Cornerkicks goes clubbin'...

Have to say, I like the headline of this blog - a good play on words that could be taken a couple different ways (and meant to be). So here goes:

*After three years atop Soccer America's yearly rankings of top clubs in the U.S., the Chicago Magic fell to No. 2 for the first time. Hmmm, I wonder why?

*After years of trying to workout a deal to combine programs with the Chicago Magic, Eclipse Select has finally moved into the South Suburbs. Kudos for the club naming Nick Kolliniatis the Director of Coaching. Kolliniatis recently coached at Andrew and knows the game as well as anyone.

*With that said, however, a premier club like Eclipse Select should not be practicing at the Howe Center, which should be renamed the Rut Center for the number of ruts on its grounds.

*But did you know... it looks like the state really needs to clean up this place. The Howe Center has lost its Medicaid funding, which provides half of its $53 million budget. The state-run center, home to about 400 mentally-disabled adults, failed in a scramble to fix problems in the three months since it was warned its federal certification was at risk. In one case, a woman who was supposed to be under close and constant supervision was able to swallow a coin and a paper clip and insert a pen in her genitals. Press releases in February and March alleged that poor care at Howe contributed to 11 deaths since 2005.

Hmmm, makes me wonder....