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FIELD INFORMATION

FIELD CONDITIONS HOTLINE / FIELD OPEN OR CLOSED?

For fields located in Oak Park (not all are), phone:

708-524-0273 or 708-725-2720 (same recording)

This message is maintained and updated by the Park District of Oak Park, usually by 3:30pm on weekdays. Weekends: it could be updated at any time. If in doubt, err on the side of caution and preservation of the field. In the absence of any information from the Park District, the decision is to be made by the referee and with input from the team coaches.


GAME DAY: 
Visiting teams should always contact the Strikers’ team manager directly (home or cell phone) to verify there have been no changes in field status. A field could be closed in the morning and opened by afternoon.


FIELD DIRECTIONS

BONNIE BRAE: (IWSL FIELD #411; NISL field #748) 
From I-290: Take the Harlem Av exit and drive north on Harlem. At Lake St., turn left (west). Drive one block to the light at Bonnie Brae. Field is on the right (north). From the North: Drive south on Harlem Av until the light at Lake St. (4th traffic light south of Rt. 64 (North Ave & Harlem). Turn right (west) on Lake St. Drive one block to Bonnie Brae.
Field is on your right (north).


CARROLL CENTER FIELD:
Address: 1125 S. Kenilworth St., and Fillmore. 2 blocks east of Oak Park Ave. 1 block north of Roosevelt Rd (a.k.a. 12th street).


FOX PARK: (IWSL FIELD # 521, NO FIELD NUMBER FOR NISL)
TAKE I-290 TO AUSTIN BLVD, THEN NORTH ON AUSTIN BLVD TO JACKSON BLVD. TURN LEFT (WEST) ON JACKSON BLVD TO THE FIELD AT THE NE CORNER OF JACKSON & OAK PARK AVE.


LONGFELLOW PARK (IWSL FIELD #277; NO FIELD NUMBER FOR NISL)
LOCATED IN OAK PARK AT THE CORNER OF RIDGELAND AND JACKSON STREETS. THE PARK IS LOCATED BETWEEN RIDGELAND AND CUYLER (E-W) AND JACKSON AND ADAMS (N-S). TAKE I-290. EXIT AT AUSTIN BLVD. GO NORTH ON AUSTIN TO JACKSON ST. TURN LEFT (WEST) ON JACKSON. DRIVING WEST, THE SECOND TRAFFIC LIGHT IS RIDGELAND.


LINDBERG PARK: (IWSL FIELD # 424; NISL FIELD # 195)
LINDBERG PARK HAS 3 FIELDS: #1 IS THE LARGE SOUTH FIELD ON GREENFIELD. #2 IS THE MIDDLE FIELD. #3 IS THE UPPER NORTH FIELD WHICH IS ON LEMOYNE PARKWAY. TAKE I-290 (EISENHOWER EXPRESSWAY) TO HARLEM AVENUE, EXITING NORTH ONTO HARLEM AVE. DRIVE NORTH ON HARLEM TO GREENFIELD (GREENFIELD IS 2 BLOCKS SOUTH OF HWY 64 /NORTH AVE). TURN EAST ONTO GREENFIELD AND DRIVE FOR 3 BLOCKS. THE FIELDS ARE ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE STREET NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF GREENFIELD AND FOREST AVENUES.


OPRF HIGH SCHOOL FIELD #2 (IWSL FIELD #429; NISL FIELD #196) 
FIELD #2 IS THE “LAKE STREET” FIELD, NOT THE STADIUM FIELD. LOCATED AT OAK PARK & RIVER FOREST HIGH SCHOOL IN OAK PARK, IL, ON LAKE STREET, BETWEEN SCOVILLE AVE. & EAST AVE. FIELD #2 IS ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF LAKE STREET. TAKE I-290. EXIT HARLEM AVE. GO NORTH ON HARLEM TO LAKE STREET. TURN RIGHT (EAST) FOR 1 MILE TO EAST AVE. CORNER OF EAST AVENUE AND LAKE ST


TAYLOR PARK (IWSL FIELD #427; NO FIELD NUMBER FOR NISL)
EISENHOWER (I-290) TO AUSTIN BLVD. NORTH ON AUSTIN BLVD TO DIVISION ST. WEST ON DIVISION ST. APPROX. EIGHT (8) BLOCKS TO TAYLOR PARK (ONE BLOCK WEST OF RIDGELAND AVE AT DIVISION AND ELMWOOD. LOCATED ON NORTH SIDE OF DIVISION.


THATCHER WOODS PRACTICE/CLINIC FIELD
From the intersection of Chicago Avenue and Thatcher (by the Trailside Museum) proceed west on Chicago Avenue and look for the immediate right turn into the Forest Preserve. Follow the winding road through the woods to the fields.


TRITON COLLEGE FIELD IN RIVER GROVE, IL: (NISL FIELD #756) 
From the intersection of Rt. 64 (North Ave). & 1st Ave, Melrose Park (Kiddieland):
Drive west on Rt. 64 for 0.2 miles to the light at 5th Ave. Turn right (going north) on 5th Ave. for 0.5 miles and turn left at the sign for Cernan Space Center, Triton College. Do not park near that entrance; you will be ticketed. Pull in and drive north, and park in the north lot. The sunken soccer field is located just north of the Cernan Space Center area.
Click on the mapquest address below and then when you are looking at the map, click on the upper right hand button "aerial photo". You'll see the sunken field just north of the building where you pull in from 5th Ave. Click HERE for MapQuest Map