Leadership

Matt Rosine, Founder & Director

Landing in Chicago from the great city of Brighton, England in 2005, Matt quickly began to miss the culture of Football, AKA Soccer, that he left behind.

With a long background in marketing and advertising, an avid Chelsea and England fan, and a soccer skill level that was in desperate need of improvement, Matt founded the Windy City Wanderers FC in the summer of 2006. His initial idea was to find a handful of people to “kick the ball around” a couple of times a week, but it quickly evolved into a mission to make Chicago THE soccer city in the USA.

On a continual journey to surround himself with positive people who share his vision, Matt’s main role is to continually develop the long term goals of WCW and work with both the members of the club and strategic partners to promote the sport of soccer in Chicago. Establishing new opportunities for Chicago's adults to play soccer and bringing complete beginners into the game are priority number one for him.

When Matt isn't working the phones, sending emails, making deals or plotting the future of WCW, you can find him out on the field setting up goals or in the laundromat washing hundreds of pinnies!

Matt is married to his beautiful wife Shannon (who frequently upstages him on the soccer field), and they have a baby daughter together, Ella Sophia. Their dog Pickles is official club mascot, and longs for the summer months when she can be out terrorizing innocent soccer balls everywhere.