Reinaldo Brenes is currently a student at the IMG Soccer Academy in Bradenton, Florida. The high school senior has received much attention from college programs, and recently signed to play for 2009 NCAA national finalist University of Akron with fellow IMGer Martin Ontiveros. Check out this beautiful connection Reinaldo makes on the corner kick for [...]
Here’s an in-depth look at the IMG Soccer Academy:
The U17 IMG Academies team scrimmaged the US National U15 team yesterday at 4:00 at Academy Park. The US team got on the board early when Ben Spencer found Emerson Hyndman for a goal in the 5th minute. That was the only scoring in t he first half. IMG tied the game at 1-1 in [...]
The team volunteered their time on Saturday to play an exhibition game against some Special Olympic competitors. The event was held at Bayshore High School, where special Olympians showed off their skills in a variety of events, including tennis skills competitions and track events along with the soccer scrimmage. To view the full recap, click [...]
I am working and waiting.
I wonder what the life roller coaster brings.
I hear people say nothing because I don’t listen to what people say about me.
I see myself being Myself.
I want to LIVE.
I don’t regret.
I am working and waiting.
I believe that this opportunity will allow me to do whatever I want to do later in [...]
U.S. Under-15 Boys’ National Team head coach Jim Barlow has called in 32 players, all born in 1995, for a domestic training camp from March 14 - 21, 2010, at the IMG Soccer Academy, Bradenton, Fla.
The week will consist of training and competitive games against U17 National Residency Teams, IMG Soccer Academy Residency Teams, Clearwater [...]
IMG U 17 Boys -5 HCU-0 3/6
Impressive win for the U-17 over HCU this past weekend in Clearwater. IMG defeated the opponent with the score of 5-0. Jake Kaye had a hat trick . Chris Contreras and JP Medina scored one each. IMG dominated since the beginning and seemed to be in [...]
Become Difficult to Defend on the Dribble:
In order to be unpredictable and add deception when dribbling, match a sharp change of direction with a distinct change of pace. A good dribbler always works to create separation from his/her defender; well-timed acceleration and a deceptive change of direction will always make you more difficult to [...]
IMG U15 Girls-2 Clearwater-1
From the start of the game our team pressed hard and had Clearwater on their heels. As a team, we swarmed our opponent to the point that five minutes into the game we caught the back four flat and Kayla Aritt scored. The team kept very good shape, support and balance. We [...]
IMG U19-2 HCU-0
IMG came out flat after not having played a game for a few weeks. HCU had two clear opportunities in the first two mixtures of the game. After those chances IMG picked up the intensity and started pressing HCU, winning the ball and started playing good soccer. We connected passes and created a [...]