IMG Academy Bradenton

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.

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, 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.

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

Honors

 * USL PDL Southern Conference Champions 2009
 * USL PDL Southeast Division Champions 2006
 * USL PDL Southern Conference Champions 2002

Head coaches

 * 🇺🇸 Tom Durkin (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.


 * 2005: 97
 * 2006: 103
 * 2007: 135
 * 2008: 138
 * 2009: 133
 * 2010: 133