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Team Chicago’s Annual MLK Day College Showcase was a huge success with close to 100 players displaying their talents in front of 60 college coaches. The coaches represented schools at all levels of the college game, and they came from as far away as UNLV in Las Vegas.

NCAA Division I was represented by coaches from the Big Ten (Illinois, Northwestern, Michigan State, and Iowa) as well as Illinois State, Loyola, NIU, UIC, SIU-E, IPFW, Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Wisconsin-Green Bay, and UNLV. NCAA Division II was represented by among others national powerhouse Grand Valley State U., Wisconsin-Parkside, Lewis, and Illinois-Springfield. NCAA Division III was represented by some of its strongest academic and soccer program such as University of Chicago, Washington U., and Kalamazoo College. And NAIA was very well-represented as well.

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Team Chicago Academy-Botafogo standout Zoey Goralski has been called into the U-20 National Team for its training camp at the Home Depot Center in Carson, CA February 2nd-9th.

Congrats Zoey!!!

During their recent participation in the prestigious Disney College Showcase Team Chicago Academy-Santos and Internacional attracted a very impressive following of college coaches scouting their games. Between the two teams they attracted 126 colleges – of which 82 were NCAA Division I schools.

Most of the colleges were represented at multiple Santos and Internacional games, and their presence has generated a tremendous amount of interest in the Team Chicago players. The Disney College Showcase was a huge success for Team Chicago both on and off the field.

Peter Bierman

Posted by Team Chicago Soccer Club at Jan 7, 2013 3:31PM PST ( 1 Comment )
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Please welcome Peter Bierman. Born 1/7/13 at 3:46PM. 8 lbs 13 oz, 21 in.
Congratulations Coach Brian, Coach Anny and big brother Ben.

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Team Chicago Academy-Santos and Botafogo both claimed Disney College Showcase titles today. For Santos it was the second year in a row they claimed the Disney title.

Santos faced ISA from New York in the U17 final which proved to be a very tight and physical contest. Heather Handwork got Santos on the board first after a great, mazy run midway through the first half. Madi Harris and Katie Ciesiulka assisted on the goal. Unfortunataly, ISA was able to strike back just before the half.

Santos took control from the start of the 2nd half and created a number of good chances, but unfortunately hitting the crossbar was as close as they came. The game went into 2 5-minute overtime periods, but Santos only needed 90 seconds for Kristen Brots to record the game-winner from 30 yards out after Hannah Rodgers’ pass.

The win capped a great week for Santos with very convincing performances against top-level teams from New Jersey, Georgia, Texas, and New York.

Team Chicago Academy-Botafogo also claimed the Disney title with a convincing 6-2 win over Javanon from Kentucky. The game was televised on ESPN3 and can be found at this link http://espn.go.com/watchespn/player/_/id/744360/size/condensed/

Botafogo conceded an early goal, but responded with 2 goals in the next 3 minutes to take a 2-1 lead into the break. The first goal was by Zoe Swift from Meegan Johnston and Gianna Dal Pozzo’s assists, and the second goal was a perfect Jenna Romano header off Hope D’Addario’s corner.

Botafogo quickly ran away with the game in the 2nd half as Zoe Swift scored twice in two minutes from perfect Zoey Goralski assists. Ashley Handwork made it 5-1 halfway through the 2nd half and Molly Piech got the final goal in the 89th minute from Meegan Johnston’s cross.

The win was Botafogo’s first Disney title after being runners-up the past two years.