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US YOUTH SOCCER
MIDWEST REGIONAL
CHAMPIONS
Mundelein SC & FC United Advance To The Prestigious
US Youth Soccer National Championships In July
29 teams from Illinois headed to St Louis to compete in the US Youth Soccer Midwest Regional Championships from June 25-30 and two teams came back as Regional Champions; Mundelein SC (13U Boys) & FC United (20U Boys).

These two Regional Champions now move on to the US Youth Soccer National Championships, July 20-25 in Bradenton, FL. At the National Championships they will be joined by two other Illinois teams, Libertyville FC 1974 Elite (16U Boys) & Galaxy SC (17U Girls), who earned their place at Nationals via the US Youth Soccer National League
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13U Boys US Youth Soccer Midwest Regional Champions
Mundelein SC Academy
Irvyn Arellano, Kevin Beltran, Aiden Bernklau-Wostl, Cody Bochenski, Andrew Calderon, Kyle Hameister, Emir Herrera, Miguel Jimenez-Flores, Hugo Lopez, Eduardo Lopez,
Kyle Marshall, Brandon Reyes, Giovanni Roman, Ari Saliu, Stefan Stojich,
Jayden Torres, and Maxim Zinchuk
20U Boys US Youth Soccer Midwest Regional Champions:
FC United
Quinn Ackmann, Ryan Ball, Oscar Blazer, Aidan Crowder, Alem Duratovic, Nolan Ehlers, William Franzen, Ryan Grady, Dylan Gripman, Jhovany Guadarrama, Daniel Hesselbein, Hunter Heyman, Mario Hrvojevic, Andrew Juarez, Jake Krueger, Aidan Lew,
Joey Martens, James Paden, Aiden Pape, Zachary Thompson, and Ronan Wilcox
In addition to the two Midwest Champions, Libertyville FC 1974 Elite finished as 15U Girls Regional Finalists

Nine other Illinois teams earned spots in the Regional Semifinals as well; Central Illinois United (15U Boys), Chicago Inter (16U Girls, 15U Girls, 18U Girls) FC United (16U Boys), Galaxy SC (16U Boys & 20U Boys) & Libertyville FC 1974 Elite (14U Boys & 17U Girls)

Here's a look at how all 29 Illinois teams finished at the 2021 US Youth Soccer Midwest Regional Championships.

Illinois State Cup Champions

Illinois Wild Cards Teams - Earned Thru The US Youth Soccer Midwest Conference
15U Girls Midwest Regional Finalists: Libertyville FC 1974 Elite
Audrey Amyot, Lauren Bailey, Riley Betz, Peyton Carney, Isabel Ceaser, Mallory Collins, Anna Hartman, Kate Hopma, Emerson Hunter, Madelyn Kopala, Piper Lucier, Ava Lukyan, Reese Mertens, Jillian Miller, Molly Neary, Frances Poulos, Veronica Presberg,
Ashton Proctor, Ashley Strachn, Emma Williamson, and Isabella Yarc
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