At Professional Experiences & Football Connections we provide elite level players from the United States the opportunity to experience, compete against and be scouted by professional clubs in Europe. Through our own experiences and many decades of coaching at the elite level, we have developed a network that allows us to offer this unique experience. We compete only against the actual academy teams of professional clubs and provide training and coaching by our professional coaching staff.
ABOUT PRO-EX FC
SUMMER 2025
NETHERLANDS TRIP
Pro.Ex FC offers a unique opportunity for top level players in the U.S. to compete against and be scouted by professional European clubs. Many organizations will offer soccer trips but only Pro.Ex FC can offer games against actual academy teams with their full time coaching staff.
The weeklong trip, leaving July 5th and returning July 13th, where players (and chaperones) will stay in a 4-star hotel in the safe suburb of Amstelveen only 15 minutes from downtown Amsterdam.
The team will play 4 or 5 full length games (90 minutes) and have training sessions on site as well. This is first and foremost a soccer trip but we did set time aside for some sightseeing.
​Day 1
Arrive in Amsterdam, settle in hotel, lunch, training session, team dinner
Day 2
Training session in the morning, game in the afternoon
Day 3
Training session in the morning, game in the afternoon
Day 4
Rest day, sightseeing opportunities
Day 5
Training session in the morning, game in the afternoon
Day 6
Morning recovery training, afternoon off
Day 7
Game or tournament play
Day 8
Return to the U.S.
Sample Schedule:
This schedule is a sample and subject to changes based on game days and game times
COST EXPLANATION SUMMER 2025 TRIP
The cost per player is $1850, this includes the following:
Two weeks of training prior to departure in Somerset, NJ with our professional staff
Uniform
Training while in the Netherlands with our professional staff
4 or 5 matches against professional youth academies
Transportation for all who travel (players and chaperones) to and from airport to hotel, to and from hotel to all games
Travel polo
One cultural excursion for all who travel (players and chaperones)
Not included:
Hotel (chaperones and players can stay in the same room)
Airfare
We only charge for the players, we do not charge the chaperones)
Payments can be split into 3 payments. The initial deposit is NON-REFUNDABLE
ADDITIONAL SCOUTING OPTIONS
Players who aspire to become a professional player in Europe can contact Pro-Ex FC for scouting opportunities. Pro-Ex FC has contacts in several countries and with several professional clubs. Placement is not guaranteed and pre-screening by Pro-Ex FC is mandatory before any contact is made with clubs in Europe.
Players must be at least 15 years old.
Practice session at PSV Eindhoven Summer 2024
About Jordi Meijer
Founder PRO-EX FC
Jordi Meijer has been a football professional for over 25 years and has experience in his native the Netherlands, Australia and the United States. Jordi is currently the Technical Director of Dutch Total Soccer, a training organization in New Jersey that brings in professional Dutch trainers to work with players. He is also the Director of Coaching of NJ Premier F.C. and Varsity coach at Somerville high school.
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In his numerous years of coaching, Jordi has won several State Champions, Regional Championships and a National Championship with his teams. He has also fostered many players who have gone on to play in college, professionally (in the U.S. and Europe) and who have played for their National teams.
Jordi holds coaching licenses from the Netherlands (KNVB), Germany (DFB) and the United States (USSF).
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Through his network, which was built over many years, Jordi is able to provide U.S. based players an opportunity to be seen and scouted by professional European clubs.
Married for almost 20 years with 2 children, Jordi has made his home in the U.S. but still holds strong ties to the Netherlands.
