The cost of the trip (for the players) to the Home Depot Center in Los Angeles, CA. was about the same (or less) than a weekend of soccer in Atlanta or Raleigh. Most, if not all of the Academy players have been to both of those cites numerous times. California offered a new venue. Check out the USSF Academy website for the sites and sounds of an exciting weekend. Memories that all of the young men, that were fortunate enough to go, will carry with them for the next fifty plus years. $ PRICELESS $