San Diego FC’s Right to Dream Academy is officially open.

It’s a fully-funded residential school and soccer program for young players.

“It's been one of the best experiences I've had if not the best. I just don't want to leave to my parents house when we go,”11-year-old Nicolas Bolivar said.

He plays as a striker and was one of the lucky few who made the academy’s first youth club. His team will take advantage of the new facilities in El Cajon on the Sycuan Reservation.

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Thousands of young boys from San Diego and Tijuana tried out for the new program.

He was there on the academy’s opening day with his family, who are originally from Guadalajara, Mexico. They moved to Chula Vista about five years ago.

His dad Manuel Bolivar said in Spanish that he and his wife are proud of wh

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