It's a new year but same expectations as the Philadelphia Union Academy travels to South America with both the U-17 and U-12 squads invited to play in a total of four tournaments in Brazil.

The U-12 squad will compete in the Iber Cup Elite Sao Paulo from January 13-18 followed by the Iber Cup Porto Alegre January 20-26. Meanwhile the U-17s will compete January 13-19 in the FAM Cup Sub-17 Invitational followed by the Iber Cup Elite Porto Alegre that will run from January 21-26.

All Union Academy matches in Brazil are tentatively scheduled to be live streamed for free with links to the live video found below.