Xolos expand Academy system to New Jersey

Interior wall of the Xolos Academy FC New Jersey training facility.There’s still piles of gritty, week old snow melting by the door of a non-descript warehouse in Central Jersey, next to a strip mall and across from a Laborers Union Hall. The town of Cliffwood, New Jersey is about as far away from Tijuana as you can get - 2,775 miles according to Google Maps. It’s just before 10:00 AM when I pull into the warehouse parking lot and walk in, where I’m introduced to Joe DiMauro. Joe is an affable man, and he and his adult son Phil run Xolos Academy FC New Jersey - an affiliate of Club Tijuana.

Inside the entire floor is covered in synthetic turf, and there are nets at either end of the…