Chicago Storm (soccer)

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{{Short description|American indoor soccer team}}
{{for|the professional softball team of the APSPL|Chicago Storm (softball)}}
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The '''Chicago Storm''' was an indoor soccer team in the [[Major Indoor Soccer League (2001–2008)|Major Indoor Soccer League]] from 2004 to 2008 and the [[Xtreme Soccer League]] in 2009. The team folded after playing in a local indoor league, the Ultimate Soccer League.

==History==
The Storm played home games during its first two seasons at the [[UIC Pavilion]] on the [[West Side, Chicago|West Side]] of [[Chicago]]. Former [[Chicago Sting]] and [[Chicago Fire S.C.|Chicago Fire]] soccer great [[Frank Klopas]] coached the team during its first two seasons, and [[Ted Chronopoulos]] captained the team for their inaugural 2004 season.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/232467730/|title=Storm Blows into Town|first=Dave|last=Surico|publisher=Chicago Tribune|date=October 21, 2004}}</ref> [[Chicago Sting]] leading scorer [[Karl-Heinz Granitza]] worked for the club's front office in 2005.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/304897994/|title=Professional team to hold youth clinic|date=}}</ref> In 2005–06, the Storm started the season with a 2–6 record but improved over the second half of the season to make the play-offs.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/231912673/|title=Clouds fade for rising Storm|publisher=Chicago Tribune|first=Luis|last=Arroyave|date=April 13, 2006}}</ref>

With attendance an issue, the team moved its home games to the newly built [[Sears Centre]] in [[Hoffman Estates, Illinois|Hoffman Estates]], a northwest suburb of Chicago, for the 2006–07 season.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/236320476|title=4 teams call Sears Centre their home|publisher=Chicago Tribune|page=22}}</ref> Steve Morris, a former Illinois soccer player of the year, replaced Klopas as coach for the 2006–07 season.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/234469943/|title='Event stress' takes its toll|publisher=Chicago Tribune|date=August 23, 2006}}</ref>

The Storm had a developmental team in 2008 called the Tormenta.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/10762792/|title=Indoor soccer games to have international flair|first=Elena|last=Ferrarin|date=January 2, 2008|publisher=Arlington Daily Herald|page=3}}</ref> They made the playoffs that year despite a late season slide, but lost to Monterrey in the quarterfinals after losing on a golden goal.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/363482226/|title=Ignition will face Monterrey in MISL Playoff Semifinals|date=April 15, 2008|publisher=Detroit Free Press|page=2D}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/307582498/|title=Storm looking for playoff berth|date=March 15, 2008|publisher=Munster Times}}</ref>

After the MISL folded, the Storm played in the [[Xtreme Soccer League]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/504543587/|title=A case of going to Xtremes|first=Stefan|last=Bondy|date=August 30, 2008|publisher=The Record}}</ref><ref>[http://www.chicagostorm.net/news/?cat=16&id=1075 "TO THE XTREME!"] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080917220501/http://www.chicagostorm.net/news/?cat=16&id=1075 |date=September 17, 2008 }}</ref> After the XSL folded with just one year of play, the Storm joined the Ultimate Soccer League.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/193701820/|title=Ultimate Soccer de 'alta calidad'|first=Antonio|last=Chavarría|page=70|work=Los Angeles Times}}</ref>

==Year-by-year==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!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
|Unknown
|Not Recorded
|}

==Final squad==
{{As of|2009|4|5|df=US}}
{{Fs start}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=MEX |name=[[Arturo Alanis]]|pos=DF}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=MEX |name=[[Victor Balderrama]]|pos=GK}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=SER |name=[[Aleksandar Bogosavljević|Alex Bogosavljevic]]|pos=DF}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=ARG |name=[[Pablo Castro (Argentine footballer)|Pablo Castro]]|pos=DF}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=MEX |name=Victor Garcia|pos=DF}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=USA |name=[[Missoum Harbouche]]|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=USA |name=[[Jonathan Hernandez]]|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=MEX |name=[[Juan Hernández (footballer, born 1965)|Juan Hernandez]]|pos=DF}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=MEX |name=[[Felip Hernandez]]|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=SER |name=[[Ivan Jevtić (footballer)|Ivan Jevtić]]|pos=GK}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=SER |name=[[Vladimir Knežević]]|pos=FW}}
{{Fs mid}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=POL |name=[[Piotr Kolasinski]]|pos=DF}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=Palestine |name=[[Awadalla Morad]]|pos=FW}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=COL |name=[[Jorge Prado (footballer, born 1995)|Jorge Prado]]|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=SER |name=[[Dušan Radovanović]]|pos=DF}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=BRA |name=[[Roberto Linck]]|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=ARG |name=[[Jorge Luis Raffa]]|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=SER |name=[[Branko Savić]]|pos=DF}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=USA |name=[[Todd Short]]|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=USA |name=[[Geovanni Tello]]|pos=FW}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=SER |name=[[Zlatko Zebić]]|pos=FW}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=BRA |name=[[Guilherme Veiga]]|pos=DF}}
{{Fs end}}

==Head coaches==
* {{flagicon|USA}} [[Frank Klopas]] 2004–2006
* {{flagicon|Scotland}} [[Steve Morris (soccer)|Steve Morris]] 2006–2009
* {{flagicon|Serbia}} [[Branko Savic]] 2009–2011

==Retired numbers==
* No. 12 {{flagicon|Germany}} [[Karl-Heinz Granitza]]

==Arenas==
* [[UIC Pavilion]] 2004–2006
* [[Sears Centre]] 2006–2009
* [[Chicago Sports Zone]] 2009–2010{{citation needed|date=May 2021}}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20041001015121/http://www.chicagostorm.net/ Official site]
* {{youTube|id= PItwGA0eYK8|title= Retrospective on the Storm/Cleveland Force Fight}}

[[Category:Chicago Storm| ]]
[[Category:Xtreme Soccer League teams]]
[[Category:Association football clubs established in 2004]]
[[Category:Soccer clubs in Chicago|S]]
[[Category:Soccer clubs in Illinois]]
[[Category:Indoor soccer clubs in the United States]]
[[Category:Defunct indoor soccer clubs in the United States]]
[[Category:Major Indoor Soccer League (2001–2008) teams]]
[[Category:2004 establishments in Illinois]]
[[Category:2010 disestablishments in Illinois]]
[[Category:Association football clubs disestablished in 2010]]

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