IMG Academy Bradenton is an American soccer team based in Bradenton, Florida, United States. Founded in 1998, the team plays in USL League Two, the fourth tier of the American Soccer Pyramid.Bradenton Academics - About
The team is associated with IMG Academy and the United States Soccer Federation's full-time residency program for the US Under 17 Men's National Team. The team plays its home games in the stadium at IMG Academy,Btradenton Academics - Facilities where they have played since 2003. The team's colors are blue, gold and black.
From 2004 to 2008 the team had a sister organization, the Bradenton Athletics, who played in the women's W-League.
Players
Current roster As of June 23, 2014.
Notable former players This list of notable former players comprises players who went on to play professional soccer after playing for the team in the Premier Development League, or those who previously played professionally before joining the team.
David Abidor Anthony Ampaipitakwong Bernardo Anor Jeff Attinella Zak Boggs Kevin Burns Jonny Campbell Francis de Vries Ben Everson Jani Galik Blair Gavin Michael Gavin Miguel Gonzalez Happy Hall Cameron Hepple Stephen Keel Wes Knight Nick Kolarac David Mahoney Devon McKenney Pascal Millien Steven Morris Kurt Morsink Nick Noble Michael Parkhurst Heath Pearce Charlie Reiter Brad Rusin Jordan Seabrook Yevgeni Starikov Ryan Thompson Tanner Wolfe Andrew Wolverton Leland Wright
Year-by-year YearDivisionLeagueRegular seasonPlayoffsOpen Cup19984USISL PDSL3rd, SoutheastDivision Semifinalsdid not qualify19994USL PDL5th, Southeastdid not qualifydid not qualify20004USL PDL2nd, SoutheastConference Semifinalsdid not qualify20014USL PDL3rd, Southeastdid not qualifydid not qualify20024USL PDL2nd, SoutheastNational Semifinalsdid not qualify20034USL PDL3rd, Southeastdid not qualify2nd Round20044USL PDL4th, Southeastdid not qualifydid not qualify20054USL PDL3rd, Southeastdid not qualifydid not qualify20064USL PDL1st, SoutheastConference Finalsdid not qualify20074USL PDL4th, Southeastdid not qualifydid not qualify20084USL PDL2nd, SoutheastConference Semifinals1st Round20094USL PDL2nd, SoutheastNational Semifinalsdid not qualify20104USL PDL6th, Southeastdid not qualifydid not qualify20114USL PDL3rd, Southeastdid not qualifydid not qualify20124USL PDL3rd, Southeastdid not qualifydid not qualify20134USL PDL6th, Southeastdid not qualifydid not qualify20144USL PDL3rd, Southeastdid not qualifydid not qualify20154USL PDL5th, Southeastdid not qualifydid not qualify20164USL PDL6th, Southeastdid not qualifydid not qualify20174USL PDL5th, Southeastdid not qualifydid not qualify20184USL PDL4th, Southeastdid not qualifydid not qualify
Honors USL PDL Southern Conference Champions 2009 USL PDL Southeast Division Champions 2006 USL PDL Southern Conference Champions 2002
Head coaches Tom DurkinBradenton Academics - Staff (2005–2011)
Stadia IMG Soccer Academy; Bradenton, Florida (2003–present)
Average attendance Attendance stats are calculated by averaging each team's self-reported home attendances from the historical match archive at https://web.archive.org/web/20100105175057/http://www.uslsoccer.com/history/index_E.html and Kenn.com.
Bradenton Academics 1998: 62 (21st in PDSL) 1999: 69 (29th in PDL) 2000: 87 (26th in PDL) Playoffs: NA 2001: 112 (36th in PDL) 2002: 95 (42nd in PDL) Playoffs: NA 2003: 129 43rd in PDL) 2004: 78 (54th in PDL) 2005: 97 (50th in PDL) 2006: 103 (57th in PDL) 2007: 135 (57th in PDL) 2008: 138 (59th in PDL) 2009: 146 (56th in PDL) 2010: 103 (61st in PDL)
IMG Bradenton Academics 2011: 178 (48th in PDL) 2012: 95 (66th in PDL)
IMG Academy Bradenton 2013: 27 (63rd in PDL) 2014: 106 (56th in PDL) 2015: NA 2016: NA 2017: NA 2018: NA
References
External links Official Site