Team Chicago Soccer Club hosted its annual College Showcase on Monday, January 17th at PlayUSA to great success. 88 players from 3 states representing clubs like Team Chicago Academy, Chicago Fire Jrs Red 11, Eclipse Select, Sockers, Jaier, FC United, NSA, Fox Valley Strikers, and Academy SC were scouted by 45 coaches from 38 schools covering Illinois, Ohio, Indiana, Missouri, Wisconsin, Iowa, Minnesota, and Nebraska.

Schools in attendance represented NCAA Division I, II, III, NAIA, and NJSCAA, and the following Division I conferences: the Big East, the Big Ten, the Horizon League,the Atlantic 10, the Missouri Valley, and the Mid-American Conference.

Each player played in 2 30-minute games in front of the college coaches, and was treated to lunch from the Olive Garden, and a college coaches’ panel that addressed questions from the audience. The event is always hosted on the Martin Luther King holiday on the 3rd Monday in January.