New York City FC’s U13/U14 Academy Team heads to Bolivia on Friday to participate in the XXI Mundialito Tahuichi “Paz y Unidad” (Peace and Unity). The invitation only tournament, previously attended by teams like Real Madrid, River Plate, and Atlas, is recognized as one of the premier youth tournaments in South America and draws teams from all over the world to participate.
In this year’s tournament the New York City FC Academy will take on Millionarios FC (Colombia), Pachuca (Mexico), Danubio (Uruguay), Olimpia (Paraguay), Tahuichi (Bolivia), Florida (Bolivia), Everton FC (Chile) and other teams.
New York City FC Academy Director Rodrigo Marion said, “This trip is going to be a great experience for our players, in particular the players that have never left the United States for a tournament before.