Background
Fajkus grew up in Cicero, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago where he attended Burnham Grade School.
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Charlie Fajkus
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Fajkus grew up in Cicero, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago where he attended Burnham Grade School. He attended Wheaton Central High School from 1973 to 1975. In his time on the Wheaton boys soccer team, he assisted on 56 goals in 43 games which places him fourteenth on the Illinois state high school career list.
As a senior, he also led the Tigers Varsity to 2nd Place in the 1974 Illinois State Soccer Tournament (IHSA), dropping the final to New Trier West 1-0 in 4 overtimes.
Fajkus also played for the Sparta F.C. youth teams growing up. After graduating from high school, Fajkus attended Indiana University where he played on the men"s soccer team from 1975 to 1978.
During his four seasons, he scored thirty-eight goals and assisted on thirty-eight other goals while the Hoosiers went to the 1976 and 1978 National Collegiate Athletic Association championship games. Unofficially, the Hoosiers were the 1978 Champions because San Francisco later vacated the title due to the use of an ineligible player.
Career
He also earned three caps with the United States. national team between 1982 and 1985. In 1979, the Chicago Sting of the North American Soccer League () selected Fajkus in the College Draft. He immediately stepped into the lineup, seeing time in nineteen games.
Over the next five season, Fajkus was an integral part of the Sting as they went to the 1981 championship.
In 1984, Fajkus started the season with the Sting, but was traded on July 10, 1984 along with Ricardo Alonso to the Golden Bay Earthquakes for Manny Rojas and Hayden Knight. At the end of the 1982 season, the Sting entered the Major Indoor Soccer League () during the off-season.
Fajkus found himself back in when the Kansas City Comets purchased his contract from the Earthquakes on September 19, 1985. Fajkus signed a two year contract and stayed with the club through the 1986-1987 season.
At the end of that season, he moved back to the Chicago Sting for their last season in existence.
Fajkus retired from playing professionally at the end of the season. First game came in the only United States. game of 1982 when the United States. beat Trinidad Tobago on March 21, 1982. He did not play again until October 6, 1984 when the United States. defeated the Netherlands Antilles.
His last game came on May 15, 1985, another victory over Trinidad Tobago.
Membership
Fajkus is a member of the Illinois Soccer Hall of Fame.
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