixture against local opposition, a stadium tour, or a guided afternoon in the city.
Afternoon
Together
A live professional match where the calendar allows, or a team meal and a debrief on the day. Parents traveling with the group are welcome at both.
Evening
• What’s includedEverything from the moment you land.
Soccer
Professional training sessions delivered by host club academy staff
Two to three competitive fixtures against local opposition
A stadium tour at every destination
A live professional match where the fixture calendar allows
Where we can arrange it, time with a professional player - usually at our own cost
Travel and Care
Carefully selected accommodation for players, staff and traveling families
All ground transport, including transfers between legs
Guided cultural excursions in each city
Full tour management, with Lee present throughout
One point of contact before, during and after the tour
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Flights are deliberately not included. We tell you when to arrive and recommend a flight - booking your own means families can travel early or stay on afterwards. Also excluded: passports and any visas, personal spending money, and travel insurance, which we ask every traveler to arrange.
• Who travels with usBuilt for squads
We work with youth clubs, high schools, colleges, and soccer organizations across the United States. Tours are arranged with the club, and players travel as a team.
Middle school - roughly 11 to 13
Often a player’s first time in a professional soccer environment, and usually with a parent traveling. High supervision, and an itinerary built around it.
Colleges and organizations
Programs built to your competitive calendar and your development goals.
High school - roughly 15 to 18
More competitive fixtures, more demanding sessions, and more independence within a structure..
• The tour calendarThere are only four windows a year.
American school calendars decide when a squad can travel. This is why early conversations matter.
Thanksgiving
Late November. A short window and a popular one.
Spring Break
Anywhere from the first week of March to the last week of April, depending on your state and district. Our busiest period by a distance.
Christmas to New Year
The week between the holidays. Limited fixtures in some leagues, exceptional atmosphere in others.
Summer
The widest window and the most flexibility on destinations.
• How it worksFive steps from first conversation to wheels down.
1.
Talk to us.
Tell us your age groups, squad size, preferred window and where you’d like to go. Twenty minutes is usually enough.
2.
We come back with options.
Destinations and host clubs that fit your level and your calendar, with a realistic per-player cost.
3.
We build the itinerary.
Training, fixtures, stadium access, excursions, accommodation and transport, confirmed with the host clubs.
4.
We handle the families.
Player enrolment, payment schedules, information packs and questions, so your staff aren’t fielding them.
5.
We travel.
Lee is with the group throughout. You coach your players; we run everything else.
Ready to look at dates?
Tell us your window and your age groups. We’ll tell you which clubs can host you.