The U.S. Soccer Development Academy League is a partnership between U.S. Soccer and the top youth clubs around the country to provide the best youth players in the U.S. with an environment designed to produce the next generation of National Team players. The IMG Soccer Academy U-17/18 boys’ team finished 3rd in the nation in [...]
[DEVELOPMENT ACADEMY] Cal Odyssey, second in the 2009 Development Academy U-15/16 age group, is the top-ranked club in the age group with a 7-0-1 record going into this weekend’s Development Academy Winter Showcase.
Villyan Bijev leads the Fresno area team with seven goals in eight games.
Bijev is one of five players who started in the 2009 [...]
The U.S. Soccer Development Academy League is a partnership between U.S. Soccer and the top youth clubs around the country to provide the best youth players in the U.S. with an every day environment designed to produce the next generation of National Team players. The IMG Soccer Academy U-18 boys’ team finished 3rd in the [...]
Benny Barshai
IMG Soccer Academy’s Benny Barshai and Chase Miller, who helped the U-18s to a third-place national finish in the U.S. Soccer Development Academy League in 2009, will continue as teammates next year at George Mason University.
Check out stories HERE and HERE regarding Barshai (forward/midfielder) and Miller (defender) joining the Patriots.
Barshai and Miller [...]
In accordance with IMG Academies’ goal of constantly improving and expanding programs, the IMG Soccer Academy recently broke ground for 9 new on-campus soccer fields.
Set for a January 2010 completion, the grass fields will add to the seven existing fields to allow for more capability in hosting tournaments and provide more room for comprehensive training.
“Already [...]
See below for photos by John Dorton… click to enlarge
With more than 70 of the nation’s best of the best youth soccer programs battling for months for one of 32 playoff spots in the U.S. Soccer Development Academy League, just earning a postseason placement is impressive.
Emerging from those 32 teams as one of eight battling [...]
Highlights from IMG Soccer Academy’s 1-1 tie with the Dallas Texans in the first game of the U.S. Soccer Development Academy National Championships in Carson, Calif.
Make sure to watch around the :48 mark to see two great moves and a diving header by Andres Acevedo to tie the game!
Following Andres Acevedo’s naming to the U.S. Soccer Development Academy’s Southern Division U-16 Starting XI, U-18 goalkeeper Larry Jackson was named to the older age group’s Starting XI.
Jackson received the prestigious honor after helping the U-18 team, which is currently competing for a Development Academy National Championship, concede only 24 goals in 26 games. Only [...]
IMG Soccer Academy Alumni player, Jozy Altidore returns to campus to continue his training and development with our program.
Check out the video of U.S. Men’s National Team soccer star Jozy Altidore training and talking about his time at the IMG and our Performance Institute. Altidore scored one of the goals in a 2-0 victory against [...]