IMG Soccer Academy

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IMG Soccer Academy
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Founded 2002
Ground Bradenton, Florida

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 and U-16 mens national teams. Started in 1999, it has become integral in developing the United States' top youth soccer prospects. The original idea of the residency program was to give elite players the opportunity to train in a professional environment as most MLS clubs did not have a substantial youth academy system in place prior to 2009. 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.

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[edit] Notable graduates

[edit] 1999

[edit] 2001

[edit] 2003

[edit] Head coaches

[edit] List of classes

[edit] Spring 1999

[edit] Fall 1999

[edit] Spring 2000

[edit] Fall 2000

[edit] Spring 2001

[edit] Fall 2001

[edit] Spring 2002

[edit] Fall 2002

[edit] Spring 2003

[edit] Fall 2003

Lolo Dunialdinho

[edit] Spring 2004

[edit] Fall 2004/Spring 2005

[edit] Fall 2005/Spring 2006

[edit] Spring 2008

[edit] External links

Current stadiums in the USL PDL Southeast Division

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