Comments on: World Sport Chicago International Cup

By: Sandy

Sandy — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 14:14:35 +0000

Can someone please update the results of the games?

By: Michael

Michael — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 13:35:13 +0000

I second Steven Z’s comments. I was interested in this tournament as I thought games would be played at Toyota Park as reported by Luis Arroyave on his Red Card blog. Unfortunately, the IYSA and World Sport Chicago websites had zero information regarding schedules and locations. Thanks to SoccerLens for tracking down this information! But it shouldn’t be that hard…

By: Ahmed Bilal

Ahmed Bilal — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 07:14:45 +0000

Great work Cherie, thanks for doing this.

By: Steven Z

Steven Z — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 16:36:10 +0000

This is the first site that I have come across that actually has a schedule of the tournament. The two entities promoting the sport do not (go figure). Illinois Youth Soccer and World Sport Chicago ignored my repeated emails (it took me two emails to Chicago Sport International and 4 emails to Illinois Youth Soccer to finally get this info) requesting tournament info/schedule (side note: I finally received a copy of the schedule this morning from Chris Jamrozy at Illinois Youth Soccer – thanks Chris!). Soccer already gets a bad rub in the local/national media; it’s a shame that these organizations aren’t doing more to promote the sport. I understand that these organization do not have large marketing budgets, however, they should at least start incorporating some social media tools (inexpensive) to create some grassroots buzz at the community level.

By: thebg1

thebg1 — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:16:49 +0000

good article and detailed analysis and insight. SL, lets see more of these please.