U15 Boys advance to Final...    

• Sockers 2x1 Internationals:  Sockers came from behind to tie Internationals and take the game to penalty kicks. Kirk Urso scored in a beautiful free kick to give the team the equalizer. Sockers won the game in a series of penalty kicks, which U15 players scored all but one and that was enough to send Internationals home. Ironically Sockers will face Raptors in the final, the same Raptors that defeated them in overtime in the State Cup Finals.                                                        Kirk Urso tied the game>>>

    U19 Girls reach Finals...     

• Sockers 2x1 Lady Hawks Cup: U19 Girls beat the heat and the Hawks to reach their first ever Regional finals. Heather Lau scored Sockers' first goal by dribbling through Lady Hawks defense to tie the game into the first half. Second half was hard, but after a cross from Amy Lomas, Liz Ruberry send the ball into the net to seal the victory. Heather Heffner, Liz and Kelly Sitkowski had outstanding performances however Laura Santos, Sockers goalkeeper, has been nothing less than inspirational for this group of athletes. Good luck in the finals...

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• Defense inspires good offense>>> 

      U17 Boys see Gold...

• Sockers 1x0 Magic:   U17 Boys fought not only a familiar rival in their semifinal game, but also a red card right into the second half of this physical game. Sockers played a man down for the entire second half and even scored the winning goal that way. David May received a pass from Charlie Campbell to dispatch Magic home. The game was very physical and Sockers kept Magic's offense at bay and counter attacked with tremendous discipline. Congratulations...

  Charlie helped set David up to score the only goal in the game. >>>

                       Charlie                                                  David 

     U19 Boys full speed ahead...     

• Sockers 2x0 KC Legends: U19 boys are not kidding around and they seem determined to win these Regional competition. They are just one step closer of getting it after beating KC Legends in a very hot day by 2x0. They will face Thunder SC from Ohio tomorrow, in a game that promises to be dramatic. This team has worked hard to get into another final and this one has to be special. After being so successful as U14, this group went through a period of restructuring and maturing, which wasn't easy. They haven't won anything since then and hopefully this one will be IT. Good luck and congratulations...

<<< Different faces, only one goal.

Sockers 1x0 Cleveland 

Sockers 4x0 B. Cutters

Sockers 2x0 Legends     

   U17 Boys continue to win...   

• Sockers 2x1 Ambassador:   U17 Boys got their second win by beating Ambassador from Ohio in this tough group. Alex Erwin put Sockers on the scoreboard into the first half from a pass by Lucas Carden, but Ambassador tied the game in the beginning of second half, setting up an interesting game at the end. With only 3 minutes left Mark Lorenzen put away a corner by Mark Plotkin to give the Sockers the lead and a tough 5 last minutes. Ambassador pushed hard at the end to tie the game up but Sockers held the lead with a lot of heart and collective effort. Alex Erwin, Charlie Campbell and Mike Clamovski had outstanding performances. 

• Sockers FC
• Brookfield, WI
• Ambassador, OH 
• Wings SC, MN

    U15 Boys advance to Semis...    

• Sockers 4x1 Vardar III:  U15 took over this group lead by beating Vardar from Michigan impressively 4x1. David Madison scored in a shorter corner kick play to make 1x0 early into the game.  Vardar answered immediately with a goal and Emmanuel repeated the corner kick trick to scored his second goal in this tournament. Second half was all Sockers and DJ Albert put his mark on the scoreboard to make it 3x1 in a header from an assist by Francesco.  Edwin sealed Vardar's destiny in this tournament by scoring a pass by Kirk Urso to wrap up the 4x1 win . Outstanding  performances by Victor, Francesco, Greg, Kirk and Emmanuel. With this win Sockers is already into the semis.

  U15 Girls move ahead...       

• Sockers 4x0 FC Pride:  U15 Girls got ahead early to win an impressive game over FC Pride from Indiana. Chicago's team never looked back cruising into the lead of this group,  making it more interesting than never. Magic tied Pacesetters so Sockers dictates its future going into its third and last game. Magic has to win big and hope that Sockers tie its  game in order to advance, maybe too much pressure, more than they can handle.  Carly Samp, Tina Fiore, Amanda Cacciatore and Jackie Drees scored the goals. Outstanding performances by Carly Samp, Jackie Drees and Tina Fiore.

• Sockers FC, IL
• Magic, IL
• Pacesetters, OH
• FC Pride, IN

    U18 Boys trips...   

• St. Louis 2x1 Sockers: Sockers U18 Boys had a tough break and lost an important game today to St. Louis team from Missouri. U18 have to beat Kentucky tomorrow and hope that St. Louis team trip on a pebble called Wolves to make things easier for them. 

• Sockers FC, IL
• St. Louis SC, MO
• Javanon, KY
• M. Wolves, MI

U19 Boys feel like old times...     

• Sockers 1x0 Cleveland: U19 took the group's lead by defeating Cleveland 1x0. Tomorrow they can play for a tie to advance to semifinals. This team has worked really hard to get to this point and they are used to win tough games so don't get surprised if you see them in the finals. This team has won Nike Cup and Kellogg's as U14 so they may repeat the treat.

• Sockers FC
• Bloomington,IN
• Nebraska, NE
• Cleveland, OH

    U19 Girls looking good...     

• Sockers 4x0 C. Strikers: U19 Girls won impressively their second game over Strikers to get closer to their semifinal ticket. The team looks good and very likely will advance, even though Iowa's team En Fuego can advance if they come up with a win..

  Kelley Sitkowski's team is looking good so far>>>

U15 Boys...    

• Sockers 1x0 Capital: U15 Boys created a lot of opportunities, stamping the Nebraska's goal posts at least twice, before Emmanuel Lopez scored receiving an assist from Sergio Realegno. Sockers tried hard to increase the lead to get an advantage over other Group's rivals but Ahmed Gad's team came out short. Tomorrow they face Vardar, a game that could decide who advances out of this group.. 

Manny Lopez scored the winning goal for his U15 team >>>

• Sockers FC
• Capital, NE
• Rushmore, SD 
• Vardar III

U17 Boys...   

• Sockers 3x0 Brookfield:   Lucas Carden was taken down resulting in a Penalty Kick which he converted to score Sockers' first goal of the match. Mark Plotkin increased the lead in a weird but effective shot and David May sealed with a header to beat Brookfield of Wisconsin 3x0. David Claxton played the entire game with a bad sprained ankle to hold Brookfield to a shootout. David twisted his ankle in the Hotel but he was the only eligible goalkeeper available to play. David didn't let his teammates down and took the challenge to lead his team to an impressive win. 

• Sockers FC
• Brookfield, WI
• Ambassador, OH 
• Wings SC, MN

  U18 Boys...   

• Sockers 4x0 Michigan Wolves: Kyle Urso scored twice, followed by  Ed Santeliz and Mike Griffin to help the team to defeat Michigan Wolves. Sockers dominated the entire game and scored a pair of goals in each half to control the game and the group. Tomorrow U18 boys will face St. Louis SC former Bush Club.

• Sockers FC, IL
• St. Louis SC, MO
• Javanon, KY
• M. Wolves, MI

U19 Boys...     

• Sockers 2x1 Nebraska FC: Dan Zelasko Weissman and Brian Dahlquist Dirk Pearson. An even game into the first with Sockers scoring in a corner by Dan Zelasko. Nebraska tied right into the beginning of the second half.

• Sockers FC
• Bloomington,IN
• Nebraska, NE
• Cleveland, OH

U15 Girls...       

• Sockers 1x1 Magic: U15 Girls tied with the Chicago Magic. Ariana Foster scored the only goal for the Sockers to tie the game against a familiar opponent. 

• Sockers FC, IL
• Magic, IL
• Pacesetters, OH
• FC Pride, IN

U19 Girls...     

• Sockers2x0 KC Chargers: U19 Girls beat KC Charges in their cross over game to put themselves in a very good position in their group.

• Sockers FC
• C. Strikers, WI 
• En Fuego, IA