Stare Byki FC

Men's amateur soccer club, est. 1983. Our teams: First Team, Over 30/40/48, Walking Soccer.

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Who are the top 25 players in 25 years of MLS? I made a list…
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@PeterWilt1 @CoachHall10 @chicagonisa @NSLChicago @kebzach @NISALeague @ChicagoFire @rwbadria @EdgewaterCastle @AACEagles @ChicagoFCUnited @SockersChicago @WartaSoccerClub @MustangsSoccer @AACWingedbull @dkcunited Precisely why a typical amateur club is amateur.

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@chicagonisa @PeterWilt1 @kebzach @NISALeague @ChicagoFire @rwbadria @EdgewaterCastle @AACEagles @ChicagoFCUnited @SockersChicago @WartaSoccerClub @MustangsSoccer @AACWingedbull @NSLChicago Our club is strictly amateur. We have 100 members, split over 4 teams: First, O30/40/48, & a new team playing Walking Soccer. We would NEVER be part of a professional league.

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@chicagonisa @PeterWilt1 @kebzach @NISALeague @ChicagoFire @rwbadria @EdgewaterCastle @AACEagles @ChicagoFCUnited @SockersChicago @WartaSoccerClub @MustangsSoccer @AACWingedbull @NSLChicago "In" for what? Joining @NISALeague ? Going pro? Confused about what the goal is here.

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@THEChrisKessell We chose to play in @NSLChicago because they represented the top amateur competition in the Chicago area. It stellar reputation with respect to league management was also an important factor.

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@NISA2Chicago @NSLChicago @ussoccer Yeah, I don't think PLS is what prevents amateur teams from going pro. I think it's amateur teams simply wanting to be amateur teams. I have never had a leader of an amateur club say to me, "If not for the pesky PLS, we'd be on the way to playing pro."

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George Gorecki at Dignity Health Sports Park (then known as The Home Depot Center), watching @LAGalaxy v @ChicagoFire on July 4, 2007.

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George Gorecki, Ben Rodriguez, and Eric Tower at Toyota Park, watching Chicago Fire v Columbus Crew, Oct 13, 2016

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Matt Treter on the medal stand in Lake Placid. Photo taken in August 2006.

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Rich Ahrens took his @StareBykiFC scarf to Red Square in Moscow in October 2005.

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Kris Zadlo at @OfficialAlamo in San Antonio, TX. Photo taken in April 2004.

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A big group of @StareBykiFC players, friends, and family celebrated Wei Zhang getting married in 2014.

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George Gorecki and Matt Treter enjoying a @StareBykiFC social event in 2007.

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OTD 1983, @StareBykiFC played the first match in club history, a 1:1 draw. @ggorecki scores the first goal in Byki history from a set piece, the ball somehow finding its way into the back of the net.

Congratulations to everyone in the Byki Universe for 37 years of great soccer!

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Jon Busch joined the @StareBykiFC at the 2009 @ChicagoFire Kickoff Luncheon. Linda Pedlow, Steven Pedlow, Stef Wiecek, Matt Treter, @ggorecki, Laurie Gorecki and Kris Zadlo joined in for a fun day.

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Jay Brough was at @IbroxLoyals in Glasgow earlier this year.

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@ggorecki at the pre-game festivities in Cleveland for the friendly match between USA and Venezuela, May 26, 2006.

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Opening match at Toyota Park, @ChicagoFire v @NERevolution, June 2006: @ggorecki, Laurie Gorecki, Missy Lajka, Stef Wiecek, Tifanie Treter.

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2008 @ChicagoFire Kickoff Luncheon.
Vitaly Tsipris, Mark Sokolowski, Denis Hamlett, @ggorecki, Dan Blanco, Stef Wiecek, Steven Pedlow and Tifanie Treter.