When you think of footballers’ houses, you probably think of luxury, extravagance and an array of things that nobody could possibly need. Lionel Messi’s house in Castelldefels, a town on the outskirts ...

Barcelona’s La Masia academy stands as a testament to football excellence, having produced some of the best players in modern football. From luminaries like Lionel Messi, Xavi Hernandez, Andres ...

The Catalan youth academy has produced World Cup winners, Champions League heroes and a five-time Ballon d'Or icon Football academies exist at almost every club, particularly at the elite level, but ...

The Catalan word ‘masia’ is usually translated as ‘farmhouse’ — and that’s not far wrong. A better catch-all description might be a rural dwelling particular to the east of Spain, including Catalonia.

La Masia, the youth academy of FC Barcelona, has always been regarded as one of the finest in world football. However, as the years have gone by, for many it has already become the undisputed best ...

When Claudia Riumallo Pineda wakes up, it does not take her long to know where she is. From her bedroom window she can see the Johan Cruyff Stadium inside Barcelona's Ciutat Esportiva training ground, ...

It's hard to imagine any American kids playing at the level that you'll see in this week's Overtime feature on La Masia, the youth academy that feeds pro players to what's arguably the best soccer ...

Oxford, Cambridge, La Sorbonne, Bologna, Stanford, Harvard.. there can be a lively debate there. In football, none: the leading academy of the king of sport on the planet is called La Masia, evidence ...