Kids & Family
Who Wants To Play For The World's Biggest Youth Soccer Club?
Chicago Rush is part of the world's biggest youth soccer club, with 40,000 players worldwide. Tryouts coming to a town near you soon!
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Chicago Rush has 5 youth soccer clubs around the chicagoland area, based out of Oswego, Minooka, Batavia, Bartlett, Lincolnshire, and their surrounding areas. The clubs have a junior academy program, which caters to players 4-6 years old an introduction to soccer, and then an Academy program which is a bridge from park district soccer to competitive teams for 5-7 year olds, and then 7-18 year olds for all year round competitive teams.
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Tryouts will be held at various locations throughout the month of May and open to all players. The professional coaching staff will evaluate your child and best place them on a team where they feel that they can be developed.
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Executive Director, Michael Cockroft said, “We have seen great growth with our clubs over the last few years, we continue to stay connected to the community, yet offer a great opportunity for our members, locally, regionally, and nationally. To be able to provide this to our local residents is amazing for our players.”
Chicago Rush also has a Non-Profit Foundation, with regular fundraising to help offset low income families membership fees, and offers scholarship awards to long serving players in preparation for college. The foundation also works within the community, providing services to local food banks, and other Non-Profit organizations.
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Ann Stephens, Director of Chicago Rush FV said, “We started a scholarship fund in memory of one of our family members who lost their battle to cancer in 2019. Every year we raise money in her memory, and provide scholarships to players heading off to college.”
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For more information on each of our clubs, please visit the following website.
www.chicagorushsoccersouth.com - Channahon-Minooka, Joliet, Shorewood [email protected]
www.chicagorushsoccer.com - Plainfield, Oswego, Naperville, Aurora, Yorkville, Elgin, Bartlett, South Elgin [email protected]
www.chicagorushsoccernorth.com - Lincolnshire, Lake Forest-Lake Bluff, Buffalo Grove, Vernon Hills, Highland Park, Deerfield, Wheeling - [email protected]
www.chicagorushsoccerfv.com - St Charles, Geneva, Batavia
Facebook - @Chicagorushsoccerclub
Instagram - @Chicagorushsoccer
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