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Chicago FC United, founded in 2003, is an elite youth soccer program located in suburban Chicago. The club also operates Trevians Soccer Club and Chicago Magic. [1] FC United youth teams play in local, regional, and national leagues, and its academy teams are founding members of Girls Academy, [2] and MLS Next.
Opened in 2000, Payton is operated by the Chicago Public Schools district. The school is named for Walter Payton, African-American football player for the Chicago Bears and humanitarian. Since 2019, Payton has been ranked the No. 1 public high school in the State of Illinois, and No. 4 in the United States, by U.S. News & World Report. [3]
Simeon is well known in the Chicago area as a high school sports powerhouse. [15] [16] The school sport teams are nicknamed Wolverines. Student-Athletes 2013, Simeon is the first Chicago public school to win four consecutive basketball state titles, and the second statewide. All team seniors are off to college.
Theodore Matlak (class of 1983) — former 32nd ward Chicago alderman; Robert Meschbach (class of 1976) — professional soccer player who set a national high school record with 71 goals in one season [12] Dennis Tufano (class of 1964) — original lead singer of The Buckinghams, a 1960s Chicago rock and roll group
At the high school level, 42,955 girls participated in the 2023-24 season, a 105% increase from the previous year. The game is doing just as well at the collegiate level.
The Independent School League (ISL) is an athletic conference comprising 9 private secondary schools in the Chicago metro area. All but one of the schools are also full members of the Illinois High School Association , the governing body for most high school athletics and competitive activities in the state.
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In 1996, for football only, the ESCC and Chicago Catholic League merged to form the Chicago Metro League. This relationship ended after the 2002 football season, with Holy Cross High School joining the Chicago Catholic League permanently for all sports, and Nazareth Academy joining the ESCC. [10]