NAZ United F.C. Summer Soccer Camps

NAZ United F.C. Summer Soccer Camps offer summer soccer training led by licensed coaches. The camps include goalkeeper-specific training and may be divided into two or three groups based on skill level depending on the number of campers. Space is limited and will be assigned on a first come first served basis.

• Ages: 7–15 years old
• Schedule: June 9th–July 31st, 2025, with 7 camp weeks meeting 2 times per week for a total of 14 sessions
• Price: $275 for NAZ United Players; $325 for Non-NAZ United Returning Fall players

The girls’ camp is led by Hailey Bartlaga, who graduated from the University of Saint Francis with a degree in elementary education and played three years of collegiate soccer, earning CCAC All-Academic Team honors in 2022 and serving as team captain her senior year. She previously played three varsity seasons at Lockport Township High School, was a captain her senior year, and was a member of the first-ever Naz United F.C. team. The boys’ camp is led by Drake Silver, Director of Player Development at NAZ United F.C., who graduated from Olivet Nazarene University in 2020 with a degree in marketing and played four years of college soccer at Olivet Nazarene University and Moraine Valley Community College, earning CCAC All-Academic Team honors in 2020. He played club soccer at the NISL National Premier Level 1, where his team was nationally ranked and competed internationally, and he played high school soccer at Lockport High School, making varsity as a sophomore and receiving all-sectional honors as a senior. Hailey and Drake are joined by additional experienced assistant trainers, and coaches are licensed by US SOCCER with continuing annual education requirements focused on player safety and quality instruction.

Players are to arrive at 6:20pm, perform their own warm-ups, and be ready to start at 6:30pm sharp. The girls’ camp meets on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 6:20pm to 8:00pm, and the boys’ camp meets on Mondays and Wednesdays from 6:20pm to 8:00pm, with no camp June 30th through July 4th. The camp pricing and duration take into account that players may need to miss some sessions due to summer vacations and other events.

NAZ United F.C. is a competitive, not-for-profit travel soccer organization founded in 2010 by Dean Silver in association with the First Church of the Nazarene in Lemont, Illinois. The club was founded as an extension of the church’s recreation program and draws players and families from nearby Illinois cities such as Lemont, Homer Glen, Orland Park, Lockport, Crest Hill, Palos Park, Darien, Willow Springs, Worth, and Tinley Park. While affiliated with the Chicago First Church of the Nazarene in Lemont, NAZ United welcomes players and parents from all beliefs on its teams. NAZ United F.C. focuses on developing players for success in both soccer and life, instilling character values and life skills of teamwork, sportsmanship, respect, commitment, effort, and overcoming adversity, and it offers a family-first-fit approach to the travel soccer experience. Programs are designed to work within busy school and work schedules, and communication is facilitated with all schedules and locations accessible using the TeamSnap application.

NAZ United F.C. states that it strives to train and coach children to play competitive soccer and at the same time instill values and life lessons to better equip them to succeed in all areas of life’s competitions.

Last updated January 14, 2026.