A young goalkeeper from Essex who plays for the Ipswich Town Foundation team has gained a place at an American sports scholarship school.
Taylor Hughes has landed a one in 25 chance to be selected to study for a football scholarship with US Sports Scholarships.
The 17-year-old plays as a goalkeeper for Ipswich Town Foundation and Wivenhoe Town.
On the opportunity to go and study in America, he said: "It's quite a good feeling.
"It's something I have wanted to do for quite a while.
"It gives you the closest experience to being a professional footballer and training like one.
"At the same time it provides a very good education so it's just a win-win really."
Taylor, who has been playing club football for eleven years, said it will be "very different" living in America compared to Coggeshall, where he currently lives.
He said: "This scholarship can open pathways to potentially play in the MLS, but it also gives you a good degree, so it really does set you up for the future."
Taylor has started a GoFundMe page to help raise money to cover travel and tuition costs for his time out there.
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