1999: AC
Milan organizes the first Milan Junior Camp in Baltimore, involving more or
less 90 children.
2000: The
Milan Junior Camp program is extended to the West Coast where 3 locations are
opened in Sacramento, San Jose and San Diego, California to be precise. The
experience lasts for 3 years. More than 500 participants take part in the Milan
Junior Camps.
2002: The
co-operation with New York City begins. A free camp is organized in May for the
children who lost their parents in the brutal September 11 terrorist attack.
More than 120 children register for the camp.
2003: AC
Milan is the first European club to become an official partner of the New York
City Municipality. AC Milan organizes 5 camps in New York and 1 in Stamford,
Connecticut, for the “Summer of Soccer” program of New York City. Almost 800
children and teenagers improved their soccer skills under the suggestions and
experience of AC Milan trainers.
2004: The
co-operation with New York City Municipality carries on. During summer 2004 the
camps were organized in 4 different locations in New York. Furthermore, 2
additional weeks took place in Stamford, Connecticut and San Francisco. About
700 children took part to the camps.
2005: The
Milan Junior Camp program extends itself throughout the entire US and Canada.
15 camps are opened and over 1000 children participate.
2006: The
success of the program proves the Milan Junior Camps to be the most widely
diffused soccer program ever conducted by a professional team.
2007: The program proves its quality by spreading
throughout the country, establishing more than 18 locations, setting the
foundations for the Milan Academies.
2008: Following the success obtained in the previous
years, the Milan Junior Camp program returns with several events and locations,
scheduled to take place during 2008.