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IYSA COACH OF THE YEAR. Illinois Youth Soccer named our own DOC Adam

Howarth the 2015 Illinois Youth Soccer Coach of the Year. The award does not come as a surprise to those of us at Green White who have witnessed first hand Adam’s dedication and commitment to excellence. Since Adam joined Green White in 2014, he has helped transform the club by creating an atmosphere that breeds success. In the just completed 2015 Fall season, five Green White youth teams were division champions, three girls teams and two boys teams. The award will be presented to Coach Howarth at the IYSA banquet in March. Congratulations Adam!

IYSA 5-STAR TRAVEL AWARD. The Green White Youth Travel program has also

been named a five-star program by Illinois Youth Soc-cer--That status means Green White is considered one of the top Illinois Youth Soccer member league clubs for promoting coaching education, referee develop-ment, full participation in Kid-Safe (background checks), goal safety and sideline and parent behavior and education. Green White is one of only 5 clubs in the State to be so honored. Illinois Youth Soccer Ex-ecutive Director Mary Jane Bender and President

Gus Bender were on hand at the Green White Holiday Party to pre-

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2016 THE ACCOLADES JUST KEEP COMING

sent the award to youth board president Mike Folk-

ers and Director of Coaching Adam Howarth.

USYSA 5-STAR RECREATIONAL AWARD. The Green White Girls Recrea-

tional Program was also recognized in 2015 by US Youth Soccer as a Region II 5-Star Program. The award is presented to clubs demonstrating excellence within the ranks of the US Youth Soccer State Asso-ciation Members and follows the guidelines approved by the Region II Presidents in 2008. To be recog-

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YOUTH PRESIDENT MIKE FOLKERS PRESENTED WITH 5-STAR AWARD BY MARY JANE AND GUS BENDER

ALL THESE GREEN WHITE HONORS AND ACCOLADES GOT US THINKING. DID YOU KNOW THAT GREEN WHITERS HOLD ALL KINDS OF ILLINOIS HIGH SCHOOL ASSOCIATION RECORDS? TEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE OF GREEN WHITE-IHSA TRIVIA.

#1 - WHO HOLDS THE ALL-TIME IHSA RECORD FOR MOST GOALS SCORED IN A SEASON?

#2 - WHO HOLDS THE ALL-TIME IHSA RECORD FOR MOST CONSECUTIVE MATCHES SCORED IN A CAREER? AND FOR THE BONUS POINT, WHO IS #2 ON THAT LIST?

#3 - THERE ARE THREE (3) GREEN WHITERS IN THE TOP 15 IN IHSA HISTORY FOR MOST CONSECUTIVE MATCHES SCORED IN A SEASON, WHO ARE THEY?

#4 - WHO RANKS #3 ALL-TIME IN IHSA HISTORY FOR BOTH SINGLE SEASON AND CAREER ASSISTS?

#5 - AT 11 SECONDS, WHO SCORED THE 14TH QUICKEST GOAL IN IHSA HISTORY?

THE ANSWERS ARE ON THE PAGES THAT FOLLOW, BUT THE REAL QUESTION IS: WHAT HIGH SCHOOL RE-

CORDS ARE YOU GOING TO BREAK?

nized, the organization must show quality in education, referee devel-opment and risk management. Each State Association may develop and use its own recognition system at the state level. However, to receive the US Youth Soccer 5-Star Recreational Program Recognition, the member organization must show commitment to coaching education, referee development, full participation in Kid-Safe (background checks), goal safety and sideline and parent behavior and education. Our Green White Girls Recreational Program is one of only 5 clubs in the 14 state region to be so honored.

1ST TEAM – NEWS AND NOTES. The Green White First Team did not have a stellar Fall season. In fact, it was quite dismal. For

much of the season, it was a struggle to get enough players each week to field a team. The results were predictable as the squad crawled to a last place finish with a record of 1-15-2; scoring 22 goals for while al-lowing 61 goals against. With the last place finish the team was rele-gated to the First Division next season. In light of the lack of player commitment, the club also opted out of the indoor season.

O30 TEAM - NEWS AND NOTES. The Green White O30 Team’s Fall season was a lot like the First Team’s, except they did

not score as many goals and there is no relegation for Old Timers, be-ing old is punishment enough. The O30s also finished last in the league with a 1-12-3 record. They did, however, manage to set a couple of re-cords. With a league low 12 goals on the season, they managed to score less than 1/4 of the goals scored by league winners, AAC Eagles. They also managed to give up 57 goals against, which was 11 more than second from bottom SC Lions. Not exactly the goals set by the team at the beginning of the season. Rob Czop summed up the season, “Lack of commitment extremely hurt us. Also, not using our brains.”

O40 TEAM - NEWS AND NOTES. And it was a trifecta for the GW adult teams as the Green White O40 squad also finished dead

last in the Metropolitan League with a record of 1-11-5. Said noted Norwegian optimist, Keith Andersson, “Well, at least we didn’t lose as many games as the First Team or O30s.”

Looking to put the league season behind them, the O40 team now has its sights set on the Las Vegas King Cup in January. The O40 team returns to Sin City as the defending champions and is looking for an-other successful tournament run. The team has actually split into two squads this year, competing in both the O40 and O48 divisions. (Before you question whether there is such a thing as an O48 division, there are even O55 and O60 divisions.) The provisional list of players traveling to Las Vegas for the tournament this year are: Keith Andersson, Mark

Babich, Jeff Baker, Ed Campbell, Armando Carlo, Jim Dionne,

Darrell Duerst, John Dunkas, Mindi Gill, Andrew Grant, Nathan

Grosse, Mike Grosse, Fritz Grutzner, Matt Haggerty, Barney Her-

nandez, Tommy Isirov, Keith Kedierling, Pat Nash, Raphael

(Meme) Ortiz, Pat Palbicke, John Parsinen, Bill Quinlan, Brian

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Green White Grün (BU10)

Coach Adam Howarth; Manager Mary Alexander

The Green White Grün (BU10) stormed their way to an undefeated season and a di-

vision championship. The team finished with 26 points from a 8-0-2 record, scoring 37 goals for while allowing just 18 against. Congratulations to the Champions! The team’s MVP for the Fall was Nathaniel C and the Coach’s Award went to Uryah Alexander.

Green White Weiss (BU10)

Coach Sean Connor; Manager David Viers

The Green White Weiss (BU10) also had a winning campaign this Fall. The boys finished the season on 17 points behind a 5-3-2 record; scoring 43 goals for while giving up 34 against. The team’s MVP for the Fall season was Nickolai Georgiev and the Coach’s Award went to Frank Cascella.



Raffaele, Les Rebbeck, Mike Resnick, Todd Riggs,

Dan Rogan, Russell, Rosenberg, Todd Schneider,

Edin Sejdinovic, Gabby Sepiashvili, Grant Smale,

David Steinert, Fernando (Colo) Vasquez, Axel

Vega, Leslie Vega, Chris Wellman and Derrick

Wilkinson.

The GWO40 Squad will be playing in Group D of the O40 Luther Division against:

• BPTD FC - Sandy, UT • LA Roar FC - Woodland Hills, CA • LA Strikers - Mission Viejo, CA

The GWO48 squad will be playing in Group A of the O48 Competitive Division against:

• Rocky Mountain FC - Highlands Ranch • Boston United FC - Weston, MA • Crown & Anchor - Thousand Oaks, CA • Jakroo - Pleasanton, CA

Good luck Green White on the pitch and at the tables!

BOYS TRAVEL TEAMS - FALL RECAP


Coach Marek Radziewski; Mgr. Chris Salatino

The Green White Grün (BU09) had a stellar season on their way to a 3rd place finish in the Fall Season. The squad finished with 19 points behind a 6-3-1 record, scoring 45 goals for (tops amongst all Green White teams this season) while giving up just 16 against. Congratulations to the Grün on a fantastic campaign. The team’s MVP for the Fall season was Matthew Fouch and the Coach’s Award went to Hayden Hoelting.

JOE WELK WAS TOLD REPEATEDLY BEFORE THE GW FOOT- GOLF OUTING - NO TOE POKES! BUT HE DIDN’T LISTEN.

#1 - WHO HOLDS THE ALL-TIME IHSA RECORD FOR MOST GOALS SCORED IN A SEASON? IN 1976, AS AN ALL-AMERICAN SENIOR AT GORDON TECH, GREEN WHITE’S OWN ROBERT MESCHBACH SCORED A PROLIFIC 71 GOALS IN 26 GAMES. IT IS AN IHSA RECORD THAT HAS STOOD FOR NEARLY 40 YEARS, AND WAS A NATIONAL RECORD AT THE TIME. ROBERT GREW UP PLAYING FOR GREEN WHITE AS A YOUTH, ALONG WITH HIS GORDON TECH TEAM-MATE AND FELLOW GREEN WHITER - JOE FILIAN. BOTH ARE PICTURED HERE IN THE LEAGUE WIN-

NING 1974 GREEN WHITE JUVENILES TEAM PHOTO. ROBERT WENT ON TO STAR FOR THE 1ST TEAM; WAS AN ALL-AMERICAN AND HERMANN TROPHY (THE SOC-

CER EQUIVALENT OF THE HEISMAN) RUNNER-UP AT INDIANA UNIVERSITY, BEFORE EMBARKING ON A PROFESSIONAL CA-

REER THAT INCLUDED TIME WITH THE FT. LAUDERDALE STRIKERS, NEW YORK COSMOS AND CHICAGO STING.


Coach Kelsey Carmichael; Manager Joe Welk

The Green White Grün (BU12) played a tough schedule, but managed to come through with 10 points from a 2-4-4 record, scoring 19 goals for while allowing 23 against. The team’s MVP for the Fall was Char-

lie Bullock and the Coach’s Award went to Chris Rocks.


Coach Sean Connor; Manager Joe Welk

The Green White Weiss (BU12) also played a tough schedule, but man-aged to come through with 7 points from a 2-7-1 record, scoring 20 goals for while allowing 35 against. The team’s MVP for the Fall was Dimi Mintchev and the Coach’s Award went to Michael Renner.


Coach Adam Howarth; Manager Rick Kaempfer

The Green White Grün (BU13) had a good season an snuck up to snag 3rd place this Fall season with 15 points from a 4-3-3 record, scoring 16 goals for while allowing 18 against. The team’s MVP for the Fall was Julian Moldovan and the Coach’s Award went to Gavin Kafkakis.


Coach Marek Radziewski; Manager Scott Keane

The Green White Grün (BU14) stormed their way to a divi-

sion championship this Fall season. The team finished with 23 points from a 7-1-2 record, scoring 38 goals for while al-lowing just 25 against. Congratulations to the Champions! The team’s MVP for the Fall was Jorge Martinez and the Coach’s Award went to Johnny Keane.


Coach Adam Howarth; Manager Helen Sklivagos

The Green White Weiss (BU14) also had a good season an snuck up to snag 3rd place this Fall season with 18 points from a 5-2-3 record, scoring 26 goals for while allowing 21 against. The team’s MVP for the Fall was Mason Wille and the Coach’s Award went to Antonois Skivagos.



#2 - WHO HOLDS THE ALL-TIME IHSA RECORD FOR MOST CONSECUTIVE MATCHES SCORED IN A CAREER? AND FOR THE BONUS POINT, WHO IS #2 ON THAT LIST? IN 1985-87, STEVE SNOW SCORED IN 49 CONSECUTIVE GAMES FOR HOFFMAN ESTATES HIGH SCHOOL ECLIPSING THE MARK SET BY HIS BROTHER KEN SNOW, WHO SCORED IN 47 CONSECUTIVE GAMES FROM 1983-86. THE SNOW BROTHERS GREW UP IN ARLINGTON HEIGHTS AND PLAYED FOR GREEN WHITE IN THE YOUTH RANKS. KEN ALSO RANKS #13 IN ISHA HISTORY WITH 128 CAREER GOALS. BOTH WENT ON TO PLAY AT INDIANA UNI-

VERSITY WHERE KEN WAS A 4-TIME ALL-AMERICAN AND 2-TIME HERMANN TROPHY WINNER. BOTH WENT ON TO PRO-

FESSIONAL INDOOR CAREERS AND WERE EACH CAPPED TWICE AT THE US MEN’S NATIONAL TEAM SENIOR LEVEL.

GIRLS TRAVEL TEAMS - FALL RECAP

Green White Grün (GU10)

Ch. Howarth; Mgrs. Samuelson & Valentini

The Green White Grün (GU10) won the league this Fall with 24 points from an un-defeated record of 7-0-3, narrowly besting Team Evanston by 1 point for the title. On their way to the crown, the team scored 35 goals for while giving up a league low 9 goals against. Congratulations to the Grün on a fan-tastic campaign. The team’s MVP for the Fall was Abby Davis and the Coach’s Award went to Lily

Ginsberg.

Green White Weiss (GU10)

Coach Adam Howarth; Manager Erica Kanaris

The Green White Weiss (GU10) finished the Fall sea-son in 4th place, just missing the podium by 1 point. The squad finished on 14 points from a 4-4-2 record, going undefeated in their last four. The Weiss fin-ished with the third best goal differential in the league, scoring 27 for while allowing just 19. Con-gratulations to the Weiss on a great season. The team’s MVP for the Fall was Trinity Kanaris and the Coach’s Award went to Brooke Michalczyk.

Green White Drei (GU10)

Coach Krystina Cook; Manager Mary Bradbury

The Green White Drei (GU10) closed out the Fall season with a flurry, going undefeated in their last four, including a season ending 2-0 victory over first



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place LFSA, to secure a 2nd place finish on the season. The squad finished on 20 points from a 6-2-2 record, scoring 29 for while allowing just 13. Congratulations to the Drei on a great season. The team’s MVP for the Fall was Bianca Walker and the Coach’s Award went to Caroline Skutnik.


Coach Maninder Gill; Manager Linda Boltz

The Green White Grün (GU11) stepped up a league this Fall and found the going a bit tougher than in sea-sons past. The squad finished the season down the ta-ble from their accustomed lofty perch, closing out the year with 9 points from a 2-5-3 record. The squad scored 15 goals for while giving up 30. The team’s MVP for the Fall was Jillian Sawadski and the Coach’s Award went to Alyssa Degan.

Green White Weiss (GU12)

Coach Nikolay Trifonov; Mgr Brian Allegretti

The Green White Weiss (GU12) battled to a .500 record through the first half of the Fall season, but then fell off in the second half, finishing with 9 points from a record of 3-7-0. The squad scored 18 goals for while allowing 35. The team’s MVP for the Fall was Brianna Ciaramello and the Coach’s Award went to Jess Perns.


Coach Cook; Mgrs. Duckmann & Samuelson

The Green White Grün (GU12) stepped up their game late in the season, winning 4 of their last 5 to capture

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2nd place in the Fall season. The squad finished the season with 19 points from a record of 6-3-1, scoring 25 goals for while giving up 17 against. Congratulations to the Grün on a fantastic season. The team’s MVP for the Fall was Claudia

Kadzewela and the Coach’s Award went to Natalie Cline.


Coach Maninder Gill; Mgrs. Moretti & Van Fleet

The Green White Grün (GU14) had a fantastic season, fin-ishing level with Honor SC on 23 points from identical 7-1-2 records. But the crown went to Honor SC on a tie breaker, meaning Grün had to settle for the runners-up medal. The squad scored 25 goals for while allowing 17 against. The team’s MVP for the Fall was Annie Gibbons and the Coach’s Award went to Morgan Palmer.

Green White Weiss (GU14) Coach Nikolay Trifonov; Manager Matt Whisler

The Green White Weiss (GU14) started and finished the Fall season on a positive note, but everything in between was tough going. The team opened the season with a 2-2 draw against Elite SC and closed the cam-paign with a 1-0 victory over HUSC, but in between strung together 8 straight losses. The squad finished with 4 points from a 1-8-1 record, scoring 9 goals for while allowing 43 against. The team’s MVP for the Fall was Sydney Jackson and the Coach’s Award went to Tiffney

Calito.


Coach Adam Howarth; Manager Mike Folkers

The Green White Grün (GU15), last seen playing in the Bavarian coun-tryside, picked up their Fall season running up, over and around the

#3 - THERE ARE THREE (3) GREEN WHITERS IN THE TOP 15 IN IHSA HISTORY FOR MOST CONSECUTIVE MATCHES SCORED IN A SEASON, WHO ARE THEY? THE ANSWER IS THE AFOREMENTIONED ROBERT MESCHBACH, 71 GOALS IN 24 CON-

SECUTIVE GAMES FOR GORDON TECH IN 1976 (#1); KEN SNOW, 32 GOALS IN 13 CONSECUTIVE GAMES FOR HOFFMAN ESTATES H.S. IN 1985 (#10) AND TOM

CZOP, 21 GOALS IN 12 CONSECUTIVE GAMES FOR LAKE PARK HIGH SCHOOL IN 1989 (#13). TOM CZOP ALSO GREW UP PLAYING FOR GREEN WHITE AS A YOUTH WINNING SEVERAL LEAGUE, STATE AND REGIONAL TITLES BEFORE GOING ON TO

AN ALL-AMERICAN AND HALL OF FAME CAREER AT THE UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN - PARKSIDE. SAID TOM OF HIS HIGH SCHOOL SCORING STREAK, "I DIDN’T FIND OUT ABOUT IT UNTIL YEARS LATER. I MEAN I KNEW I SCORED A LOT OF GOALS, BUT I DIDN’T KNOW I HAD SET A SCHOOL RECORD. BACK THEN, I USUALLY PLAYED WIDE MIDFIELDER WITH GREEN WHITE BECAUSE WE WERE LOADED WITH TALENTED UP FRONT STRIKERS LIKE BLAKE RODGERS, PHIL IMM,

MIKE BYRNE AND RICKY TOVAR. BUT IN HIGH SCHOOL, TEAMS WERE NOT AS DEEP AS OUR GW SQUAD, SO I MOVED BACK TO MY FAVORED POSITION UP FRONT, GIVING ME MORE CHANCES TO SCORE. I GUESS IT WORKED BECAUSE I SCORED A LOT OF GOALS." AFTER COLLEGE, TOM PICKED UP HIS PLAYING CAREER WITH THE GREEN WHITE FIRST TEAM THAT SPANNED NEARLY 20 YEARS IN TOTAL BECOMING ONE OF THE ALL-TIME SCORING LEADERS IN CLUB HISTORY.

competition. In their first 5 games playing in the Open Division, the squad went undefeated, bagging 15 goals for while giving up just 1 goal against. The team ulti-mately dropped their last game of the season to finish with 15 points from a record of 5-1-0. The squad also played in the President’s Cup this season, advancing to the semi-finals before falling to eventual champions FC United in double overtime. Along the way they bested Team Evanston (2-0), FC Lake County (2-0), Chicago City (3-1) and Windy City (4-1). Congratula-tions on another stellar season. The team’s MVP for the Fall was Sarah Magnoni and the Coach’s Award went to Ally Block.

IFC ILLINOIS FALL CUP. In October, a gang of Green White Youth Teams de-scended upon Champaign-Urban for the

2015 IFC Fall Cup. With all the Green White teams under U14 playing in the tournament, all the families got together for a special barbeque. They even had some cool shirts printed as a fund-raiser for the Green White International Experience Program.

2nd ANNUAL FOOTGOLF. Thanks to everyone who came out to our second annual Footgolf outing in September. The event was

well attended and we raised some money for Green White's International Experience Program. But more importantly, we all had a GREAT time footgolfing. With the exception of Joe Welk who took the prize for longest toe-poke, and McKenzie Folkers who had the low score for the girls, the podium was dominated by the Howarth family. Adam Howarth had the best score for men, Laura Howarth had the best score for



women and Sebastian Howarth had the best score for the boys. Asked about his family’s prowess at footgolf, they youngest Howarth admitted, “It’s easy. We cheat.” It was all good though as the family do-nated the one million dollar purse to the club. (See disclaimer on page 9).

SPRING 2016 GIRLS REC. LEAGUE. Regis-tration for the Green White Girl’s Spring Recrea-

tional Leagues is now open. Join the hundreds of girls registered from Kindergarten through 8th grade ready for the season to start - as soon as the snow thaws. Our Rec program is one of only five in the 14-state Region II to be recognized as a 5-Star program by US Youth Soccer. Register today at www.greenwhitesoccer.org.

WINTER CAMPS. Most Green White players are playing some sort of indoor soccer this sea-

son, but there are additional camps that can help you

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#4 - WHO RANKS #3 ALL-TIME IN IHSA HISTORY FOR BOTH SINGLE SEASON AND CAREER ASSISTS? BACK IN 1976 WHEN ROBERT MESCHBACH SET THE STATE AND NATIONAL SINGLE SEASON SCORING RECORD (SEE QUESTION #1), SOMEONE HAD TO GET HIM THE BALL. TURNS OUT, IT WAS JOE FILIAN, ANOTHER GREEN WHITER OPERATING AS THE SET-UP MAN. THE DUO HAD LOTS OF PRACTICE, PLAY-

ING TOGETHER AT GREEN WHITE. JOE RECORDED 43 ASSISTS THAT SEASON FOR GORDON TECH AND FINISHED HIS HIGH SCHOOL CAREER WITH 81 HELPERS, PLAC-

ING HIM AT #3 ON THE ALL-TIME IHSA RECORD BOOK. AND JOE DIDN’T JUST HAND OUT ASSISTS, HE SCORED MORE THAN 35 GOALS HIMSELF THAT SEASON. SAID JOE OF THEIR GORDON TECH PARTNERSHIP, “ROBERT AND I DEFINITELY HONED OUR PARTNERSHIP AT GREEN WHITE. THAT YEAR WHEN ROBERT SCORED ALL THOSE GOALS WE ONLY PLAYED A LITTLE MORE THAN A HALF EACH GAME. IF WE HAD PLAYED FULL GAMES, NOW THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING FOR THE RECORD BOOKS.” FOLLOWING HIGH SCHOOL, JOE WAS DRAFTED BY AND PLAYED FOR THE NEW YORK COSMOS. HE LATER RETURNED TO GREEN WHITE TO COACH THE 1ST TEAM. JOE IS PICTURED HERE WITH THE ‘79 COSMOS ABOVE A GUY NAMED BECKENBAUER.

further develop your skills. For the little ones, there is the Winter First Kick Academy (7 yrs. and younger) and the Big Brother camp (ages 5-10). Both camps are overseen by our award-winning Director of Coaching Adam Howarth. The Big Brother camp is also staffed by our U13 Boys team. They love helping younger players, and every penny of that camp will go to their Germany Trip 2017 fund.

For the more experienced players (8 and over), there are three (3) dif-ferent camps available - Ball Mastery, SAQ (Speed, Agility, Quick-ness) and Goaltending. Adam Howarth will man the ball mastery and SAQ camps, while our experienced goaltending coach Marek

Radziewski will teach the goalkeeping camp. All three of these camps

are open to kids of all-ages. The costs are minimal, and the kids really learn soccer. For more information about each of these camps, go to www.greenwhitesoccer.org. If you have any questions, e-mail Adam

Howarth at [email protected].

MISCELLANEOUS NEWS & NOTES.

GREEN WHITE BOWLING PARTY. Its all set for Janu-ary 31, 2016 at River Rand Bowl from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. There will be a raffle of great prizes including several pro

sports jerseys. Tickets are $10 for kids and $15 for those 12 and over. You can register on line at www.greenwhitesoccer.org.

SCHLACTFEST. Mark your calendars for February 20, 2016 for Green White’s Schlachtfest at the Donauschwa-ben Vereinsheim in Des Plaines. There will be plenty of

home made German fare, including Steve Zimmer’s Hungarians (or as best we can do to recreate them). There will also be live music. Tick-ets are $35. Reserve them now by contacting Rob Stadler at (847)



#5 - AT 11 SECONDS, WHO SCORED THE 14TH QUICKEST GOAL IN IHSA HISTORY? ON SEPTEMBER 2, 1989, GREEN WHITE’S OWN MIKE BYRNE SCORED IN JUST 11 SECONDS FOR BUFFALO GROVE HIGH SCHOOL AGAINST MAIN EAST. EXPLAINED BYRNE, “WE TRIED IT EVERY SO OFTEN AT THE BEGINNING OF GAMES. I’D START OUT ON THE WING AND SOMEONE WOULD TOUCH THE BALL TO BRIAN MCBRIDE

(OF USMNT FAME). AS I SPRINTED TOWARD THE GOAL, BRIAN WOULD HIT A SWEET PASS OVER THE HEAD OF THEIR LAST MAN AND I’D GO IN ONE ON ONE AGAINST THE KEEPER. THE TEAMS WE PLAYED AGAINST AT GREEN WHITE WERE MUCH BETTER ORGANIZED, SO WE NEVER HAD A CHANCE TO TRY IT THERE, BUT

WE HAD SOME QUICK PLAYERS LIKE RICKY TOVAR AND BLAKE RODGERS WHO COULD HAVE PULLED IT OFF. THAT IS WHAT WAS GREAT ABOUT GW COACH GYURKO, HE ALWAYS ALLOWED US TO EXPRESS OURSELVES AND USE THE INDI-

VIDUAL TALENTS WE EACH BROUGHT TO THE TEAM. THAT, AND THE CAMARADERIE, IS WHAT MADE GREEN WHITE SO MUCH FUN TO PLAY FOR.” MIKE PLAYED FOR GREEN WHITE AS A YOUTH AND YOUNG ADULT WINNING SEVERAL LEAGUE, STATE AND REGIONAL TITLES. HE WENT ON TO PLAY AT ST. LOUIS UNIVERSITY, TEAMING AGAIN WITH MCBRIDE AND FORMER GW TEAMMATE SHAUN FOGARTY (THAT’S HIM ABOVE IN THE RED KEEPER JERSEY) TO EARN A FINAL FOUR APPEARANCE IN 1991. THEY LOST THAT YEAR IN THE SEMI’S TO VIRGINIA IN 4 OVER-TIMES. THAT VIR-

GINIA TEAM FEATURED FUTURE USMNT STAR CLAUDIO REYNA AND THE SCHOOL WENT ON TO AN UNPRECEDENTED RUN OF 4 STRAIGHT NATIONAL TITLE UNDER FUTURE US MEN’S NATIONAL TEAM COACH, BRUCE ARENA. FOLLOWING COLLEGE, MIKE WENT ON TO A PROFESSIONAL CAREER IN THE UNITED STATES AND GERMANY.

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DONAU TOURNEY. The US National Donauschwaben Tournament will also be held in Chicago Memorial Day weekend on May 28-29, 2016. This tournament is a big

part of our club’s cultural heritage and Green White has been participating in this event since 1975. We are looking forward to welcoming our fellow Donau clubs from places like Milwaukee, Akron, Philadel-phia, Mansfield, Cleveland, Detroit and more to com-pete in Open, Old-Timers, and Women’s Divisions. There will even be youth teams competing against each other in exhibition matches. The tournament is Memorial Day weekend. We’ll see you there.

60th ANNIVERSARY GALA. The biggest event of our anniversary year will be our 60th anniversary gala at Atlantis Banquets in Arling-

ton Heights. Club members from all 60 years of Green White history will be in attendance for a truly special night. Mark your calendar for October 15, 2016.

GRÜN WEISS VOR! In 1956 a few German-speaking immigrants founded a soccer club on the north side of Chicago. They called it S.C.

Grün Weiss. In celebration of our 60th anniversary, Rick Kaempfer and Todd “Fritz” Schneider have written a book chronicling the proud history of our club. That humble group of young men back in 1956



had no way of knowing their club would eventually serve thousands of members, field hundreds of teams, win scores of division, city and state titles, send nu-merous players into the professional ranks, and en-shrine more than a dozen members into the Illinois Soccer Hall of Fame. This book tells the tale of that proud 60-year journey, and features more than 170 classic photographs of the Green White family throughout the years. The authors are donating their proceeds from Grün Weiss Vor! 60 Years of Green

White Soccer to the club. Get your copy now at www.eckhartzpress.com.

SAD NEWS. In November, we lost long time member Franz Gedweg. Our condolences to his family.

WANNA CONTRIBUTE? Would you like to see more stories or photos about Green White in the next Green White Newsletter or on Facebook? Feel free to send us ideas, articles and/or pictures. Game summa-ries, feature articles, player profiles, “Where in the World?” and even “Separated at Birth” candidates are always welcome. Contact us at [email protected].

EDITOR’S NOTE. Recounts of events and quotes appearing in this newsletter are often

paraphrased, summarized or made up in their entirety.

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