3 Team Chicago Academy teams were in action at the Rockford, IL Midwest Regional League (MRL) weekend over the past two days, and they all came away with two vital wins to kick-off their MRL seasons.

Team Chicago Academy-Eagles came away with two great victories in the U14 Boys First Division West White bracket. Yesterday, the Eagles faced VSA Premier from Iowa and won 8-0. Dominic Duffy, Max Graf, James Zhang, Victor Cuevas and Alex Filo all scored. Today, the Eagles faced JUSC Premier, also from Iowa, and they came back from being down 2-0 in the first half. The half ended at 2-2. The final score was 5-2. Dominic Duffy, Wesley Anderson, Emerson Beinhauer and Max Graf all scored in that game.

Team Chicago Academy-Internacional also won both its game in the U16 Girls First Division White. On Saturday Internacional dominanted their MRL opener against Vardar from Michigan in a 2-0 victory. Kylie Czerwinski and Tori Christiansen had a great combination that resulted in Christiansen driving the ball far post pass the Vardar goalie to put Internaconal up 1-0 at the half. Internacional struck again 5 mins into the 2nd half when Miranda Lambert made a solo run beating 2 Vardar defenders and blasted the ball into the back of the net from 18 yards out.

On Sunday Internacional continued its dominance in this weekend’s MRL games with another win. This time it was a 3-0 win over Waza FC from Michigan. Internacional got on the board early when Kylie Czerwinski slotted a free kick into the box where Caitlin LaRocque ran onto the ball striking it one time into the net. A few mins later Internacional went ahead 2-0 when Alena Sidwell placed a beautiful ball through to Miranda Lambert who beat the goalie with a far-post finish. Internacional continued to dominate the game in 2nd half with possession. At the 60 min mark, Czerwinski put the game out of reach for Waza when she bent the ball into the back of the net off a corner kick.

In the U14 Girls First Division West Green Team Chicago Academy-Brasilia defeated JUSC Premier 1-0 on Saturday on a goal by Jasmine Ruiz assisted by Emma Morgan. And on Sunday Brasilia defeated KC Legends 2-1 on goals by Jasmine Ruiz & Maddie Lambert assisted by Hannah Davies and Emmerson Fuller.