Six Northshore soccer players and a coach are getting a rare chance to compete against some of the top youth professional academy players and represent the United States in England.

Tomorrow, NHS players Lauren Davis, Michael Fishman, James Jumper, Ralph Price, Cody Rinaudo and NHS coach Ryan Lazaroe, who is also the headman for the team, are leaving for England to display their talents before returning Aug. 11.

Northshore’s Michael Stearns, who left Tuesday to visit France, is also on the squad and competing in England.

Pictured are Northshore High players, who are heading to England tomorrow and competing for the 16U Super Clubs National Team in the English Premiere League. From left: Ralph Price, Michael Fishman, James Jumper, Michael Stearns, Cody Rinaudo and NHS coach Ryan Lazaroe; not pictured: Lauren Davis.

Davis, a goalkeeper, is playing for a U17 Super Club girls’ team. She said the players on her squad come from all over the country. She got on when one of her club teammates’ moms got with the squad and talked about her being a good goalkeeper. When Davis was asked about being on the team she said she really wanted to do it.

“I’m really excited,” Davis said. “I’m so lucky. It’s a once in a lifetime opportunity. It’s surreal.”

Davis said she’s more excited than nervous.

“I’ve heard there are college coaches there. I’m interested in playing college soccer,” Davis said. “I’m hoping they like what they see.”

She said she has games scheduled for Aug. 3, 5, 8 and 10.

Davis also said she’s has flown, but not out of the country. Davis said the only worry she has is jetlag.

England is six hours ahead of us.

For the boys, the team consists of players from Slidell, Florida, Idaho, Kansas, Kentucky and Michigan.

Lazaroe said they would have three training sessions, which he’ll run, before competing in five matches.

He said they are playing different age levels. The first contest is set for Aug. 4 against the Blackburn Rovers. The next day, they take on Birmingham City. Aug. 7 features a game against Colchester United before the 16s face Gillingham FC the following day. Their final match is Aug. 10 against the MK Dons.

The group has a pretty full schedule. Lazaroe said they are going to get coaching from some of the EPL first-team coaches. They’ll also get a couple afternoons off to tour and the team is getting to attend an EPL match.

Lazaroe has international experience. He said he trained with the Mexican National Team when he was 13. After college, playing at a higher level, he had an opportunity to compete in Trinadad, Tebego, Italy and Canada.

“I was very fortunate to be a part of those teams that went there,” Lazaroe said.

He said he’d use that experience to help the group.

“For most of these boys, I’d say a good 90 percent haven’t been out of the country to play or haven’t played against international players,” Lazaroe said. “The best thing I can do is kind of give them the guidance and some of the advice I’ve learned playing overseas and in other countries. I can kind of guide them in the right direction and how to be in the right mentality to play them.”

Lazaroe said he got a phone call coaching and wanted to take the opportunity to travel overseas and play against some of the best coaches and players, while representing the country.

He said as they started selecting players, he was fortunate to get a few open spots.

“I really wanted to make sure some of my players were on that team and kind of give them the experience to represent their country,” Lazaroe said. “I think the guys that are going are very responsible, very quality players. I’m very excited they get the opportunity. I think the biggest thing is we learn from it, we have fun and we represent the country proud.”

Lazaroe said they would be playing against some of the top English Premiere League academies.

“I think it’s going to be a great great experience. Right now, the best league in the world is the English Premiere League. We’re very fortunate that at this time, we get to play against the future players of the EPL.”

Fishman, a striker and midfielder entering his senior year, said it’d be a great experience to see the level of play from the rest of the world.

“It’s known as one of the best leagues in the world,” Fishman said. “It’ll be good to see the kind of players they bring up.”

He said he looked at their schedule and said a lot of the teams are pretty big-name teams from the EPL.

Fishman said he had a chance to play in China a couple times. Jumper, a junior at NHS, who plays defense, said this would be his first experience playing outside the U.S.

“I’m pretty excited even though I know the quality over there is better than ours. But I think we can keep up with them,” Jumper said.

Price, a sophomore, who plays midfielder, said he’s looking forward to seeing some of the best competition.

“I think it’ll be a good experience,” Price said. “You can better yourself. You’re going to play against some of the people that might be pros someday. I think it’ll better you as a person and a player.”

Rinaudo, an outside backer and outside midfielder, who will be a senior, said he’s super excited.

“I’ve never played out of the country before. I’m just glad I got the chance to do it and represent the country,” Rinaudo said.

He said he’s looking forward to seeing how other countries develop teams, how good they are and how much they have to catch up.

Stearns, who is entering his freshman year at Northshore, said he’s looking forward to the experience.

“I’m really excited. It’s a once in a lifetime opportunity,” Stearns said.

This is Stearns’ first time out of the country. He said he expects to see really good players and coaches.