IMG Academy Bradenton

IMG Academy Bradenton

Full name	IMG Academy Bradenton
Nickname(s)	The Academics
Founded	1998 (as Bradenton Academics)
Stadium	IMG Academy Bradenton, Florida
Ground Capacity	1,500
Owner	Amanda Gatchel
Head Coach	Tom Durkin
League	Premier Development League
2015	5th, Southeast Playoffs: DNQ
Website	Club home page
Home colors Away colors

The IMG Academy Bradenton are an American soccer team based in Bradenton, Florida, United States. Founded in 1998, the team plays in the Premier Development League (PDL), the fourth tier of the American Soccer Pyramid, in the Southeast Division of the Southern Conference.

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 2004–2008 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.

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 0 GK Connor Sparrow 1 GK Marco Velez 1 GK Robert Shearer 2 DF Jamie McGuinness 3 DF David Abidor 4 DF Joseph Hutchinson 4 DF Konroad Kucharski 5 DF Mathew Gardner 6 MF Myles Englis 7 FW Yussuf Olajide 8 MF Alejandro Fritz Ruenes 8 MF Daniel Valenciano 9 MF Raul Gonzalez 9 FW Christopher Campbell 10 MF Douglas Goodman

No. Position Player 11 FW Terry Delancy 12 DF Theodore Brown 12 DF Jason Chapman 13 MF Matias Rubio 14 DF Eric DeJulio 15 DF Daniel Barboto 15 DF Mario Mesen 16 FW Oliver Harvey 17 FW Casey Castle 17 DF Nuno Gourgel 18 MF William Suedois 19 DF Isaiah Fergusson MF Jesus Pineda Brendan O'Connor

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.

• Anthony Ampaipitakwong
• Bernardo Anor
• Jeff Attinella
• Zak Boggs
• Sanel Borić
• Sean Bucknor
• Kevin Burns
• Ben Everson
• Jani Galik
• Blair Gavin

• Michael Gavin
• Miguel Gonzalez
• Happy Hall
• Cameron Hepple
• Stephen Keel
• Wes Knight
• David Mahoney
• Devon McKenney
• Pascal Millien
• Steven Morris

• Kurt Morsink
• Nick Noble
• Michael Parkhurst
• Heath Pearce
• Brad Rusin
• Jordan Seabrook
• Yevgeni Starikov
• Ryan Thompson
• Tanner Wolfe
• Leland Wright

Year-by-year

Year	Division	League	Regular Season	Playoffs	Open Cup
1998	4	USISL PDSL	3rd, Southeast	Division Semifinals	Did not qualify
1999	4	USL PDL	5th, Southeast	Did not qualify	Did not qualify
2000	4	USL PDL	2nd, Southeast	Conference Semifinals	Did not qualify
2001	4	USL PDL	3rd, Southeast	Did not qualify	Did not qualify
2002	4	USL PDL	2nd, Southeast	National Semifinals	Did not qualify
2003	4	USL PDL	3rd, Southeast	Did not qualify	2nd Round
2004	4	USL PDL	4th, Southeast	Did not qualify	Did not qualify
2005	4	USL PDL	3rd, Southeast	Did not qualify	Did not qualify
2006	4	USL PDL	1st, Southeast	Conference Finals	Did not qualify
2007	4	USL PDL	4th, Southeast	Did not qualify	Did not qualify
2008	4	USL PDL	2nd, Southeast	Conference Semifinals	1st Round
2009	4	USL PDL	2nd, Southeast	National Semifinals	Did not qualify
2010	4	USL PDL	6th, Southeast	Did not qualify	Did not qualify
2011	4	USL PDL	3rd, Southeast	Did not qualify	Did not qualify
2012	4	USL PDL	3rd, Southeast	Did not qualify	Did not qualify
2013	4	USL PDL	6th, Southeast	Did not qualify	Did not qualify
2014	4	USL PDL	3rd, Southeast	Did not qualify	Did not qualify
2015	4	USL PDL	5th, Southeast	Did not qualify	Did not qualify

Honors

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

Head coaches

• Tom Durkin (2005–present)

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 http://www.uslsoccer.com/history/index_E.html.

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

External links

• Official Site
• Official PDL site