Scott Bowers is no stranger to coaching goalkeepers. He spent over twelve years coaching men’s and women’s collegiate soccer in divisions 1, 2, and 3. To his name, he has an undefeated season, National Championship (University of Tampa, 2001), and numerous coaching licenses including a USSF “A” License and a USSF National Goalkeeping License. He [...]

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Springdale, Arkansas, aka “The Chicken Capital of the World,” is home to Tyson Foods, the Wichita Wranglers, and Maggie and Emma Gartner- campers at the IMG Soccer Academy. Arriving in Springfield via Milwaukee, Wisconsin, they have lived there for five years and in Bradenton for a week, but not absent of family connections to the [...]

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Cross-country Friends Reunite at IMG

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Posted: Wednesday, June 30th, 2010

Alex and Alex: two IMG Soccer Academy veterans and unlikely best-of-friends. There’s Ohio Alex, aka Alex Elliott, a 17 year old junior from Columbus, and there’s LA Alex, aka Alex Schuster, a 16 year old sophomore from California. They met as roommates last summer, training and residing at IMG for three weeks. This year, they [...]

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A great season for the IMG U18 Academy League Team has come to an end in Greensboro, NC.
With a final record of 21-6-6, Coach Durkin’s squad came up a couple points short this afternoon after a playoff record of 1-1-1.
As many of the seniors are moving on to great universities, the outlook for next year [...]

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Gametime: IMG vs. CDA

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Posted: Tuesday, June 29th, 2010

IMG Starting Lineup:
Goalkeeper: Mark Bixler, Defense: Jon Eckford, Matt Glodack, Atticus Deprospo, Rolando Zamora. Midfield: Jorgre Risquez, Martin Ontiveros, Andres Acevedo, Joey Hutchinson. Forward: Fernando Mares, Zak Steinberger.
0:00 IMG Kickoff
1:00 First attack my IMG, Mares plays ball into the box for Ontiveros, Goal-kick.
3:25 IMG counter attack broken up by CDA defense.
4:00 CDA shot, saved by [...]

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Gametime: IMG vs. Vardar

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Posted: Sunday, June 27th, 2010

The starting lineup for IMG is:
Goalkeeper: Mark Bixler, Defense: Atticus Deprospo, Matt Glodack, Jon Eckford, Rolando Zamora, Midfield: Jorge Risquez, Martin Ontiveros, Joey Hutchinson, Fernando Mares, Andres Acevedo, Forward: Zak Stienberger
Subs: Cameron Baskett, Mike Allizzo, Andrew Butterworth, Raymorn Sturrup, Alex Knaggs, Chris Glodack
0:00 IMG  Kick Off
1:30 An IMG turnover in the midfield leads to high [...]

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Gametime: IMG vs. FC Milwaukee

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Posted: Saturday, June 26th, 2010

The starting lineup for IMG:
Goalkeeper: Mark Bixler, Defense:Jon Eckford, Matt Glodack, Atticus Deprospo, Rolando Zamora, Midfield: Martin Oniveros, Joey Hutchingson, Fernando Mares, Jorge Risquez, Andres Acevedo, Forward: Brett Jankouskas,
0:00 Milwaukee Kick off
0:05: Milwaukee plays the deep ball, header by Deprospo, Milwaukee corner kick
0:45: Header over the bar
Fernando Mares battles to win the ball back for [...]

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Today’s U18 IMG Academy League Playoff match vs. FC Milwaukee has been rescheduled due to travel restrictions coming from the mid-west. The game change is the following:
IMG vs. FC Milwaukee changed from Saturday June 26th at 12pm on Field 1 to
Saturday June 26th at 7:30pm on Field 1.
This change will also effect Sundays match vs. [...]

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On Tuesday, January 12, 2010, a catastrophic earthquake rocked Haiti. Inside a Port-au-Prince high school, Israel Dartiguenave was sharpening his game on the hardwood when the building started to shake. “It was terrifying. I could tell it was pretty bad. I heard a lot of yelling. Everything was very chaotic. I went outside afterwards and [...]

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The IMG Soccer Academy U-18 Boys team travels to North Carolina this Friday with hopes it is just a stopover on the way to California. From June 25-29, Greensboro plays host to thirty-two U-18 Boys teams vying for eight spots in the National Championships at the Home Depot Center in Carson, CA. Eight groups [...]

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