# @steelcityfc2020 on Instagram

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- **Posted:** 2024-07-16T15:54:39.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Steel City F.C (@steelcityfc2020) — https://gondola.cc/steelcityfc2020

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☀️Match Day

Less burdened by the shadows of the past, Steel City NXT takes the field against Czarni Jaslo in the semi-finals of the Under-23 Illinois State Cup.

It's a chance for these rising stars to reshape history and edge closer to breaking the ancient jinx that has haunted Joliet for 105 years - the last time a team in Illinois's third largest city lifted an Illinois State Cup.

Steel City NXT have won five of the seven Illinois State Cup matches they've played all-time. Their only two losses have been in finals.

The club remains steadfast in allowing its young players - who got them to this point - to continue representing, unlike many teams who wholesale change their squad to so-called 'first team players' in later rounds of the tournament.

Match Details:
⚔️Illinois State Cup Semi-final
🗓️Tuesday, July 16
🕣8:15pm
🆚Czarni Jaslo
🏟️Munz Field; Loyola; Glenview
📺No stream

Steel NXT State Cup History:
'22: DeKalb County 1 v. Steel City 6
'22: Steel City 3 v. Warta 2 (PKs)
'22: Steel City 0 v. Czarni Jaslo 5
'23: Steel City 2 v. Raptors 1 (PKs)
'23: FCX 0 v. Steel City 5
'23: Steel City 1 v. Berber City 4
'24: Steel City 3 v. Edgewater Castle 1

In this year's quarter-final, NXT defeated Edgewater Castle 3-1 behind Nicolas Espinosa's two goals. 

About Steel City NXT:
Steel City NXT is the clubs top Under-23 team in its third season. It is top-of-the-table in the U23 Northern Illinois Soccer League. 

In its two previous seasons it has won a league championship and finished second place in two Illinois State Cups. 

Steel City NXT is coached by Plainfield's Anthony Skrip (pictured) and trains alongside Steel City's first team in a professional environment whereby players compete for first team positions.

Also pictured, Olivet Nazarene's Carter Beckman and Eastern Illinois University's Adrian Lechuga.

📸Karin Fox
#steelcityfc czarnijaslo

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