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Chicagoland Soccer Top 25





By Patrick Z. McGavin


Drum roll please, Fremd is your new no. 1.

The Vikings become the third team this season to step onto the top perch. The deeper the season goes, the more impressive their achievements become.

Fremd took over from Morton, who tied Notre Dame (Peoria) 1-1 and lost 3-0 against Marquette (Wis.) in the top bracket of the Great River Classic on Saturday in Burlington, Iowa.

Fremd defeated that Marquette team on Sept. 17 in Wisconsin.

The Vikings played just once last week, but it was a big game. Fremd beat previous no. 3 St. Charles East 2-0. It marked the first time the Fighting Saints were shutout this season, and ended a streak of 19 games, spanning to last spring, in which they scored.

Fremd has permitted just six goals in 14 games. A pair came against Evanston in a tie in the first game of the season, and two came in its shutout loss against Chaminade (Mo.). The Vikings allowed single goals in wins against Marquette and Naperville North.

Barrington is another big riser based on its performance at the same tournament. The Broncos knocked off Gateway Legacy (Mo.), which is closer to an academy team than a high school program. When the school was located in southern Illinois, the IHSA refused to accredit them and barred them from playing in the state tournament.

Barrington followed with a solid game in a 2-1 loss Friday to nationally ranked St. Thomas Aquinas (Kan.). The Broncos did not play Saturday due to their Homecoming.

Lake Zurich is the only other team to beat Barrington. The North Suburban Conference co-leading Bears delivered another impressive win when it topped previous no. 7 Rolling Meadows on Saturday.

Evanston and Lake Zurich become the top-rated teams in the poll who are not part of the Chicagoland Soccer network.

Wheaton Academy, the traditional small-school power, started very slowly and suffered a lopsided early loss against St. Charles East.

But the Warriors seem to have found themselves in a big way. They 
captured the other significant tournament action last weekend, defeating then no. 4 Evanston in the semifinals and Middleton (Wis.) in the championship of the Heartland Lodge bracket of the Great River Classic.

With rare exceptions, recent head-to-head matchups are the line of demarcation in the final rankings. Late season results take greater precedence over early season action.

The IHSA released the state tournament seeds this week. We will have more to say about that in the coming weeks.

We are clearly in the late hours of the regular season. Every game takes on more significance.

The competion ratchets up with each passing day.
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Games through Sunday
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Rk LW Team W L T Comment
12Fremd1211Caden Statz is two-way threat
21Morton1213Ivan Ramirez is a two-way presence
35New Trier1211Aidan Nicholson is a savvy talent
412York1410Joe Hernandez is creative with the ball
54Evanston1123Third at Heartland Lodge
63St. Charles E1320Will Orloff is a upfront threat
718Lake Zurich1014Statement win over Rolling Meadows
819Barrington1222Kieren Londergan moves the attack forward
99Lyons1241Anthony Curran is a developing weapon
1011OPRF1120Jadyn Hsieh-Bailey is a talent
118Benet1040Daniel Pepping a gifted shot-creator
1210Loyola922Joseph Roscoe is a dynamic creator
136Naperville N1252Tyson Amoo-Mensah is a creative force in the middle
1414LW Central1211Sandburg stops winning streak
1520Lockport1110Scored 24 goals in 3 games
167Rolling Meadows1222Aiden O’Brien is a two-way talent
1721Notre Dame1611Jack Plovanich is gifted stopper
1816Oswego East1321ZeDaniel Parodis-Yu a defensive stalwart
19NRWheaton A1141Josh Mariotti is dynamic in space
2017Warren924George McAtee rock solid at keeper
21HMStevenson1123Showdown with Lake Zurich Tuesday
22HMHinsdale C731Red Devils have beat 3 ranked teams
2321Libertyville943Felix Amyot is creative young talent
24NRCL South1322Deven Tinajero slices up the middle
2525Naperville C1160Josh Weigel is skilled with the ball
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