2006 World Cup Preview: Where in the World? (Sports Illustrated)
In early 1999, during the bleak days following its last-place finish in World Cup ‘98, U.S. Soccer began a grand experiment. Wanting to close the gap with the rest of the world, the federation invited the nation’s top 20 players under 17 to move to Bradenton, Fla., where they would train and take high school classes in a full-time residency program at the IMG sports academy founded by tennis guru