****************MEDIA ALERT****************

 

PRESS CONFERENCE:

RE - Illinois State Cup Final: 9/21/07 at 8 PM RWB Adria SC v United Serbs SC at TOYOTA Park

Press Conference DATE - SEPTEMBER 18, 2007

Press Conference TIME - 10:00 AM

Press Conference LOCATION - TOTOYA PARK, BRIDGEVIEW

 

Clash of the Titans – 2007 Illinois Men’s State Cup Finals

 

For Immediate Release: Chicago, September 12, 2007: Perennial favorites for the USA’s oldest soccer cup competition these day’s is 8 time winners RWB Adria, but don’t think for one minute that this year’s final is a foregone conclusion as the United Serbs will have their chance to stop Adria from retiring the George Chazaro Cup and crowning themselves champs in 2007 on September 21^st at 8 PM at TOYOTA Park.

 

The Illinois Men’s State Cup Competition is the oldest soccer cup competition in the United States of America. It was first awarded to the Campbell Rovers in 1909 and was named the Peel Cup after Peter J. Peel. The Peel cup went missing in 1970 and the Illinois Men’s State Cup was renamed The Illinois Governor’s Cup and has gone through several name changes as teams retired each one if the same team won the title three times.

 

The current Cup is named for George Chazaro (the current Illinois State Soccer Association President) and will be retired by RWB Adria unless the United Serbs can stop them on September 21st at TOYOTA Park, Adria won the State Cup in 2005 and 2006. The winner of the Men’s State Cup Final travels to the Joseph L. Rodrigues Regional Tournament of Champions and represents Illinois against the other 12 states that make up the USASA Midwest Region.

 

The Men’s State Cup Final is sponsored by Ford Motor Company Inc., Chicago Soccer, Chicago Fire, Chicago Storm and Pinata Graphics. Information on the ISSA's cup program or any other adult soccer related issue can be found at www.illinoissoccer.org or by calling 773 283-2800.

 

Contact: Judith McLean
Executive Director
Illinois State Soccer Association
Member of the United States Soccer Federation
4036 N Pulaski Road
Chicago, IL 60641
( 773 283-2800
7 773 283-2869
7soccerissa@aol.com

 

 

List of former Illinois Men’s State Cup winners:

 

PETER J. PEEL CUP
1909	Campbell Rovers
1910	Hyde Park Blue
1911	Blue Island
1912	Pullman
1913	Pullman
1914	Pullman
1915	Pullman
1916	Pullman
1917	Americans
1918	Harvey
1919	Joliet
1920	Scottish-Americans
1921	Bricklayers
1922	Olympia
1923	Pullman
1924	Bricklayers
1925	Pullman
1926	Pullman
1927	Coal City
1928	Sparta
1929	Sparta
1930	Sparta
1931	Sparta
1932	Sparta
1933	Sparta
1934	Wieboldt's
1935	Harvey
1936	Maccabee
1937	Sparta
1938	Manhattan
1939	Sparta
1940	Vikings
1941	Vikings
1942	Slovaks
1943	Slovaks/Vikings
1944	Vikings
1945	Swedish-Americans
1946	Sparta
1947	Sparta
1948	Sparta
1949	Vikings
1950	Eagles
1951	Slovaks
1952	Falcons
1953	Falcons
1954	Eagles
1955	Eagles
1956	Lions
1957	Eagles
1958	Schwaben
1959	Kickers
1960	Kickers
1961	Kickers
1962	Kickers
1963	Eagles
1964	Kickers
1965	Olympics
1966	Hansa
1967	Kickers
1968	Olympics
1969	Kickers/Sparta
1970	Olympics
ILLINOIS GOVERNOR'S CUP
1971	Schwaben
1972	Lions
1973	Croatan
1974	Lions
1975	Wisla
1976	Croatan
1977	Lions
FRED W. NETTO CUP
1978	Croatan
1979	San Francisco
1980	Winged Bull
1981	Wisla
1982	Winged Bull
1983	Winged Bull
GEORGE E.FISHWICK CUP
1984	Wisla
1985	Wisla
1986	Croatan
1987	Wisla
WILLIAM P.HEMMINGS CUP
1988	RWB Adria
1989	RWB Adria
1990	Schwaben
1991	Schwaben
1992	Chicago Pegasus
1993	RWB Adria

 

ALFREDO V. ARIAS CUP
1994	RWB Adria
1995	Chicago Pegasus
1996	United Romanians
1997	United Romanians
1998	Santos Degollado
1999	Eagles
2000	SC United
2001	Morelia
2002	RWB Adria
2003	RWB Adria
GEORGE L. CHAZARO CUP
2004	Vikings
2005	RWB Adria
2006	RWB Adria