Connecticut pro soccer team chooses Bradenton for training home

While soccer players and fans across the world have been celebrating the FIFA World Cup in Qatar, the Bradenton Area Convention and Visitors Bureau has scored a new partnership with Connecticut’s professional soccer team, Hartford Athletic. 

During a World Cup watch party for the match between the U.S. and Iran on Nov. 29, the two entities announced that the Bradenton area would be the official spring training home for the Hartford Athletic in the coming year.