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The IMG Soccer Academy is part of the IMG Academies located in Bradenton, Florida. It is U.S. Soccer's full-time residency program for the United States U-17 men's national team. Started in 1999, it has become integral in developing the United States' top youth soccer prospects. The residency program gives elite players the opportunity to train in a professional environment as MLS does not currently have a substantial youth academy system in place (although D.C. United, Chicago Fire, New York Red Bulls, and Real Salt Lake have created youth academies since Bradenton's inception). The Bradenton Academy has grown from an initial 20 players to 30 in 2002 and then to 40 in 2003. The program is now split into a U-16 squad and a U-17 squad.

A typical day for the student-athlete at Bradenton consists of academic classes in the morning followed by sports training in the afternoon. Students at the academy take accelerated courses and graduate high school a year early, making the players who do not turn pro immediately some of the most heavily recruited prospects in college soccer.

The academy can trace its roots back to Project 2010 which highlighted ways U.S. Soccer could make the senior men's national team a legitimate threat to win the World Cup by the end of the decade. Two programs that were born from Project 2010 were Generation Adidas (previously called Project-40) and the Bradenton academy. The academy was started in January 1999 with backing of IMG and Nike.

Contents

Notable graduates

1999

2001

2003

Head coaches

List of classes

Spring 1999

Fall 1999

Spring 2000

Fall 2000

Spring 2001

Fall 2001

Spring 2002

Fall 2002

Spring 2003

Fall 2003

Lolo

Spring 2004

Fall 2004/Spring 2005

Fall 2005/Spring 2006

Spring 2008

  • Christian Alvarez
  • Julio Arjona
  • Eder Arreola
  • Samir Badr
  • Zachary Barnes
  • Alex Bramall
  • Scott Caldwell
  • Brice Carr
  • Andrew Craven
  • Rob Derschang
  • Bryan Dominguez
  • Bryan Duran
  • Earl Edwards
  • George Fradenburg
  • Luis Gil
  • Jaime Gutierrez
  • Joeseph Gyau
  • Drew Hartell
  • Donovan Henry
  • Zachary Harold
  • Stefan Jerome
  • Perry Kitchen
  • Alfred Koroma
  • Zach MacMath
  • Carlos Martinez
  • Jack McInerney
  • Chase Miller
  • Nick Millington
  • Emilio Orozco
  • Aubrey Perry
  • Shaquille Phillips
  • Tyler Polak
  • Charles Renken
  • Spencer Richey
  • Kofi Sarkodie
  • Alex Shinsky
  • Brian Span
  • Eric Stephenson
  • Brian Sylvestre
  • Korey Veeder
  • Jared Watts

External links

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Current Stadiums in the USL PDL Southeast Division


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