The 琉璃神社鈥檚 U14 Junior Heat team is preparing for the journey of a lifetime.

The Heat boys are the process of raising money for a trip to England this summer to take part in the .

The eight-day international youth tournament, hosted by Southampton and surrounding area in the UK, will feature 60 teams from around the world.

Junior Heat coach Jason Neale said it will be a memorable experience for every boy on the team.

鈥淚 think it鈥檚 a life experience, firstly for all the players,鈥� said coach Jason Neale. 鈥淢any of our players have never been outside of B.C. or Washington. It鈥檚 a fantastic experience for them to travel collectively to another country.

鈥淎s for the soccer or football level, it鈥檚 a very high standard, playing against or with one of the best in this academy level teams in the world,鈥� Neale continued. 鈥淭hey鈥檒l get the opporunity to play against some of those teams and possibly be scouted by one of the coaches that will be there.鈥�

Many of the top professional academies will be competing from August 5 to 13, inlcuding FC Porto, Chelsea FC, GNK Dinamo Zagreb and Real Club Deportivo de La Coru帽a, as well as the Kenyan national U14 boys and Slovenian national U16 girls team.

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