Barcelona have announced a fifth U.S.-based training academy, with this one set for Chicago and due to open next season.
Barcelona already have launched U.S.-based schools in Austin, Texas; Charlotte, North Carolina; Northern Virginia and Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Chicago is the third school that will be managed by ISL Futbol.
This will be the 35th Barcelona academy worldwide.
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The club opened their office last September in New York. There are four more academies in Canada, located in Vancouver, Edmonton, Toronto and Ottawa.
Barcelona have 27 active academies with a presence in over 40 countries across five continents with more than 40,000 children taking part in the different activities, the club said in a news release. New schools are planned for Haikou and Chengdu, China, in Bogota, Colombia and also in Sydney and Brisbane, Australia.