The Storm played home games during its first two seasons at the
UIC Pavilion on the
West Side of
Chicago. Former
Chicago Sting and
Chicago Fire soccer great
Frank Klopas coached the team during its first two seasons, and
Ted Chronopoulos captained the team for their inaugural 2004 season.
Chicago Sting leading scorer
Karl-Heinz Granitza worked for the club's front office in 2005. In 2005–06, the Storm started the season with a 2–6 record but improved over the second half of the season to make the play-offs. With attendance an issue, the team moved its home games to the newly built
Sears Centre in
Hoffman Estates, a northwest suburb of Chicago, for the 2006–07 season. Steve Morris, a former Illinois soccer player of the year, replaced Klopas as coach for the 2006–07 season. The Storm had a developmental team in 2008 called the Tormenta. They made the playoffs that year despite a late season slide, but lost to Monterrey in the quarterfinals after losing on a golden goal. After the MISL folded, the Storm played in the
Xtreme Soccer League. After the XSL folded with just one year of play, the Storm joined the Ultimate Soccer League. ==Year-by-year==