Players

Neil Hlavaty enjoyed a breakout season in 2011, emerging as one of the Stars' first-choice players and finishing the season as the team's joint top scorer with six goals.

Hlavaty attended Boston University from 2005-2007 and was a second-team honoree on the National Soccer Coaches' Association of America’s All-Northeast Region team and was named America East Midfielder of the Year in 2007.

After three seasons at BU, Hlavaty joined the Cleveland City Stars of the USL-2. He played 15 times for the Stars, helping them to the 2008 USL-2 championship. He then joined Swedish side Osters IF, then in the Swedish third division. He played 12 times for Osters, starting 10 games, but his six-month contract wasn’t renewed due to a financial crunch at the club.

Hlavaty returned to Chicago and trained with Major League Soccer’s Chicago Fire reserves. He caught the eye of former Polish international and Fire player Tomasz Frankowski, who recommended Hlavaty to his hometown club, the injury-struck Jagiellonia Bralystok of the Polish first division. Hlavaty joined the club in October 2009 and appeared in three games.