Illinois Kicks: Official E-Newsletter Of Illinois Youth Soccer
JUNIOR CUP CHAMPIONS
The Illinois Youth Soccer Junior Cup is statewide competition for 11U & 12U teams. This Spring the competition was held in two division per age group, the Junior State Cup & the Junior Illinois Cup. Congratulations to the champions & finalists in each age group.

  • 11U Girls Junior State Cup: Champions: SASA Spirits / Finalists: Wizard FC
  • 11U Girls Junior Illinois Cup: Champions: GLSA FC 1974 Select / Finalists: CFJ West
  • 11U Boys Junior State Cup: Champions: JaHbat FC / Finalists: CFJ City
  • 11U Boys Junior Illinois Cup: Champions: GLSA FC 1974 Select / Finalists: Firebirds SC
  • 12U Girls Junior State Cup: Champions: Evolution Mercurial / Finalists: Illinois Fire Juniors
  • 12U Girls Junior Illinois Cup Champions: Chicago Powerstrikers / Finalists: Glen Ellyn Lakers Premier
  • 12U Boys Junior State Cup Champions: Chicago Fire Jrs City / Finalists: Jahbat FC
  • 12U Boys Junior Illinois Cup Champions: Glen Ellyn Lakers / Finalists: Firebirds SC

The Junior Cup will return to its normal Fall season spot. Registration opens June 25.
11U Girls Junior State Cup Champions: SASA Spirits
Hannah Barcik, Annabelle Bilyeu, Leah Bolletta, Paityn Brady, Abigail Bridal,
Emma Burton, Avery DeJaynes, Kassidy Geist, Brooke Hutchison,
Addison Matthews, Gracyn Moss, Ella Plumb, Emma Sabatka,
Jayla Singer, and Emma Wilcoxen
11U Girls Junior Illinois Cup Champions:
GLSA FC 1974 Select
Taylor Bautista, Julia Chalifoux, Kylee Ferstenfeld, Samantha Guerrier,
Isabella Legg, Meg Losch, Sophia Lozada, Braelyn Milner, Madison Nelson,  
Abby Passolt, Rory Schreiber, Sophia Slago, Sheridan St. Louis, Gia Strader,
Alia Teppen, and Meghan Toilzien
11U Boys Junior State Cup Champions: JaHbat FC
DeAndrew Beckford, Saul Castillo, Sergio Cerritos, Sebastian Dure, Alex Franco, Michael Gomez, Adrian Govea, Jacob Jandura, Nicholas Lopez,
Christopher Morales, Joeheder Morales, Jason Nemo, Aiden Nesburg,
Michael Pecora, Dorian Popiela, and Darren Rodriguez
11U Boys Junior Illinois Cup Champions:
GLSA FC 1974 Select
Lucas Axelson, Alec Fournier, Carlos Gordillo, Ilya Kopanytsa, Logan Lewis, Naveeen Patil, Coby Przeklasa, Maceo Ringa, Clayton Shoemaker, Andrew Steffe, Avi Steinhaus, Aaron Tagawa and Hudson Willis   
12U Girls Junior State Cup Champions: Evolution Mercurial
Corinne Benoist, Kennedy Bertsch, Paige Connelly, Isabel Cordoba,
Yuridia Hernandez, Elsa Heshelman, Lindsay Ingemunson, Cady Jorstad, Samantha Latawiec, Kate Rodakowski, Nicole Sacek and Marin Schwab,
12U Girls Junior Illinois Cup Champions:
Chicago Powerstrikers
Nora Briody, Penelope D'Andrea, Leah George, Alexandra Linas,
Emelia Oleniczak, Addison Ozelie, Ella Payne, Luciana Perez, Harper Rettell, Lizzie Roubik, Keira Shaffer, Molly Sullivan and Sophia Zhu  
12U Boys Junior State Cup Champions:
Chicago Fire Juniors City
Hugo Berg, Harrison Bernhardt, Cromac Byrne, Roman Camargo,
Matteo Chaluppe, Christopher Denneen, Jakub Ekonomiuk, Alexander Ivanov, Odeesho Kalyana, Filip Majchrzak, Gavin Panveno, Luke Pavely, Walker Ross, Sebastian Semeco, Isaiah Spandiary, Daniel Szabados, and Robert Turdean
12U Boys Junior Illinois Cup Champions:
Glen Ellyn Lakers Premier
Peter Alexopoulos, Vincent Blood, Grady Brennan, Leo Brunback, Angel Garnica, Aaron Gomez, Tom Hackett, Sean Jang, Kole Johnson, Cooper Rinaldo,
Graedon Rodine, Jacob Roth, Daniel Weinberg, Noah Weiss and Jack Wright
ILLINOIS CUP CHAMPIONS
The Illinois Cup is a state championship tournament open to Illinois Youth Soccer member travel and high-level rec teams. Starting in 2018, the Illinois Cup will offer two levels of play:
  • Illinois Cup Gold: Open to any Illinois Youth Soccer member team
  • Illinois Cup Silver: Only open to teams that compete in the 3rd division or lower of their league play

This in-state only tournament follows a similar format as the other Cup competition (State & Presidents) and offer teams that State Cup or Presidents Cup may not be right fit for, the chance to experience a state-wide tournament. 

Congratulations to the Spring 2021 Illinois Cup Champions & Finalists
  • 13U Girls Champions: Windy City Pride 13U Girls Finalists: Chicago Edge
  • 13U Boys Champions: Strikers O'Hare 13U Boys Finalists: Chicago Blues
  • 15U Girls Champions: Rockford Raptors 15U Girls Finalists: GLSA FC 1974
  • 15U Boys Champions: Northwind SC 15U Boys Finalists: Mirage FC
13U Girls Illinois Cup Gold Champions: Windy City Pride
Lily Crowther, Grace Downey, Kathryn Dreves-Hunt, Ava Feigl, Mia Forystek, Danica Greenawalt, Ximena Hernandez, Jolie Kolosh, Grace Kolozy, Madelyn Krynski, Emily Lukin, Grace Murphy, Brielle Neidetcher, Justyna Palenica, Giuliana Savarino, Alyssa Sudkamp, Alexa Thompson, Taylor Watt,
Sydney Zale and Madison Zaremba
13U Boys Illinois Cup Silver Champions: Strikers O'Hare
Julian Banos, Diego Canas, Angel Espinosa, Hecmarc Flores, Ethan Fragoso,
Raul Hernandez, Ximena Magana, Denzel Palacios, Jorge Perez,
Jonathan Ramos, Omar Resendez, Kenai Solano, Armany Sutton,
Samson Thomas, Dino Valenti and Carlos Zavala
15U Girls Illinois Cup Gold Champions: Rockford Raptors
Mia Berardi, Rachel Busker, Araceli Delgado, Haylee Gallas, Leilani Gomez. Sophia Gomez, Mary Therese Harrison, Johanna Hawley, Karime Ibarra,
Lucille Neuses, Isabella Phommachanh, Sophia Plourde, Joscelyn Posada,
Natalya Razo, Ava Reese, Emilia Reyes, Jada Russel-Austin, Juliana Sather, Sydney Stovall, Genevieve Wilson, Adriana Wrzos and Brianna Young
15U Boys Illinois Cup Gold Champions: Northwind SC
Solomon Asante, Miller Avery, Rory Byrne, Finnegan Dennis, Zachary Deutsch, Callum Dickson, William   Hebbeln, William Huge, Finley Hynes, William Hynes, Alex Lachcik, Jacob  Martin, Quinn McConnell, Noah Oswald, Nicholas Rezza, Edvard Roberts, Baden Scott and Gabriel Smith
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