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Chicagoland Soccer Top 25



By Patrick Z. McGavin

The final week of the regular season has many overlapping actions.

For our purposes, it marks the penultimate, or second to last in a series, or the second to final work of a writer’s body of work.

Next week posits the final Top 25 poll for the regular season. After that we let the playoffs play out before we close out with the Final 50, the bookend to the First 50, that was published before the season started. The final looks include teams fall all parts of Illinois.

No two seasons are ever wholly alike in soccer. Certain recurrent themes appear, like the topsy-turvy nature of the no. 1 team.

Less than a week after taking the top spot, Fremd drops a couple of spots after its 1-0 overtime loss against rival Barrington on Saturday.

It's was a wild week in the Mid-Suburban League, and elsewhere.

The Broncos lost to Buffalo Grove in the 80th minute and then turned around for the epic clash with the Vikings. The Buffalo Grove loss deprived the Broncos of a chance to play for the MSL Soccer Bowl on Thursday.

A similar scenario played out in the West Suburban Conference Silver Division.

Oak Park and River Forest beat Lyons, which beat York. Then the Huskies lost to Glenbard West.

Oak Park and River Forest has beaten both York and Lyons. Natch, the Huskies get the benefit of the doubt with regard to the rankings.

The final week of the regular-season will also function as a kind of preview of the state tournament, working off the seeds and trying to assess the best sectionals.

New Trier is the new no. 1 on the basis of its title victory in dramatic fashion over Niles North in the Central Suburban League conference championship.

The Trevians also beat Warren 1-0 on Friday night. Warren captured the North Suburban Conference, historically one of the strongest conferences in the state.

Conference titles mean something, though they will fade as state tournament accomplish begin to add up.

Things are eventually going to shake out. That’s still a couple of weeks off. Until then, enjoy the chaotic nature of a game that rarely if ever settles down.



Editor's note: For those of us who celebrate such things, this is the 100th edition of the Chicagoland Soccer Top 25. We think it has become part of the soccer landscape and adds to the enjoyment of the high school game, and we enjoy bringing it to you. As always, thanks for your readership and support of Chicagoland Soccer.

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Games through Sunday
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Rk LW Team W L T Comment
13New Trier1411Will Pasia is a shot creator
22Morton1413Edgar Quintero is emerging weapon for Mustangs
38Barrington1232Kyle Wanca is an elite defender
41Fremd1421Will Mayer beats clock against Rolling Meadows
55Evanston1223Only team to beat New Trier
613Naperville N1552Alex Arredondo is disruptive back
710OPRF1330Ben Nisbet is aggressive and skilled
89Lyons1351Fisher Daniels is electric defender
94York1520Ricardo Torres is skilled keeper
1017Notre Dame1812Paul Harris keys victory over Benet
116St. Charles E1430Will Orloff is another offensive threat
1212Loyola923Oscar Duenkel solidifies the middle attack
137Lake Zurich1224Second place in North Suburban
1411Benet1241Brendan Forsythe stabilizes the middle
1514LW Central1511Sleeper in 3A state tournament
1615Lockport1310Big win over Sandburg
1719Wheaton A1241Mariotti brothers double trouble
1820Warren1134Lucas Ahonen is versatile talent
1916Rolling Meadows1232Brayan Botello is intriguing talent
2018Oswego E1441Grant Glorioso is a steady presence in middle
2124CL South1522Tomasz Slawek is skilled two-way talent
2222Hinsdale Central932Offensive explosion against DG North
2325Naperville C1261Carter Adams offers positional flexibility
24HMMount Carmel1131Battles Marmion for CCL Blue crown Tuesday
25NRPayton161314-game unbeaten streak, city semis Tuesday
Look out for: Stevenson, Libertyville, Glenbrook South, Niles North, Elk Grove, West Aurora, Plainfield East, Romeoville, Plainfield North, Plainfield Central, Timothy, Huntley, Prospect, Hersey, Young
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