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Chicagoland Soccer Top 25


By Patrick Z. McGavin

A somewhat surreal week kicked off the new season. The common refrain touched all sides, the issue that was bound to complicate the opening stretch of the year.

What was the outcome after so few teams were able to get outside and play full-field soccer before the early March 11 opening date?

Those and other questions remain tantalizingly unresolved until more games are played this week.

Most grass fields proved unplayable. Snow lined a great many fields. The first week was not exactly a mulligan. Context is necessary, and the worst thing is to jump to conclusions, on either side.

“The teams that you see the first week of the season are not going to be the same that you see once we get to April or later,” one prominent coach said.

Top-ranked Barrington and Neuqua Valley played to a 1-1 draw on Thursday. The game was played with a 45-mile an hour wind. Both sides had to deal with it, and each scored when playing with the wind.

Part of the subjectivity of the poll is to reward coaches that schedule exceptionally tough opponents, like Barrington that opened with Naperville North and Neuqua Valley, or the Wildcats that started the year with an opening double against no. 1 and no. 2 (Barrington and St. Charles North, respectively).

The Lyons’ boys did the same last fall with Naperville North and Libertyville. Lyons lost both games. The Lions eventually reached a Class 3A supersectional, where they lost narrowly to now three-time state champion Naperville North.

That leads to one of the maxims of this poll: Schedules matter more than records.

The other interesting early development was how the early tournaments provided a snapshot going forward: Glenbard East and Sandburg made big leaps from the First 50 preseason poll.

Those are definitely teams on the make.

The Windy City Ram Classic is the largest ad first really significant tournament of the season. It will feature first-time entrant, new no. 7 Glenbrook South, and now no. 9 Glenbard East in a semifinal on Tuesday. That makes for a fantastic start to the week.

From here on out, the game is going to get hotter in every sense.

Records through March 16



RkLWTeamWLT
11Barrington101Tina Teik has 2 assists against Naperville N
22St. Charles North101Cece Wahlberg is back in the midfield
34New Trier002Lily Conley is skilled midfielder
45Neuqua Valley011Danielle Hopkins is a thrill to watch
53Naperville North011Reilly Riggs is an elite defender
66St. Francis000Hannah Rittenhouse is an exhilarating player
710Glenbrook S300Reached Ram Classic semifinals
88Lyons000Eileen Murphy is fun to watch
926Glenbard East300Amy Chiero sparks huge win over Andrew
107Andrew210Lost PK shootout to Glenbard E
11NRSandburg301Impressive win over Deerfield
1213Evanston200Ryann Lucas keys win over Niles North
1315WW South100Paige Miller is a dynamic talent
1422Benet200Mia Casmere off to an electric start
1516Lane100Melissa Garcia has spectacular debut for Indians
1619Fremd200Caeleigh Stone is a skilled attacking talent
1732Stagg300Looking to repeat in Windy City
1837Prairie Ridge200Strong shutout of Loyola
199Loyola010Maggie Brett is a special player
2012Deerfield210Marissa Hyland is off to fast start
21NRHersey210Chloe Sena is a gifted junior
2214Wauconda201Solid start to new season
2311Carmel110Shutout win over Lake Forest
2427Naperville C310Abbey Hillman on an early tear
2530Batavia200Anna Holcombe is a bright talent
Look out for: Maine South, Conant, Wheaton Academy, Morton, Downers Grove North, Cary-Grove, Libertyville, Geneva, Glenbrook North, Lincoln-Way West, Metea Valley, Lake Forest, St. Charles East, Lemont, Prospect.
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