Chicago Storm

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Chicago Storm

Founded	2004	Retired	2011
Current arena	Chicago Sports Zone
Based in	Melrose Park, Illinois
Colors	black, yellow
League	Ultimate Soccer League
Head Coach	Branko Savic

The Chicago Storm was a team in the Ultimate Soccer League that began play in the 2004-2005 season as a member of the Major Indoor Soccer League. In 2011, it was announced that the Storm would not return for the 2012 season.

[edit] History

The Storm played home games during its first two seasons at the UIC Pavilion on the west side of Chicago. The team moved its home games to the newly-built Sears Centre in Hoffman Estates, a northwest suburb of Chicago, for the 2006-07 season. Former Chicago Sting and Chicago Fire soccer great Frank Klopas coached the team during its first two seasons, but he was replaced by Steve Morris for the 2006-07 season.

After the MISL folded, the Storm played in the Xtreme Soccer League.^[1] After the XSL folded with just one year of play, the Storm joined the Ultimate Soccer League.^[2]

The team folded after the 2011 season.

[edit] Year-by-year

Year	League	Reg. Season	Playoffs	Attendance Average
2004-05	MISL II	6th MISL, 18-21	Failed to qualify	3,408
2005-06	MISL II	4th MISL, 13-17	Lost Semifinal	1,530
2006-07	MISL II	2nd MISL, 17-13	Lost Semifinal	2,473
2007-08	MISL II	5th MISL, 15-15	Lost Quarterfinal	3,609
2008-09	XSL	4th XSL, 7-13	No Playoffs	2,611
2009-10	USL	1st USL, 11-1	TBD	Not Recorded

[edit] Current squad

As of April 5, 2009 Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.		Position	Player
		DF	Arturo Alanis
		GK	Victor Balderrama
		DF	Alex Bogosavljevic
		DF	Pablo Castro
		DF	Victor Garcia
		MF	Jonathan Hernandez
		DF	Juan Hernandez
		MF	Felip Hernandez
		GK	Ivan Jevtić
		FW	Vladimir Knežević