Bradenton Athletics
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| Full name | Bradenton Athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Nickname(s) | The A's | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Founded | 2004 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ground | IMG Soccer Academy (Capacity 1,500) |
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| Chairman |  Amanda Gatchel |
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| Manager | Derek Leader |
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| League | USL W-League | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2008 | in progress | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Bradenton Athletics is a professional American women’s soccer team, founded in 2004, which is a member of the United Soccer Leagues W-League, the premier women’s soccer league in the United States. The A's play in the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference.
The team is associated with the prestigious IMG Soccer Academy, the United States Soccer Federation's full-time youth residency program, which itself is part of the larger IMG Academies organization initiated by tennis coach Nick Bollettieri in 1978.
The Academics play their home matches in the stadium at the IMG Soccer Academy in Bradenton, Florida. The team's colors are blue, gold and black.
The team is a sister organization of the men's Bradenton Academics team, which plays in the USL Premier Development League.
[edit] 2008 Roster
as at June 6, 2008
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