ABOUT US:

• Chicago International Soccer Club is a Youth Soccer Organization whose mission is to provide a unique opportunity for youth players from the Chicagoland Southwest Suburbs to participate in a quality soccer program; to encourage good sportsmanship; to encourage teamwork; and to learn the necessary skills to play competitive youth soccer throughout the United States. Our club serving players and families from Chicago Southwest suburbs - Lockport, Homer Glen, Plainfield, Orland Park, Tinley Park, New Lenox, Lemont, Mokena and all other surrounding towns. Our home fields are located in Lockport, IL.

• We provide our youth with a challenging soccer program that offers opportunities to compete in local, regional, and national competitions, with a goal that our players will gain exposure to enhance their opportunities and to further their development as student athletes in preparation for the college level.

• Our teams participate in USYS National League, USYS NL Midwest Conference, IWSL, YSSL CIYSL. Next to highest level leagues in the nation we also focus on getting our teams and players to participate in the biggest and best College Showcase Tournaments in the United States. Our older age groups (U13-U19) regularly compete at: NCFC Youth Showcase's in North Carolina, US Youth National League Showcase's, Players’ College Showcase in Las Vegas, our very own Chicago Inter College Showcase, as well as local, State and Midwest College Showcase events.

•    Along with participating in the top local and regional tournaments to experience high level competition in the Chicagoland area, the club’s younger age groups (U8-U12) also participate in IWSL and YSSL before being introduced to the National, Midwest Region and State Cup competitions.

• Chicago Inter Soccer Club also has a youth academy for children ages 3 to 7, working with licensed coaches to provide them with their first soccer experience, mainly focusing on individual skills that will make the program fun and challenging for all participants.

• Our players’ aggressive desire for victory, combined with the procedural and graduated development of soccer skills through exceptional coaching and advanced techniques, are of paramount importance.

OUR GOAL:

• Our ultimate objective is clearly defined. We want every single child that enters our club to fall in love with soccer. To show that soccer is more than a game and that through the sport you will make new friends and create lifelong memories with the families and coaches involved.

• We achieve this by giving our players the necessary attention needed to succeed at the highest level. Our coaching relationships with our athletes, together with the tutoring approach we offer, are the pillars that have established our Club as a respected and well-recognized one. The skills acquired over the years will benefit the athletes throughout their lifetime in their every-day lives rather than only on the soccer field.

• Commitment, hard work, and teamwork are valued as essential tools for our teams and our players to succeed. We also believe that a complete soccer player has to learn all of the technical, tactical, physical, and mental components of the game in order to be prepared for the next level, college and beyond.

• The basis of all of this is our role as leaders and examples to help our kids discover and accept basic values in sports, such as motivation, confidence, and respect. This is only possible with our work being done in a correct, serious and professional manner.

• Patience, Commitment and Effort is expected and demanded by our Coaching Staff. Patience from parents is just as important and plays a major role in a player’s success.