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We recently visited St. Georges Park, where England U21 Coach Stuart Pearce offered his coaching services to the 16 remaining finalists of The Chance. Some of the world's best young footballers were able to experience England's national football centre first hand. We payed a visit and chatted to Pearce pitch side.

The Chance has helped to develop the talents of thousands of young footballers. For one Australian player, it has been the stepping stone to a professional career, earning a contract with one of Europe's biggest clubs. Today he's living the dream of every young player.

The top three players from Nike’s The Chance Final have been announced as the global tour drawed to a close; after a six week journey that has seen the 16 finalists experience professional football and elite training at the very highest level.

The Chance Global Tour has taken the players to some of the best training centres around the world. For the last leg of a five-week selection process the boys enjoyed a two-day training camp at England’s National Football Centre at St George’s Park. Take a look at how they got on.

Following The Chance World Tour stop in Turin, Italy, the squad landed in Manchester, England, for a week of training and football culture immersion at Manchester United’s Carrington facility where the lads gained invaluable insight into life as a Manchester United player.

Twenty-six days into Nike Football's The Chance World Tour, the brand has announced that an additional two players from the final squad will now be awarded places in the Nike Academy for the remainder of the 2012/13 season.

he Chance 16 finalists continued their global tour this week in Los Angeles, Calif., concluding the North America leg with a 4-3 victory over the U.S. Under-17 Men's National Team.

In March of 2012, SoccerBible began following the journey of over 100,000 young footballers from over 55 countries around the world, all participating in Nike's The Chance. Emerging from this vast number of players was a squad of the top 16, who now embark on a six-week global training tour...

If yesterday’s surprise visit to their training session by several members of FC Barcelona wasn’t enough, come the evening The Chance’s 100 finalists were further rewarded for their efforts with dinner at La Masia and a tour of Camp Nou.

“The Chance” 2012 programme has been Nike's most competitive yet. After 100,000 global entrants, the final 100 players, from 55 countries have gathered in Barcelona. Now underway, the final event is being held at Barcelona's iconic training ground and academy base, the Ciutat Esportiva Joan Gamper...