Team Chicago Academy-Brasilia continued its U16 MRL Premier I Division play on Monday night with a great result over NSA who on Sunday were crowned IYSA State Cup Champions.

The game started off with a majority of the play on Brasilia’s defensive half of the field. There were many tough battles occurring all over the field and as the game started to settle down Brasilia started to gain more possession. The half ended with a 0-0 tie after most of the game was being played in the middle third of the field.

Coming out in the second half Brasilia started to keep the ball more and possession started to move deeper into NSA’s half of the field. As a result, the first goal came from a great build up that had Makenna Schoolman playing a perfect ball wide in behind the NSA defense where her pass found Kerry Abello (Cruziero). Kerry made a fantastic first touch and got behind her defender to serve a driven ball toward the near post that was met with a perfectly timed run by Jasmine Ruiz who buried her shot past the keeper for the eventual game-winner.

Brasilia continued to have more possession and the second goal started with a ball that Kerry Abello flicked to Jasmine Ruiz who in turn laid it off to Veda Tappin. Veda first-timed her shot from about 30 yards out over the outstretched hands of the goal keeper for the all-important insurance goal.

This was a great team effort and the back line did a great job shutting down a very explosive team. We would like to recognize the efforts of Bailee Witt (Cruziero), Nicole Mondi, Jade Eriksen-Russo, Emmerson Fuller, and Callie Vitro for securing the shutout.
Next up for Brasilia is another MRL match on Sunday October 26th at PlayUSA versus Libertyville FC 1974 (IL).

Team Chicago Academy-Brasil Girls continued its U13 MRL First Division league play with a 4-0 win over Chicago Fire Juniors last Friday night at PlayUSA.

The game started with both teams trying to establish a rhythm. Brasil Girls capitalized on some good build up that resulted in Sophia Majher (Bahia) beating a player on the right side of box and then finding Darby Wade who played herself in on her first touch to beat the keeper for the game-winner. The second goal was a result of great pressure that was being applied causing an error on Chicago Fire Juniors that resulted in a penalty kick. Sophia Majher stepped up and calmly beat the keeper to make it 2-0.

The third goal was another link up between Majher and Wade this time Darby found Sophia who beat her player to the left side of the goal before she buried her shot into the right side-netting. The final goal came off of a nice finish by Sophia Molina who took the ball out of the air and scored on a volley to end the scoring at 4-0.

Special recognition to the entire defense for earning the shutout. Great result for Brasil Girls who finish up their MRL season with a game on Saturday October 25th vs. CSC out of Kentucky.

Team Chicago Academy-Cruzeiro finished as runners-up in the IYSA U15 State Cup after a tough battle with Eclipse ECNL. In a rematch of the IYSA U14 State Cup final last May, which Cruzeiro won 4-1, Eclipse emerged with a 2-0 win after two headed goals off corner kicks.

They opened the scoring 48 seconds into the game, and secured the win with five minutes left. It was a game of two halves as Cruzeiro dominated play in the first half, but was unable to capitalize on its chances, and Eclipse dominated the second half.

Cruzeiro will now turn its focus to the final four games of the MRL Premier I Division season. On Monday 10/27 Cruzeiro takes on Campton United at 8pm at the Commissioners Park turf field.

Supplemental tryouts for Team Chicago Academy-Palmeiras U16 and Team Chicago Academy-Gremio U15 will be held on Sunday, October 19th, 4-5:30pm at PlayUSA.

The tryout session will be outside, but will move inside in case of inclement weather, so please bring indoor shoes as well. For additional information, and to register, please go to this link http://www.teamchicagosoccer.org/tc_tryouts.htm

Palmeiras Information:

Indoor training will begin on Wednesday 11/5 at PlayUSA. Regular indoor training will primarily be 8:15-9:30pm on Wednesday evenings, however, additional sessions will be added on the turf at Commisioners Park on Mondays and/or Thursdays (weather permitting) and in the Naperville Central HS Field House on Sunday evenings.

During the winter Palmeiras will compete in the Chicagoland Indoor League at the Bridgeview Dome (11v11 highly competitive) as well as in the league at PlayUSA. Those schedules will be released once available.

Starting in March, Palmeiras will begin its outdoor campaign with college showcases and in the MRL U16 Boys Premier II Division West. The schedule is complete and includes trips to Rockford, Milwaukee, and a few local games. During league play we will be taking on teams from Kansas City, Milwaukee, and the Chicagoland area.

Please, contact Head Coach Herb Schuler at (314) 452-5411 for more information, and check out the Palmeiras TeamPage at http://www.teamchicagoacademy-palmeiras.teampages.com

Gremio Information:

Indoor training will begin on Wednesday 11/5 at PlayUSA. Regular indoor training will primarily be 8:15-9:30pm on Wednesday evenings, however, additional sessions will be added on the turf at Commisioners Park on Mondays and/or Thursdays (weather permitting) and in the Naperville Central HS Field House on Sunday evenings.

For additional information please contact Head Coach Josh Robinson at joshua_robinson@ipsd.org, and check out the Gremio TeamPage at http://www.teamchicagoacademy-gremio.teampages.com

A few weeks ago, Team Amarelinha played in their first tournament. The U9 girls faced a tough challenge since they entered to play at the U10 level. The tournament began on Friday afternoon with Amarelinha playing Galaxy SC Black. It was a hard fought game and we came out on top with a 2 to 1 victory. The girls were all smiles at the end of the game and were so excited for the win. Everyone played great, a very good team effort to bring home the win.
The team then played East Moline Silvis on Saturday. The U10 girls on the East Moline Silvis team were at least a head taller than our girls, but that did not faze our girls. They again played a very strong game and scored a shut out win. The girls played together as a team, demonstrated great foot skills, good passing, and solid defense.
Both Galaxy SC Black and East Moline Silvis were part of our bracket, so going into Sunday’s games Team Amarelinha was in first place and guaranteed a spot in the finals. On Sunday morning, the team played Galaxy SC Yellow, the #1 team from the other U10 bracket, They were, also, 2 and 0 entering the game. Galaxy SC Yellow was a very tough team, but girls never gave up. Unfortunately, we lost 13-0.
Since Team Amarelinha won their bracket and Galaxy SC Yellow won their bracket, the two teams met again for the championship game on Sunday afternoon. Team Amarelinha came back strong after the loss from that morning and scored a great goal. Even though the final score was 1 to 7, the girls’ played a tremendous game and should be very proud of their effort. Despite giving up a significant size difference to everyone they played, they demonstrated a lot of heart and earned their 2nd place trophy. Congrats to Team Amarelinha for a Second Place Win in the Great Lakes Soccer Challenge in Naperville. What a great first tournament for the Team Chicago U9 Girls Amarelinha Team!!!