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Vasco Moves into First Place!

Posted by Phil Nielsen at Oct 17, 2011 1:19PM PDT ( 0 Comments )

Team Chicago Academy-Vasco played a great game yesterday from start to finish to beat Campton United 2-0. The win moved them into first place in the IWSL AB-W Division with two league games left to play.

Jasmine Ruiz scored a great goal from 20 yards out in the first half to give Vasco the lead. With 10 minutes left to go in the game great mid field play led to Madie Sandberg’s game-winner.

The defense, lead by Molly Ohse, Caroline Cordes, Anna Sheen, and Shelby Adamchik shut down any chances that Campton had, and Jocelyn Lent earned the shutout in goal. It was a great overall team effort that led to the win.

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Botafogo Beat Wisconsin State Champs in MRL!

Posted by Phil Nielsen at Oct 9, 2011 8:15PM PDT ( 0 Comments )

Team Chicago Academy-Botafogo came back from a 2-0 deficit at halftime to win 3-2 at North Shore United the Wisconsin State Champs. With the win Botafogo is back on top of the MRL Premier Division with a 5-0-1 record.

The game got off to a poor start for Botafogo as they conceded a 3rd minute goal off a defensive miscue. Missing three 100% chances over the next 15 minutes Botafogo squandered the opportunity to get back in the driver’s seat, and with 15 minutes left in the half matters got worse as North Shore went up 2-0 off a free kick.

However, it was a fired-up Botafogo team that came out after the break. Playing with far greater intensity and sense of urgency, they created chance after chance. Dana Miller got a goal back off Rachele Armand’s corner 10 minutes in, and when Zoey Goralski scored off another Rachele Armand corner with 18 minutes to go, it seemed to just be a question of time before they would find the deserved winner.

Three great shots off the crossbar, and two more 100% chances missed, made for a nervous finish, but with four minutes left Zoey Goralski got the game-winner with a great strike from 20 yards out.

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Eagles Win Nike Fall Classic!

Posted by Phil Nielsen at Oct 9, 2011 7:59PM PDT ( 0 Comments )

Team Chicago Academy-Eagles took first place in the Nike Fall Classic this weekend at Olympic Park in Schaumburg, IL. They scored 12 goals and only let up 1 in the four games played.

The boys played extremely well all weekend, and especially in beating FC Citadel from Indiana in the final.

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Internacional Defeats TCSA in MRL!

Posted by Phil Nielsen at Oct 6, 2011 8:44PM PDT ( 0 Comments )

Team Chicago Academy-Internacional took out TCSA in tonight’s MRL match-up. Sam O’Brien finished a cross from Kiley Czerwinski in the 1st half to give Internacional a 1-0 lead going into half time.

Internacional came out on fire in the 2nd half with Lauren Penkala driving the ball far post from 20 yards out giving them a 2-0 lead. TCSA struck back with 12 mins left in the game, but the Internacional defense of Sophia Moreau, Nikki Molino, Abby Fynn, Meg Buchanan, Tori Adomshick, and Tati Espinoza along with goalie Hannah Parrish completely shut down TCSA after the goal. Final score 2-1 TC International.

With the win Internacional moved into 3rd place in the MRL First Division, 2 points behind the first place Michigan Jaguars.

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Team Chicago Academy-Botafogo midfielder Gianna Dal Pozzo has accepted a great athletic scholarship from the University of Miami to continue her soccer career in the Hurricanes’ ACC program. Dal Pozzo will be part of new head coach Tom Anagnost’s first true recruiting class, as he is rebuilding the program into an ACC contender.

Dal Pozzo plays her prep soccer for Joe Moreau at Neuqua Valley, and she will join her Region II ODP teammate Gracie Lachowecki at Miami.