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in 2009. The team folded after playing in a local indoor league, the Ultimate Soccer League.

History

The Storm played home games during its first two seasons at the

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on the

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and Chicago Fire soccer great

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coached the team during its first two seasons, and Ted Chronopoulos captained the team for their inaugural 2004 season.

leading scorer

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worked for the club's front office in 2005. In 2005–06, the Storm started the season with a 2–6 record but improved over the second half of the season to make the play-offs. With attendance an issue, the team moved its home games to the newly built

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, a northwest suburb of Chicago, for the 2006–07 season. Steve Morris, a former Illinois soccer player of the year, replaced Klopas as coach for the 2006–07 season. The Storm had a developmental team in 2008 called the Tormenta. They made the playoffs that year despite a late season slide, but lost to Monterrey in the quarterfinals after losing on a golden goal. After the MISL folded, the Storm played in the

. After the XSL folded with just one year of play, the Storm joined the Ultimate Soccer League.

Year-by-year

Final squad

Head coaches

2004-2006 * Steve Morris 2006-2009 * Branko Savic 2009–2011

Retired numbers

* No. 12

Arenas

2004–2006 *

2006–2009 * Chicago Sports Zone 2009–2010

References

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External links

Official site
Xtreme Soccer League teams Association football clubs established in 2004 S Soccer clubs in Illinois Indoor soccer clubs in the United States Defunct indoor soccer clubs in the United States Major Indoor Soccer League (2001–2008) teams 2004 establishments in Illinois 2010 disestablishments in Illinois Association football clubs disestablished in 2010