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After being in Miami over the weekend, there's no doubt I'm ready for summer. Forget spring, let's jump to summer.
All right, some news and notes - with more details to come in upcoming blogs:
1. Finally, the Chicago Fire has done something right. The struggling franchise has hired Mike Matkovich as an assistant coach, as well as an advisor for the Chicago Fire Academy.
2. Jim Johns - done at Neuqua Valley. More details to come on his dismissal.
3. Eclipse dropped to No. 2 in the latest Soccer America girls national rankings, while the Chicago Magic continued its fall from No. 1 boys club during Matkovich's tenure to No. 5.
4. The Pepsi Showdown - powered by ComEd and sponsored by YourSeason.com - has a new logo. The 2009 girls tournament, which is the largest in the country, will release its bracket next week on its redesigned web site - pepsishowdown.us. The event is hosted by Oak Park-River Forest High School.
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Good move by the Chicago Fire...Matko has had success wherever he has gone, and the local connection will be great. Too bad the Chicago Red Stars passed up a lot of local talent in their draft with 2 IL stars (Julianne Sitch and Jen Buczkowski) going to NJ instead of Chicago...
Did Jim Johns resign or was he fired??? Lots of talent there that never quite lived up to potential... and any early thoughts on the girls season???
Who are the new additions to the Pepsi Showdown? What do you consider some of the other top tournaments in the state on the girls side??? Are teams smart to schedule early games on turf because of the poor weather, or dumb if they have never played on it and are just doing it to "get games in"...???