ANNOUNCEMENTS
Quarter I - 2002

03/24/02:  Erik Ortega, Matt Wieclaw and Cole Glassner head for Japan March 28 through April 5 where they will compete in the prestigious MITO MAYOR’S CUP which involves eleven top high school  teams from Japan’s top prefectures.  (Link 1)

03/24/02:  Chay Cain joins the Region 2 '87 boys in Italy March 24 through April 2 for the Biella Tournament. (Link 1)

03/15/02:  Bryan Namoff named to the MLS D. C. United Roster.  Check the following links for details. (Link 1) (Link 2)

03/14/02:  The U20 National Team win in Mexico.  CJ Klaas and Ned Grabavoy both see action in a 2-1 win over Club Deportiva - Univ. de Guadalajara.  See the following links for more details.  (Story 1) (Story 2)

03/12/02:  Joe Ducci of New Lennox, IL was named to the Parade Magazine's "All-America High School Boys Soccer Team".

03/11/02:  The 50-minute TV highlight show for the Kohl's 2001 Best of the Midwest will be aired in Chicago next weekend on AT&T Cable - Channel 19 to more than 1.0 million homes in the city of Chicago.

Saturday - March 16, 2002 at 2:00 p.m. - Channel 19

03/04/02:  Chicago Magic invites all Magic Families to take part in a presentation by AthletiCo on Sunday, March 10 at 5:15 PM at the Hyatt Lisle.  The Hyatt is located at 1400 Corporetum Drive in Lisle, immediately off of I-88 (East-West Tollway) at Route 53.  AthletiCo will be presenting an overview of the services that they have to offer our club, as well as a free player screening.

03/04/02:  Chicago Magic coaches and individual players will be heard on a regular basis on the new radio show -- The Apple Chevrolet Prep Report Show every Saturday morning from 9:30 am until 12:00 noon on WCFJ - AM 1470 from Chicago Heights, IL -- beginning in mid-March.  The show is hosted by veteran south side sports guy Tim "The Big Guy" Maher.

Look for news of a live remote broadcast of the show from Sports club during upcoming tournament dates this spring.

03/02/02:  All Palatine and Glen Ayre games scheduled for Sunday, March 3, 2002 are CANCELLED!!

03/01/02:  CJ Klaas and Ned Grabavoy join U-20 National Team in Mexico Trip.  Two time prep All-American Chicago Magic star Ned Grabavoy amd Parade Magazine first team All American CJ Klaas will join the US Men's U-20 National team in mid-March for a 13-day trip of competition in Mexico.

Grabavoy, who finished a very successful freshman year at Indiana University this past fall, will be joining former MLS coach Thomas Rongen who is the new U-20 National Team coach when the team leaves from San Diego.
 

02/06/02:  The Fall 2001 Best of the Midwest video is now available.  It (the 50-minute video) has been aired exhaustively throughout the local AT&T Network system in Chicago.  For example, it has been aired every other day for the past three weeks in Orland Park and New Lenox.

Copies are available for $15.00 through the SportsClub offices.

If you would like a copy you can send a check for the number of copies you'd like to:

Attention: Kohl's 2001 BMW Video
Chicago Magic SC
Suite 1-E
10850 West Laraway Road
Frankfort, IL  60423

1/28/02:  Joe Ducci Named to Powerade McDonald's All American Game which will feature the top graduating high school soccer players in the country in East v. West matches for both boys and girls. Both games will take place on June 15, 2002, at Blackbaud Stadium, home of the A-League Charleston Battery, on Daniel Island, Charleston, S.C.

http://www.nscaa.com/scripts/runisa.dll?M2:gp::14028+article+34328

1/24/02:  The Chicago Magic U16 and U18 Boys teams will be travelling to Phoenix, AZ on Feb 15-18, 2002 to play in the President's Day Cup.  For information see the following link.

http://www.scdelsol.com/pdt.html

1/17/02:  Chay Cain is joining the '87 National Team in a trip to Guadalajara, Mexico from January 19-27, 2002.  The '87 National Team will be holding training sessions and playing games against some of the top Mexican teams.  They are scheduled to play Atlas, Tecos, and Rio Grande.

1/17/02:  Colin Kirk, Pat Sperry, and Peter Remedi will be joining the '86 Regional team in San Jose, Costa Rica from January 28, 2002 through February 3, 2002 in the '86 Boys ODP International Festival.  This tournament will consist of 16 teams, the 4 US Regional Teams and 12 International Teams.

1/16/02:  The Indoor Session II Rosters and Schedules have been revised.  The new schedules and rosters are posted under "Rosters" and "Schedules".

1/16/02:  Second Annual Chicago Magic Soccer Club Candlelight Bowl!!  Check out this link for additional information.

1/15/02:  Meetings have been scheduled for the parents of all players that are new to the Chicago Magic Soccer Club.  Please plan on attending one of these sessions.  The schedule for these parent meetings is:

01/12/02:  The Chicago Magic U14 team has been accepted into the prestigious Nike Premier Cup Tournament.  The Nike Premier Cup is an international soccer tournament for U14 boys and U14 girls teams.  This tournament will be held June 7-9, 2002 in Beaverton, Oregon, home of the Nike World Headquarters.  The winner of this 16 team tournament will advance to the World Finals to be held July 12-20, 2002 in Lisbon Portugal.

01/05/02: Former Chicago Magic star and two-time collegiate All-American Eric Lukin is currently playing professionally in the Croatian First Division for the Pomorac FC. The team which was elevated to the first division this season signed Lukin (Orland Park, IL) and he is starting at left back for Coach Pedrag Stalinovich in the town of Kostrena. Pomorac squad is presently at the middle of the 16-team table as former CMSC star returned to Chicago during the 5-week mid-season break in the League.

Lukin is with his former college playing mate Greg Christman who also starred at UIC as they were working out at SportsClub during the Christmas holidays.  Lukin recently turned down a lucrative two-year contract from a team in the Israel first division to stay with his up and coming team in Croatia.  In recent years many of the Croatian soccer stars have moved on to mutli-million dollar contracts with the top teams in Spain, Italy, France, England and Holland.

http://www.virtual-soccer.com/colum02/colum301.html

01/03/01:  C. J. Klaas (University of Washington) and Ned Grabavoy (Indiana University) are attending a USSF National Camp for the U-20 Men's Team which moves on to Brazil from January 2nd through January 14th for a series of international friendly matches.

http://www.socceramerica.com/article.cfm?article=55511

01/02/02: Senior Joe Ducci, a midfielder from Lincoln Way Central High School in New Lenox, Ill. was named the NSCAA/adidas High School Player of the Year. Ducci is the second-consecutive Lincoln Way Central player, and the second straight Chicago Magic player, to take home Player of the Year honors as former teammate Ned Grabavoy, now an Indiana Hoosier, claimed the prize in 2000.

http://www.collegesoccer.com/top_stories/247814.html

01/01/02:  Former Chicago Magic star Peter Christofilakos (Springfield) leads the Fighting Illini football team into the Sugar Bowl against LSU.  Peter (5' 9", 173 lbs) is a sophomore placekicker and was the team's leading scorer for the Big Ten champions.  His 65 points came from 12/13 FGs and 29/29 PAT for the season.  Peter played with the Magic years before turning to the grid-iron with the University of Illinois.

01/01/02: Magic to announce formation of new initiative with Magic/Sockers Academy Program beginning this January of 2002

1/1/02:  Coach Matkovich will be in Las Vegas from Jan 2, 2002 through Jan 10, 2002.  He will be providing instruction and training to coaches from across the country at the U.S. Soccer National Coaching Schools.