Liverpool FC: opening of an academy in Southern California, the club's tenth in the United States

Liverpool FC (Premier League) are to open an academy in Orange County, in southern California (USA), according to the club on 05/11/2019. The academy, known as the "LFC International Academy SoCal", will be active in several cities in Orange County, with the aim of subsequently extending its activities to the other counties of Southern California.

"The long-term contract will give players the ability to train under the tutelage of LFC International Academy coaches learned in the principles and methodologies that are at the centre of what is taught at LFC's Academy in Liverpool (ENG). Through the unique coaching methods of Liverpool FC, players will learn to improve technical and tactical aspects of their game while learning key life skills centred on the four values of the Liverpool way: ambition, commitment, dignity and unity," said the Merseyside club.

The academy will be the English club's tenth in the United States, the only foreign country where the club has several academies. Liverpool FC has academies located in a total of 20 countries around the world.

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