Have you ever dreamed of playing on the perfectly manicured fields that you see during professional matches? No potholes. No slanted fields. No chasing balls that roll well out of bounds. With 13 full-size soccer fields, you and your team can play and train on fields worthy of the world’s top pros at the IMG Soccer Academy in Bradenton, FL. No training facility in the country offers a better mix of world-class facilities, pristine weather and convenience for your team to focus solely on skill development and building team camaraderie. 
Jared Vock is an IMG Soccer Academy Alumni having attended the Academy as a full-time student from 1999-2001, coming from Plymouth, MI. Jared graduated from the Academy in 2001 and received a full-scholarship to the University of South Florida and went on to finish his college eligibility at LeMoyne College. Since arriving at the IMG Soccer Academy as a full-time coach, Jared has worked with players of all ages and abilities; the players he has coach range in age from 12 all the way to the 18 year-old USDA players. Jared started his full-time coaching career at the age of 22 under the tutelage of previous IMG Soccer Director, Tom Durkin. 
By any measure of success – from players produced to team success to number of college scholarships earned – the IMG Soccer Academy has proven itself as the nation’s best. Since its inception in 1994, the Academy has continually developed some of the country’s best players while also putting the caliber of teams on the field that can successfully compete in any tournament against any team at any time.
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IMG Soccer Academy to host IMG Cup - College Showcase March 9-11, 2012
Event to feature 60 of the nations top boys and girls teams
BRADENTON, Fla. (September 1, 2011) – Today IMG Soccer Academy announced the College Showcase will be added to its growing event repertoire under the IMG Cup heading. As a follow-up to last year’s successful IMG Cup Boys Invitational, which will be hosted again this December, the Academy has created a new tournament for boys and girls elite soccer teams.
Sixty teams across three divisions (listed below) will be accepted to compete in the event, which will be held March 9-11, 2012 at the IMG Soccer Academy’s new state-of-the-art complex featuring a dozen professionally-maintained fields.
Said Scott Dean, Head Boys Coach at the IMG Soccer Academy, “We are looking forward to hosting the College Showcase at IMG Academies this spring when Florida’s weather is optimal for outdoor training. Teams will have the opportunity to compete in our world-class 450-acre facility, which serves as the training home of countless pro athletes.”
Among the many unique attributes of the tournament, there will be a special Academy League division featuring the nation’s top-ranked players, as well as one of the nation’s first pre-academy divisions.
Consistent with the showing of college coaches at last year’s Invitational, expectations are high for this unique event to attract a diverse audience of college coaches.
For both spectator and registration opportunities, please visit: http://www.imgacademies.com/soccer-academy/img-cup/college-showcase/
Divisions accepting registration to the event are as follows:
Boys Division
U15 Boys
U16 Boys
U17 Boys
U19 Boys
8 teams per age group = 32
1 game per day
Academy League Division
U14 Pre-Academy League
U16 Academy League
U18 Academy League
8 teams per age group = 16
1 game per day
Girls Division
U16 Girls
U17 Girls
U18 Girls
4 teams per age group = 12
1 game per day
The IMG Soccer Academy will also host the second annual IMG Cup Boys Invitational December 9-11, 2011. For more information about this event, please visit: http://www.imgacademies.com/soccer-academy/img-cup/
The IMG Soccer Academy has evolved into one of the world’s most comprehensive soccer development academies dedicated to preparing athletes of all levels for the next step – be it a college scholarship, professional career, or simply earning a coveted spot on a team. Over the years, the IMG
Soccer Academy and its elite coaching staff have captured two Dallas Cup Championships (2005 & 2007) and were finalists in 2008; stablished a Premier Development League (PDL) franchise who have gone on to more than 100 wins and reached the PDL National semi-finals in 2009; captured two PDL Southeast Conference Championships; produced a 2008-09 USSF Academy League team that finished third in the nation; won two state championships (2003-U19 Girls & 2010 U15 Boys) with numerous state cup final fours; and helped produce more than 50 athletes who turned professional, including Michael Parkhurst (U.S. Men’s National Team; Denmark’s FC Nordsjaelland), Gale Agbousoumonde (U.S. U20 Team; Sweden’s Djurgårdens), Blair Gavin (U.S. Chivas), Kofi Sarkodie (U.S. U-20 Team; Houston Dynamo), Zak Boggs (New England Revolution), and Heath Pearce (U.S. Men’s National Team; FC Dallas).
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