Sean Phillips is pleased to announce the return of UIC Soccer Camps this summer. As the newly appointed Head Coach of Men's Soccer and now the new Camp Director for UIC Soccer Camp, Coach Phillips will continue with the same philosophy and staffing as the last 4 years. Chicago United players have been an integral part of this camp and key contributor to the camp's growth since summer of 2006. The camps have provided a great opportunity to extend the soccer development of each of our CUFC players during the summer weeks which are as follows:
Session 1: June 14-18
Session 2: June 21-25
Session 3: June 28-July 2
Session 4: July 12-16
Session 5: July 19-23
The new UIC Soccer Camp website is www.uicsoccercamp.com. It is currently under construction and should be up and running by Friday, March 12th. The ability to register on line and print a pdf brochure should also be available by Friday, March 12th. Until then, you can get more info about the camps if youclick here.
Contact information:
Allison Phillips
Administrator
UIC Soccer Camp
PO Box 8174
Chicago, IL 60680-8174
312.996.6755 - phone
Coach Charlie with U10 Black and U10 Blue Champions and Runners Up
This past weekend, CUFC U10 Black and CUFC U10 Blue both participated in the U10 Indoor National Indoor Soccer Championships in Cleveland, OH. In the first stage of the tourney, both teams went 3-0 each, dominating group play with total goals for/against of 33/3 for U10 Black and 29/7 for U10 Blue defeating easily teams from OH, NY, IN, PA and NC. Earning the number 1 and 2 seeds respectively, U10 Black and U10 Blue made their way through elimination bracket and met each other in the finals for an ALL UNITED Championship game.
The highlight of bracket play were the semifinals with both teams playing simultaneously. On one pitch, U10 Black defeated FC Nova from MI, the same team U10 Black defeated last year in Indoor National Championship finals. On the other pitch, U10 Blue faced Chivas All Stars from IL and battled to tie the game up off of Andrew A's foot with 2 minutes left in the game. In OT, U10 Blue took care of business in spectacular fashion with a golden goal from Dominick S from a beautiful feed from Eduardo G securing the semifinal victory with U10 Black rushing the field to join their teammates in celebration.
The line ups for each team were as follows:
U10 Black: Alexis G, Alfredo G, Leo C, David P, Flavio T, Nick M, Anthony M, Emiliano A, Jared S (guest-Campton United) and Coco D (guest-Dabrico United)
U10 Blue: Victor B, Andrew A, Bryan G, Danny R, Eduardo G, AJ C, Dominick S (guest-Plainfield Freedom), Brady M (guest-Plainfield Freedom) and Quenton R (guest-Plainfield Freedom)
Both teams were led by Coach Charlie.
UIC Men's Soccer is excited to announce the return of Coach Aleksey Korol as 1st Assistant Head Coach of Men's Soccer. After serving as second assistant at UIC from 2006-2009 and at Indiana University 2009-2010, Coach Aleksey was recruited to rejoin Coach Sean Phillips who was recently elevated to Head Coach at UIC. Coach Aleksey was an integral part of the success of UIC Men's Soccer during his years as second assistant and brings with him an incredible pedigree on the professional and coaching levels.
For Chicago United FC, this is an incredible journey that has come full circle. As the original founding coach and trainer, Aleksey took on the very first 8 players to join CUFC and helped grow the club in its original stages. His commitment to excellence in youth soccer development has laid the foundation for CUFC's current level success. With Coach Aleksey returning to CUFC and rounding out a collection of top caliber coaches matched by no other club in the Chicagoland area, CUFC is poised to continue its goals of becoming one of the top youth clubs in the midwest and nation. Welcome back Coach Aleksey!
This past weekend, CUFC 00/01 U9 Black became repeat champions of the Tournament of Champions at the Willy Roy Soccerdome in Dolton, IL winning the U9 Boys Division. Bolstered by superb goaltending by Noah J, the team accomplished this feat winning a close final 2-1. Guided by Coach Serg, CUFC U9 Black has continued to progress nicely this winter season in all facets of their game demonstrated by this weekend's success. Congratulations to the boys!
It was recently announced that Sean Phillips, top assistant at UIC Soccer since 2005, was elevated to Head Coach after the departure of John Trask to University of Wisconsin. The club is extremely grateful for all the support received from Coach Trask during his tenure at UIC and wishes him continued success at his new position at UW. At the same time, CUFC is excited that Coach Phillips, technical advisor to CUFC for the last 2 years with a critical role to the club's growth and development, continues a strong tradition at UIC while maintaining this critical relationship with the club.
CUFC looks forward to continued success and growth alongside the UIC program. The symbiosis is evident at multiple levels ranging from CUFC ball boy support at UIC games to the top-caliber club coaching infracture provided by the UIC coaches and players themselves. We are excited about Coach Phillips' continued dedication and commitment to youth soccer with the UIC Center's of Excellence for the rest of winter and the UIC Soccer Camps, both day camps and residential camps, scheduled for the summer. Congratulations and best of luck to Sean Phillips and all our friends at UIC Men's Soccer.
This past President's Day weekend Chicago United completed a successful campaign during 3 separate indoor tournaments at multiple age groups. Coaches Charlie, Ross and Minos led U10, U12 and High School teams respectively. Here are the results:
U10 99/00 Black: CHAMPIONS, U10 Boys Division Chicago Magic Tourney, Highland Park IL
U12 97/98: CHAMPIONS, U12 Boys Division Chicago Indoor Sports, Chicago IL
U16 93/94: CHAMPIONS, U16 Boys Division Darien Dynamo Tourney McCook IL
U17 92/93: CHAMPIONS, U19 Boys Division Darien Dynamo Tourney McCook IL
U18 91/92: FINALIST, U19 Boys Division Darien Dynamo Tourney McCook IL
Tournament highlights include an all Chicago United final with CUFC U17 vs CUFC U18 at the McCook tourney. Congratulations to all the teams in their dominating performances in each tourney!
'02 in 5th Place, '00 Black in 3rd Place and '93 in 1st Place
Chicago United FC had an incredible tournament with outstanding play from all six teams. As a club, they went 22-6-4 through the entire tourney in both group and elimination play. Every player had a tremendous experience taking home not only great memories but also valuable lessons both on and off the field. Click here to see photo album of Florida. Here are the results for each team:
CUFC '02 FIFTH PLACE losing in quarterfinals but roaring through consolation w 2 convincing wins to secure 5th place trophy
CUFC '01 eliminated in bracket play in heartbreaking penalty kicks. Incredible group play record beating the top seed in their division
CUFC '00 Blue eliminated in bracket play w valiant effort to almost eliminate the #2 seed despite playing shorthanded due to injury and illness
CUFC '00 Black THIRD PLACE after losing in semi's ending a run at their 3rd national championship. In third place game, the team was down 0-2 but roared back to win 3-2 w last second game winner from David P
CUFC '99 eliminated second round of bracket play after an undefeated run through group play and an incredible PK victory in 1st round
CUFC '93 WORLD CHAMPIONS. After last year's 3rd place finish falling short of championship title by 1 goal, the boys secured the 1st place trophy w a dominant run through the playoffs including the clinching PK during semifinals by Dean B
CUFC 00/01 U9 Black, Champions U9 Division, Tournament of Champions, Dolton IL
Winter 3v3 Chgo Indoor
CUFC U9/U10 3v3 Week 7, 3/7, Schedule and Teams
Team A –Avery Zimmerman, Alexis Guzman, Jonathan Lipman, Ronny Ventura
Team B – Fionn Stamataky, Thomas Linquist, Alfredo Guzman, , Zion Greer
Team C – Luke Patrick, Joe Loftus, Charlie Loftus, Chris Perez, Victor Mendoza
Team D - Raven Dziedzinski, Ulises Rodriguez, Nico Fox, Noah Taylor, Griffin Bulger
2:00pm – Team A vs Team B 2:20 – Team C vs Team D 2:40 – Team A vs Team C 3:00 – Team C vs Team B 3:20 – Team A vs Team D
3:40 - Team B vs Team D
UIC Men's Soccer is excited to announce the return of Coach Aleksey Korol as 1st Assistant Head Coach of Men's Soccer. After serving as second assistant at UIC from 2006-2009 and at Indiana University 2009-2010, Coach Aleksey was recruited to rejoin Coach Sean Phillips who was recently elevated to Head Coach at UIC. Coach Aleksey was an integral part of the success of UIC Men's Soccer during his years as second assistant and brings with him an incredible pedigree on the professional and coaching levels. 
It was recently announced that Sean Phillips, top assistant at UIC Soccer since 2005, was elevated to Head Coach after the departure of John Trask to University of Wisconsin. The club is extremely grateful for all the support received from Coach Trask during his tenure at UIC and wishes him continued success at his new position at UW. At the same time, CUFC is excited that Coach Phillips, technical advisor to CUFC for the last 2 years with a critical role to the club's growth and development, continues a strong tradition at UIC while maintaining this critical relationship with the club.
