Wilt Attempts to Bring Women's Soccer to Chicago

A women's professional soccer franchise may be coming Chicago's way in 2008, and former Fire President and General Manager Peter Wilt is leading the charge.
Wilt and the Illinois Women's Soccer League announced today that they are seeking a franchise in a new major professional women's soccer league to kickoff in Spring 2008. The group, Chicago Pro Women's Soccer, is still assembling an ownership group, but is in the process of finalizing a lease agreement to play its home games at Toyota Park.
Wilt, who is continuing his efforts to bring an MLS team to Milwaukee, announced that part of the ownership group includes Gary Weaver and Shek Borkowski who co-own FC Indiana of the WPSL. However, the group is still seeking a lead investor. “If we can secure the lead investor, I believe Chicago will be the premier team in the world's premier professional women’s soccer league,” Wilt said.