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Chicago Magic are a Super Y-League club based in Chicago, Illinois. The Magic have been named Soccer America Magazine's #1 Boys Club in the nation for the past three years. Mike Matkovich is the director of coaching and John Hannan is the assistant director. They have led the Magic to 75 Illinois State Championships, 20 Region II Titles, and 14 National Championships. The club currently has 10 players in the pros: Jed Zayner, Ned Grabavoy, CJ Klaas, Brad Guzan, Danny O'Rourke, Tim Regan, Eric Lukin, Ricardo Clark, Matt Groenwald, and Quavas Kirk.

[edit] The 1987-1988 Dynasty

The Chicago Magic 87/88 team is one of the most successful teams in the history of the club. Chris Schuler (Creighton) is the team captain. They finished runner-up in the 2006 USYSA National Championship and are 4 time Midwest Regional Champions. The 87/88 Boys have tons of talent playing in college now :

Akinrinade, Akin - Central Florida.
Bickel, Alan - Northern Illinois U.
DeGurian, Linden - Southern Illinois.
De La Cerda, Luis - Northern Illinois U.
Galounis, Nikolas- Augustana.
Holmes, Alex - Western Ky.
Kirk, Quavas - MLS - Galaxy.
Knotek, Kyle - Northern Illinois U.
Kopec, Paul - Western Kentucky U.
Kuhn, Colin - Eckerd College.
Markham, Tim - Johns Hopkins.
Rickman, Pat - Western Kentucky U.
Rodriguez, Art - Lewis.
Russell, Dan - Truman State
Russell, Kyle - Coastal Carolina
Sarkodie, Ofori - Indiana U.
Sebedra, Lucas - Lewis.
Sloan, Steve - Louisville.
Van Houten, Hunter - Bowling Green State U.
Walsh, Tim - Tampa
Kozlow, Steve - Northern Illinois
Waspi, Taylor - U. Wisconsin.
Zeman, Mark - Georgetown U.

[edit] Magic 88/89

The Magic 88/89 has also had great success and are starting to have 2007 graduates commit to top colleges along with a few 2006 graduates already playing college soccer. The 88/89 Boys are two time Super Y National Champions and two time U.S. Club National Champions along with a USYSA National Runner-up and a Dallas Cup championship. Eric Lichaj, a 2006 graduate, is at North Carolina. Lichaj is a national team player and attended residency throughout his high school career. Ross LaBauex, who recently participated in a U-18 National Camp in Carson, CA is at Virginia and Mike Brennan is at West Virginia. Cody Stanley is the team captain and is committed to Northwestern. Andrew Duran, a national pool player, is committed to Creighton. Duran was named NSCAA All-America Prep Player of the Year. He joins Grabavoy (MLS) and Joe Ducci (Bradley) who are former prep players of the year. Other players heading to D-1 programs so far are Raphael Martinez (UW Milwaukee), John Supica (Tulsa), Jack Hillgard (Northwestern), Brock Tomlinson (SMU), Aaron Nichols (Wisconsin), Jake Freisinger (Valparaiso), Jason Drews (Northwestern), Paul Tracy (Bradley), Matt Klancic (Bowling Green), Jeff Atkins (Northern Illinois), Chas Goudie (St. Louis), Charlie Mancuso (DePaul), Kyle Luetkehans (Vermont) & Alex Russell (Coastal Carolina), while Pari Pantazopolos has decided to play in Greece. The 88/89 team has added high scoring All-American Andy Adlard (Indiana) in their quest to win the USYSA National Crown.

[edit] Magic Girls Team

The 89/90 Magic Girls team, coached by Scott Fonfara, are the most successful girls team in the history of the club. They are 2-time Super Y League National Champions and 6-time State Cup Champions along with being the only Magic team to ever win the Disney Showcase. The 89/90 Girls are looking to add a USYSA regional championship and a trip to Nationals to their resume this summer. Six girls have given a verbal commitment to the school of their choice for the Class of 2008 already: