Manchester United’s elite Under-16 squad spent a week in Abu Dhabi recently, meeting hundreds of youngsters in the UAE capital.
In between playing friendly matches against Al Wahda FC and Al Ain FC, the squad paid a visit to the Dome@Rawdhat, home of Manchester United Soccer Schools, where more than 300 youngsters are involved in the latest MUSS football programme.
The majority of the young players in the travelling party, all of whom live within close proximity of Manchester United’s famous Carrington training ground, have been with the Academy since the age of eight. In their visit to the Soccer School, and on another visit to visited Al Rabeeh School to take part in an on-field training session with pupils, they displayed the techniques taught at the renowned Manchester United Academy.
The MUSS programme at Dome@Rawdhat is teaching youngsters to pass and move, dribble and dominate, and attack with flair the United way. And more than 1,000 seven to 16-year-olds have taken part in the football programmes run by MUSS following its launch in the UAE capital in October 2010, after the signing of a partnership agreement with Reem Investments.
“Most of the Academy players have had experience participating in tournaments around the world, but the visit to Abu Dhabi was a fantastic opportunity for them, both from a football and an education perspective,” said Tommy Martin, head coach of the Under-16 Academy team.
Also accompanying the squad in Abu Dhabi was Clayton Blackmore, the former Manchester United player and Welsh International, now an assistant Academy coach, and Danny Keogh, who joined the club as a 14-year-old in 1979 and continued as a young professional until 1984, also an assistant coach.
The trip not only provided valuable experience for the visiting elite players, but also showed budding youngsters on Soccer Schools courses the level to aspire to.
To learn more about Manchester United Soccer Schools in Abu Dhabi visit www.manutdsoccerschools.ae
In between playing friendly matches against Al Wahda FC and Al Ain FC, the squad paid a visit to the Dome@Rawdhat, home of Manchester United Soccer Schools, where more than 300 youngsters are involved in the latest MUSS football programme.
The majority of the young players in the travelling party, all of whom live within close proximity of Manchester United’s famous Carrington training ground, have been with the Academy since the age of eight. In their visit to the Soccer School, and on another visit to visited Al Rabeeh School to take part in an on-field training session with pupils, they displayed the techniques taught at the renowned Manchester United Academy.
The MUSS programme at Dome@Rawdhat is teaching youngsters to pass and move, dribble and dominate, and attack with flair the United way. And more than 1,000 seven to 16-year-olds have taken part in the football programmes run by MUSS following its launch in the UAE capital in October 2010, after the signing of a partnership agreement with Reem Investments.
“Most of the Academy players have had experience participating in tournaments around the world, but the visit to Abu Dhabi was a fantastic opportunity for them, both from a football and an education perspective,” said Tommy Martin, head coach of the Under-16 Academy team.
Also accompanying the squad in Abu Dhabi was Clayton Blackmore, the former Manchester United player and Welsh International, now an assistant Academy coach, and Danny Keogh, who joined the club as a 14-year-old in 1979 and continued as a young professional until 1984, also an assistant coach.
The trip not only provided valuable experience for the visiting elite players, but also showed budding youngsters on Soccer Schools courses the level to aspire to.
To learn more about Manchester United Soccer Schools in Abu Dhabi visit www.manutdsoccerschools.ae
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