Chicago Storm

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Chicago Storm

Founded	2004
Current arena	Sears Centre
Based in	Hoffman Estates, Illinois
Colors	Black & Yellow
League	MISL II

The Chicago Storm is a team in the current Major Indoor Soccer League that began play in the 2004-2005 season.

The Storm played home games during its first two seasons at the UIC Pavilion on the near west side of Chicago. The team moved its home games to the newly-built Sears Centre in Hoffman Estates, a northwest suburb of Chicago, for the 2006-07 season. Former Chicago Sting and Fire soccer great Frank Klopas coached the team during its first two seasons, but he was replaced by Steve Morris for the 2006-07 season.

1 Honors
2 Year-by-year
3 Current squad
4 Head Coaches
5 Retired numbers
6 Arenas
7 External links

[edit] Honors

Championships

none

Division Titles

none

[edit] Year-by-year

Year	League	Reg. Season	Playoffs	Attendance Average
2004-05	MISL	6th MISL, 18-21	Failed to Qualify	3,408
2005-06	MISL	4th MISL, 13-17	Lost Semifinal	1,530

[edit] Current squad

Nationality given from place of birth

No.	Position	Player
0	GK	Jeff Richey
1	GK	Jim Larkin
2	DF	Randy Soderman
3	DF	William Kletzien
4	DF	Chris Brisson
6	DF	Gaston Pernia
7	FW	Mark Ughy
8	DF	Fabinho
9	FW	Jorge Valle
10	MF	John Ball
11	MF	Matthew Stewart

No.	Position	Player
15	MF	Andy Rosenband
16	MF	Stephen Armstrong
20	MF	Awadalla Morad
23	FW	Chris Handsor
33	MF	Mariano Bollella
66	DF	Branko Savic

[edit] Head Coaches

Frank Klopas 2004-2006
Steve Morris 2006-present

[edit] Retired numbers

No. 12 Karl-Heinz Granitza

[edit] Arenas

UIC Pavilion 2004-2006
Sears Centre 2006-present

[edit] External links

Official site


Major Indoor Soccer League
Baltimore Blast \| California Cougars \| Chicago Storm

Detroit Ignition \| Milwaukee Wave \| Philadelphia KiXX

Expansion 2007: Newark \| Orlando Sharks

	This box: view • talk • edit Sports teams based in Chicagoland
Soccer	MLS: Chicago Fire, PDL: Chicago Fire Premier, MISL: Chicago Storm
Baseball	MLB: Chicago Cubs • Chicago White Sox, FL: Windy City ThunderBolts, ML: Kane County Cougars, NL: Gary SouthShore RailCats • Joliet JackHammers • Schaumburg Flyers
Softball	NPF: Chicago Bandits
Basketball	NBA: Chicago Bulls , WNBA: Chicago Sky, IBL: Chicago Heights Soldiers • Elgin Racers, USBL: Gary Steelheads
Football	NFL: Chicago Bears, AFL: Chicago Rush, CIFL: Chicago Slaughter
Hockey	NHL: Chicago Blackhawks, AHL: Chicago Wolves, UHL: Chicago Hounds, USHL: Chicago Steel
Lacrosse	MLL: Chicago Machine, NLL: Chicago Shamrox
College athletics (NCAA Division I)	Chicago State University • DePaul University • Loyola University Chicago • Northern Illinois University • Northwestern University • University of Illinois at Chicago • Valparaiso University