With Peter Wilt at the helm, an NASL team in Chicago city limits seems like a very real possibility. Wilt and his team have already discussed using Soldier Field as early as the 2017 season.
Take a deep breath.
The North American Soccer League is very close to coming to Chicago. What has been rumored for quite a while seems to be near reality. It’s hard not to imagine it is all but reality when you see the name Peter Wilt as the lead man for the project.
Wilt, Chicago Fire’s first ever president and a key player in the club’s creation, recently departed NASL side Indy Eleven to join Club 9 Sports in pursuit of creating a Chicago NASL team.