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Mission Statement

Illinois FC aims to offer all young players the opportunity to reach their full potential in soccer by providing them a safe, fun and challenging environment in which to do so, through a structured training program that prepares them for the demands of high school, ODP or collegiate competition. We are committed to identifying, recruiting and promoting the education of the best youth soccer coaches in Champaign-Urbana and its surrounding communities, as well as providing opportunities for year-round play, in hopes of fostering a life-long passion for the sport on the part of all our members. We believe that soccer has a unique capacity to foster the positive physical, cognitive and social development of our children. In so doing, we strive to enhance the respectability and identity of the club within our greater community, and hope that we might be a source of pride beyond our membership alone.

Statement of Values

Illinois FC is dedicated to promoting the following values through participation in its programs:

  1. Friendship and support of others through an emphasis on teamwork.
  2. The benefit of competition and goal-setting through a proper understanding of the lessons learned from both victory and defeat.
  3. Developing a sense of commitment and bonding between parents, children and their community.
  4. The importance of attitude, acceptance and communication in achieving personal success.
  5. The importance of personal accountability in achieving group success.
  6. The development of character and courage through an honest and disciplined investment in a collective enterprise.

We further are dedicated to an organizational structure and club atmosphere patterned after traditional  soccer clubs from around the world, where each and every member has a genuine and enduring obligation to promote the success of every other member, because we believe that model is best suited to teaching the values described above.



Youth Sexual Abuse Prevention

Designated Representatives to receive report of sexual abuse or other inappropriate contact:

Director of Coaching doc@illinoisfc.com, (217) 344-9174