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Spain Soccer Tours for Colorado
Colorado is one of the strongest youth soccer development states in the Mountain West, anchored by the Colorado Rapids academy and Real Colorado, a club with a national reputation across both the ECNL and the player-development pipeline. Odisea Tours has hosted US soccer programs since 2005, and Colorado groups travel on a one-stop routing from Denver to Madrid, planned around the flight day with a protected rest day on arrival.
01 / Flying from Colorado
How Colorado groups actually get there.
Colorado has no nonstop service to Spain, so Denver (DEN) groups route one-stop, typically eastbound through a US gateway like New York, Chicago or Dallas onto an Iberia or American nonstop to Madrid. Total elapsed time is around 13 to 15 hours. We schedule departures so the arrival in Madrid lands in the morning and protect Day 1 as a rest day before training begins.
Gateway airports
- DEN (one-stop via JFK, ORD or DFW)
- feeder connections from Colorado Springs (COS)
02 / The Colorado soccer landscape
Where Colorado soccer already plays.
The Colorado Soccer Association registers a deep competitive base, and the altitude-trained Colorado player has a long history of overperforming relative to the state's size. The Colorado Rapids run their MLS Next academy in the Denver metro, and Real Colorado is one of the most respected ECNL clubs in the country across both genders. The CHSAA high school season runs in the spring, which leaves summer and the December break clear for international travel.
Major Colorado soccer organisations
- Colorado Soccer Association
- ECNL Mountain
- MLS Next (Colorado Rapids academy)
- Real Colorado and other nationally ranked clubs
- Colorado High School Activities Association (CHSAA)
Ideal group types
- Colorado Rapids academy and affiliate sides
- Real Colorado and other nationally ranked clubs
- ECNL clubs across the Colorado Soccer Association
- CHSAA varsity high school programs
- Pac-12, Big 12 and Mountain West college soccer programs
03 / Cities we serve in Colorado
Detailed planning, city by city.
04 / Where your players train
Three training homes. No middleman.
Valencia CF
Paterna training ground · Valencia CF coaching staff
Spanish FA
RFEF headquarters, Las Rozas · Accommodation and training
06 / Three reasons Colorado teams pick Spain
01
Colorado's altitude-trained players have a long history of overperforming, and a Spain tour gives clubs like Real Colorado and the Rapids academy the European academy-level opposition that matches their level.
02
The CHSAA spring soccer season leaves summer and the December break wide open for a Spain tour with no conflict with the competitive calendar.
03
Denver's central hub position means a clean single connection to an East Coast or Dallas nonstop to Madrid, with no European-hub detour required.
07 / When Colorado teams travel
The travel windows that actually work.
Summer (June through late July) and the December break are the two most-booked windows for Colorado youth clubs. The CHSAA spring high school season means most Colorado school programs travel in early summer. College programs typically travel in late September.
08 / Tour formats that work from Colorado
Tour format
European Soccer Tours
7 to 12 night soccer tours. FC Barcelona and Valencia CF training, games against Spanish academy or amateur opposition.
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Youth soccer programme
Built for U12 to U19 clubs. Families welcome on the same itinerary.
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School and high school tours
Term-time and summer programmes for high school varsity and private school teams.
Read more →09 / Frequently asked from Colorado
Questions Colorado coaches ask first.
How long is the journey from Colorado to Spain?
Colorado has no nonstop service to Spain, so Denver (DEN) groups route one-stop, typically eastbound through New York, Chicago or Dallas onto an Iberia or American nonstop to Madrid. Total elapsed time is around 13 to 15 hours. We schedule the routing so the arrival lands in the morning and we protect Day 1 as a rest day.
Does a tour fit around the CHSAA soccer calendar?
Yes. CHSAA high school soccer runs in the spring, so summer (June and July) and the December break are the cleanest windows for a Colorado school program. Both leave the competitive season untouched.
What does a Spain tour from Colorado cost per player?
A 10-day Spain soccer tour from Colorado sits between roughly $3,495 and $4,200 per player for ground services, with the range reflecting the one-stop routing. International flights are quoted separately because the Denver-to-Madrid connection varies by season and booking lead time.
Do you work with Real Colorado or the Rapids academy?
We host competitive clubs, high school programs and college rosters from across Colorado. We do not represent ourselves as an official partner of the Colorado Rapids or Real Colorado, and our fixtures are against Spanish academy or amateur sides matched to your age and level.
Step one
Plan a tour from Colorado. We reply the same day.
Tell us your squad size, age group, home metro and the window you are looking at. We come back inside seven days with a draft itinerary that names the hotels, the training facilities, the cities and the per-player number.