Olympiacos claimed first place in the US Club Soccer National Cup Championships after the U-14 team of our school in Chicago won the grand final of the tournament which was held in Grand Park Soccer Complex in Indiana! Thus writing their name in golden letters in Olympiacos history!
After first securing a win against Caimans from Florida and two draws against GPS-NH Classics from New Hampshire and STA Morris United from New Jersey, Olympiacos reached the final and prevailed 2-0 against Maui United from Hawaii!
The final on Monday was a perfect ending for the U-14 team after securing five other championships (US Club Midwest Region Champions, US Club NISL Cup Champions, Novi Jaguar Invitational Champions, Chicago Fire Mustang Cup Champions, and Chicago Indoor League Champions) and deserve the credit for making the Olympiacos family proud!
The players of the U-14 team are: Jared Albert, Rigo Cano, Julian Christov, Jake Davidson, Raven Dziedzinski, Adrian Garces, Juan Guzman, Eduardo Hernandez, German Hernandez, Dane Hoare, Noah Jackson, Jason Martinez, Manuel Mendoza, David Muratalla, Michael Perez, Antonio Salgado, Niklas Stateczny, Jason Ybarra, Avery Zimmerman, Sebastian Contreras, Leonardo Haro, and Zach Bargas.
Head Coach Nelo Nightingale and assistant coaches: German Hernandez, Kenny Nightingale, Yohance Moore.
The head of Olympiacos Chicago, Mr. John Kosmas, talking about the team’s success said: “We cannot believe that we are the first in the US. Congratulations to the players and the coaches. It was a wonderful year and will never be forgotten. We are proud to represent a huge club like Olympiacos and of course Greece in the US. We work every day for our club and success like this makes us stronger. More and more in our city know about Olympiacos and their exploits in the Champions League and now they see the great success of our academy in the US.
This is a special team as they really work hard at everything they do and they are really supported by their families. We are talking about an Olympiacos family and this particular team, players and parents have really captured the “Olympiacos Family Spirit”! They attend our events, support us etc. But it comes down to the hard work of everyone involved with that team and that is why they are seeing much success.”
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