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The Chicago Red Stars U19 team claimed its first IYSA U19 State Cup title last night with a 1-0 win over Windy City Pride. The Red Stars U19 team is the official U19 team of the Chicago Red Stars, and is head coached by Team Chicago Technical Director Phil Nielsen. The U19 team is under the Chicago Red Stars NWSL pro team and the Chicago Red Stars Reserves WPSL team.

The team also has a strong Team Chicago connection on the field as former Team Chicago Academy-Santos players AJ Jakuszewski, Hannah Rodgers, Heather Handwork, Olivia Schmitt, and Talise Romain are on the roster. In last night’s State Cup final Heather Handwork assisted on Emma Groffsky’s game-winner halfway through the first half.

With the win the Red Stars U19s will head to the USYSA Region II Championships in the Fox Cities, Wisconsin June 20-24th.

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Team Chicago Academy-Bahia defeated Michigan Jaguars 4-3 on Sunday to claim a 3rd place finish in the U14G MRL Premier I Division with a 3-1-3 record.

Playing at Kalamazoo College, Bahia opened in style as Paige Miller beat two defenders to set-up Molly Grant for the 1-0 lead. And then Paige extended the lead when she ran onto Mia Marconi’s perfect through-ball and rounded the GK to finish in the empty net. Unfortunately, the Jaguars came back with two goals late in the first half.

Bahia went up 3-2 halfway through the second half when a Jaguars player was put under so much pressure from a Mia Marconi corner kick that she steered the ball into her own net. The Jaguars came back again to tie the score, but Bahia would not be denied. Natalie Massa drove into the Jaguars penalty box and was fouled setting up a PK for Sophia Majher to claim the game-winning goal with 8 minutes left. Sophia was cool as the other side of the pillow as she slotted home her PK.

With the 3rd place finish Bahia needed Omaha FC to win the Nebraska State Cup to qualify for Regionals. Unfortunately, Omaha FC lost 1-0, so Bahia will have to win its State Cup Final tonight to complete a great Spring campaign with a trip to Regionals.

The State Cup Final against Campton will be played at the Oak Brook Polo Fields at 6:30pm tonight.

Good Luck Bahia!

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Team Chicago Academy-Vasco Head Coach, and High School coaching legend, Joe Moreau will go in search of his 6th IHSA State Title tonight at 7pm at North Central College against the defending champion New Trier. And Coach Moreau will do so with a Team Chicago-laden squad as the Wildcats start nine Team Chicago players and have three more contributing off the bench. In the interest of fairness, it should be noted that the starting line-up is rounded out by NSA Jaguars stars Dannah Williams and Lauren Ciesla who have both been nothing short of spectacular for the Wildcats all year.

The Team Chicago influence on Coach Moreau’s successful Neuqua squad is felt in every line on the field. Co-captains and Team Chicago Academy-Internacional stars Hannah Parrish (GK) and Sophia Moreau help anchor the back-line with Internacional teammate Tati Espinoza and Team Chicago Academy-Brasilia captain Nicole Mondi.

In the midfield Team Chicago Academy-Internacional’s Anna Toerslev patrols the center while Team Chicago Academy-Brasilia’s Veda Tappin and Team Chicago Academy-Cruzeiro’s Jamie Goralski provide the dangerous flank play.

And up top Team Chicago Academy-Internacional’s Kiley Czerwinski leads the attack ably supported by Team Chicago Academy-Cruzeiro’s Alyssa Bombacino.

Off the bench the Wildcats get Team Chicago contributions from Team Chicago Academy-Brasilia forward Haley Singer, and Team Chicago Academy-Cruzeiro’s Erin “Bean” Sweda and Madison Zaleski.

In last night’s 3-1 semi-final win over Collinsville the Team Chicago influence was once again clear on the score sheet, as Kiley Czerwinski and Anna Toerslev both netted and Alyssa Bombacino earned Chicagoland Soccer – MVP of the Match honors with three assists in addition to Jamie Goralski’s assist.

Team Chicago wishes Coach Moreau and all the TC girls all the best in tonight’s final. You have have done the club so proud. Your success, as well as the success of many of the other local H.S. programs on both the boys and the girls side (including Waubonsie Valley and Naperville North’s IHSA State Titles) over the past 7 years is at least in part a direct result of Team Chicago’s commitment to the support of high school soccer. While many elite clubs – both local and across the country – either deny or strongly discourage their players from participating in high school soccer, Team Chicago will continue to encourage our players to play high school soccer.

Tonight we are all Wildcats! Go Joe, Go!

Team Chicago Academy-Santos defeated State Cup Finalist Galaxy SC 1-0 last night to leap-frog them into a first-place finish in the U13 Girls MRL First Division. With the win Santos earned promotion to the Fall 2015 U14 Girls MRL Premier Division II after an impressive 5-0-1 run this Spring with 17 goals for and only 2 goals conceded.

Sophia Majher got the game-winner early in the 1st half from Natalie Massa’s through-ball. A strong defensive performance by the entire back-line and GK Nikki Coryell assured the shutout and the all-important 3 points.

Congrats Girls and Coach Matt!

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Over the Memorial Day weekend the Team Chicago Academy-Olimpico U14 boys put on an impressive show to win the championship of the Oswego Soccer Classic as they went without yielding a goal the entire tournament.

The first game of the weekend started off with a bang as the Olimpico boys won 7-0 vs. the Bolingbrook Raiders. Bryan Torres opened the scoring within the first two minutes as he slotted a ball past the goalie. Both Bryan and Nick McGrath would finish the game with two goals each and Jason Aranda finished with a hat-trick.

The next few games would prove to be more competitive. In the second game the Olimpico boys faced FC Scorpions and were able to escape with a 1-0 win. The lone goal came from Bryan Torres. The defense was anchored by Alex Bass and Abraham Antar with Nolan Laczynksi make some incredible saves in goal.

Sunday morning the Olimpico boys needed a win or tie to advance to the final game. They faced the Three Rivers SC in a defensive battle as the game ended in a 0-0 tie. Again, Nolan Laczynski was at the top of his game as he directed the defense and saved any shot that came his way.

After a bit of a rain delay, the Olimpico boys were set to face Mid State SC in the championship game. Bryan Torres started off the scoring mid-way into the first half as he slotted a ball past the keeper on an nice pass from Holden Beinhauer. The second half was a battle of possession as both teams were bringing maximum effort. With five minutes left Bryan scored again from outside the box putting the ball high into the right corner to cap off the scoring. Nolan held down the defense with another shutout.

Well done Olimpico!!