Chicago Storm
Founded	2004
Current arena	Chicago Sports Zone
Based in	Melrose Park, Illinois Melrose Park, Illinois Melrose Park is a village in Cook County, Illinois, United States. It is a "near-in" suburb of Chicago. The population was 23,171 at the 2000 census. Melrose Park has long been home to a large Italian-American population, though now it is majority Mexican-American. It was the home of Kiddieland...
Colors	black, yellow
League	Ultimate Soccer League Ultimate Soccer League Ultimate Soccer League is a semi-professional indoor soccer league that was formed in 2008, and currently involving six teams from Illinois and one team from Indiana. The league has two divisions; Under 17, and main division.- Current Teams :...
Head Coach	Branko Savic Branko Savić Branko Savić is a retired Serbian football player.He started the 2009-10 season as an athletic supervisor in FK Banat Zrenjanin in the Serbian First League....

The Chicago Storm is a team in the Ultimate Soccer League

Ultimate Soccer League

Ultimate Soccer League is a semi-professional indoor soccer league that was formed in 2008, and currently involving six teams from Illinois and one team from Indiana. The league has two divisions; Under 17, and main division.- Current Teams :...

 that began play in the 2004-2005 season as a member of the Major Indoor Soccer League

Major Indoor Soccer League (2001–2008)

The Major Indoor Soccer League was the top professional indoor soccer league in the USA. The league was a member of both the United States Soccer Federation and FIFA. The MISL had replaced the NPSL which folded in 2001. According to MISL.net, the league has ceased operations as of May 31, 2008...

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History

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

UIC Pavilion

The UIC Pavilion is a 6,958-seat multi-purpose arena, located at 525 S. Racine Street on the West Side in Chicago, Illinois, USA, which opened in 1982. It is home to the University of Illinois at Chicago Flames basketball team and the former home of the Chicago Sky WNBA team...

 on the west side of Chicago

Chicago

Chicago is the largest city in the US state of Illinois. With nearly 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the Midwestern United States and the third most populous in the US, after New York City and Los Angeles...

. The team moved its home games to the newly-built Sears Centre

Sears Centre

The Sears Centre is an 11,000-seat multi-purpose family entertainment, cultural and sports center in Hoffman Estates, Illinois, a northwest suburb, 25 miles from Chicago. The arena has 43 luxury suites on two separate levels...

 in Hoffman Estates

Hoffman Estates, Illinois

Hoffman Estates is a northwestern suburb of Chicago in Illinois. The village is located primarily in Cook County with a small section in Kane County, Illinois. As of the 2000 census, the village population was 49,495 and estimated to be 52,520 in 2003...

, a northwest suburb of Chicago, for the 2006-07 season. Former Chicago Sting

Chicago Sting

The Chicago Sting was an American professional soccer team based in Chicago, Illinois. The Sting played in the North American Soccer League from 1975 to 1984 and in the Major Indoor Soccer League from in the 1982-83 season and again from 1984 to 1988...

 and Chicago Fire soccer great Frank Klopas

Frank Klopas

Fotios "Frank" Klopas is a retired Greek-American soccer forward and midfielder. Klopas is currently the Head Coach for the Chicago Fire...

 coached the team during its first two seasons, but he was replaced by Steve Morris for the 2006-07 season.

After the MISL folded, the Storm played in the Xtreme Soccer League

Xtreme Soccer League

The Xtreme Soccer League was an indoor soccer league that began play in December 2008. Four teams from the former Major Indoor Soccer League participated in the first XSL season--- the Chicago Storm, Detroit Ignition, Milwaukee Wave, and New Jersey Ironmen...

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

Ultimate Soccer League

Ultimate Soccer League is a semi-professional indoor soccer league that was formed in 2008, and currently involving six teams from Illinois and one team from Indiana. The league has two divisions; Under 17, and main division.- Current Teams :...

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Year-by-year

Year	League	Logo	Reg. Season	Playoffs	Attendance Average
2004-05	MISL II		6th MISL, 18-21	Failed to qualify	3,408
2005-06	MISL II		4th MISL, 13-17	Lost Semifinal	1,530
2006-07	MISL II		2nd MISL, 17-13	Lost Semifinal	2,473
2007-08	MISL II		5th MISL, 15-15	Lost Quarterfinal	3,609
2008-09	XSL		4th XSL, 7-13	No Playoffs	2,611
2009-10	USL		1st USL, 11-1	TBD	Not Recorded

Current squad

As of April 5, 2009

Head coaches

Frank Klopas

Frank Klopas

Fotios "Frank" Klopas is a retired Greek-American soccer forward and midfielder. Klopas is currently the Head Coach for the Chicago Fire...

 2004-2006 Steve Morris (soccer) 2006-2009 Branko Savic

Branko Savić

Branko Savić is a retired Serbian football player.He started the 2009-10 season as an athletic supervisor in FK Banat Zrenjanin in the Serbian First League....

 2009–present

Arenas

• UIC Pavilion
  UIC Pavilion
  The UIC Pavilion is a 6,958-seat multi-purpose arena, located at 525 S. Racine Street on the West Side in Chicago, Illinois, USA, which opened in 1982. It is home to the University of Illinois at Chicago Flames basketball team and the former home of the Chicago Sky WNBA team...
  
   2004-2006
• Sears Centre
  Sears Centre
  The Sears Centre is an 11,000-seat multi-purpose family entertainment, cultural and sports center in Hoffman Estates, Illinois, a northwest suburb, 25 miles from Chicago. The arena has 43 luxury suites on two separate levels...
  
   2006-2009
• Chicago Sports Zone 2009–2010