Team Profile

The Chicago Outfit (#36)

Travel Team Name: Syndicate

Based In: Chicago, Illinois, United States

Year Founded: 2007

Joined WFTDA: 2010

Previous Playoff and Championship Appearances: North Central Region Playoffs 2011 (5th), 2012 (8th)

2013 Season Record:

April 27 @Home vs Nashville
May 17-19 Away @ Spring Roll
June 8 Away vs Steel City
June 15 @Home vs Blue Ridge
July 20 @Home vs Ohio
August 24 @Home vs Madison

**Scores not provided

PLAYOFFS CHARTER

0 Kim Mortal
902 Hero Shima
12 Ivana Schoop
138 Lola Blow
14 The Joan Ranger
18 Matza Ball Breaker
21 Sam EH Shocker
23 The Big Lebekski
24 Queefer Sutherland
32 Pain Gwen
321 Final Frontier
43 Sneer and Loathing
62 Mah-Ko
66 Rosie the Wrecker
67 Valerie of The Dolls
708 Agony Andy
83 Lindiana Jones
86 Helsa Wayton
S0S Pippi Long Smackings

Q&A

Does your league have a motto, or words that it lives by? What is it / what are they? What does it mean to your league?
"Do the Damn Thing!" and "No Big Deal!" Do the damn thing is something we always say before we play. It just means let’s do our thing! No big deal is something we made up at regionals 2011 to say when we did something awesome. We also say it if we had a bad jam and need to reset "it was no big deal, go out there and do a better job next time!"

Has your league experienced any retirements, transfers or injuries in the past year that have made a substantial difference in your league’s play and performance?
Tons!! We have had over 15 A-team skaters retire in the last 2 years due to injuries, work, or other life changes. It has definitely made the team struggle a bit as far as rankings go, but our newer skaters are doing an amazing job stepping up and really helping keep our team strong!

What was the turning point for your league to make it to a playoff this season? Was there a BIG WIN that pushed your team over the edge?
We have had a lot of turnover in the last two seasons, and really we just decided we wanted to make it into the D1 tournament this year. We decided together that we would work extremely hard to train our newer syndicate skaters and become an amazing new solid team together!