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Chicagoland Soccer Top 25



By Patrick Z. McGavin


Bill Lanspeary could not really celebrate.

The veteran Lyons’ coach just watched his third-ranked players take down previous no. 2 Naperville North in a penalty shootout Saturday at New Trier to qualify for the championship of the 4th Annual Lou Malnati’s Deep Dish Classic.


Nine of the 12 teams in the field were ranked at the start of group play.

In the space of a week, Naperville North played no. 13 Evanston (4-0 win), no. 1 Libertyville (0-0) and Lyons. 

That is the equivalent of a Final Four.

Lyons’ reward for winning Saturday is a championship matchup with Loyola, who they beat 1-0 Wednesday in group play.

“This has been great to come out and play these quality teams,” Landspeary said. “It’s why you do it, in order to play these tough and competitive games.

“I think you could take 10 of these teams, mix them up and put them in the top 10 in any order.”

For soccer nerds, this week is soccer nirvana, with an incredible game in Naperville on Monday night between DuPage Valley Conference foes no. 2 Naperville Central and no. 3 Naperville North.

Naperville Central (9-0-0) is unscored upon for the season. Naperville North (9-1-1) has surrendered three goals.

The end of the week welcomes back -- after an excruciating three-year absence -- the Naperville Invitational. We have said it before in this space. It’s harder some years to win this tournament than a state championship.

The teams that have lined this Top 25 poll decorate the matchups of the Naperville Invitational.

Bolingbrook and no. 12 Warren joined the field this year. The Blue Devils’ inclusion brings the total to 12 ranked teams out of 24 total.

Twenty-seven of the 32 Class 3A state champions since 1988 are programs that played in the Naperville Invitational.

The Deep Dish Classic dominated the discussion, but it was hardly the only tournament of note. It was joined by tournaments in Plainfield and Lockport.

The winners of those tournaments are also new participants in the rankings this week.

The tournaments illustrate a palpable absence of a year ago, the loss of in-season tournaments as a way to adjudicate order and meaning to records and rankings

The tournaments are back with a vengeance, and high school soccer is better for it.


Rk LW Team W L T Comment
13Lyons800Riley Wengerd sparks the attack
24Naperville C900Sam Sharp is an electric stopper
32Naperville N911Olivia Anderson has come into her own
413Evanston811Jocelyn Leigh is creative with the ball
51Libertyville511Jenna Krakowski is dynamic in space
65Glenbrook N1000Maine South showdown Tuesday
77Barrington810Piper Lucier is a great addition to deep roster
814Loyola931Elliana Seeley is super tough on 'D'
99St. Charles N710Juliana Park is a superb talent
1010St. Charles E1020Kara Machala ignites the middle attack
118Stevenson710Injuries are mounting
126Metea Valley821Jocelyn Grabow is a fantastic talent
1311Maine South911Athletic and very talented
1412Warren612Addison Stanciak is rising freshman star
1515Oswego E710Sam McPhee is an elite keeper
1616Deerfield911Ally Linn is a two-way force
1718Benet820Annastacia Thiel is great on set pieces
1825OPRF720Dueled Benet in classic friendly
1924Batavia612Riley DiBiase is a thrilling offensive talent
2020L-W Central910Defense has been rock solid
21NRPlainfield N832Captures Plainfield Classic
2219Geneva720Caroline Madden is offensively skilled
23NRWheaton N530GK Zoey Bohmer ignites Lockport Cup title
24HMGlenbard W730Emily Roberts is a player to watch
2517New Trier542Elizabeth Marquardt is skilled young talent
Look out for: Young, Lane, Carmel, Joliet Catholic, Lockport, Fenwick, Wheaton Warrenville South, Fremd, Crystal Lake Central, Lake Zurich, Lincoln-Way East, Andrew, Saint Viator, Plainfield East, Dundee-Crown.

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