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Chicagoland Soccer Top 25


By Patrick Z. McGavin



At last, some continuity from the previous week.

For the first time this season, the top four teams stayed unchanged. New Trier became the first top-ranked team to hold its place the week it reached the No. 1 ranking. Although Trevians coach Matt Ravenscraft did admit he was nervous.

In a compressed six-week season, every game matters. The point is brought home with a vengeance this week and it will most definitely be the case when top-ranked Trevians host no. 3 Warren on Monday night.

Unbeaten West Aurora hosts Plainfield North in a showdown of the Southwest Suburban Prairie on Wednesday.

The two teams that have laid claim as the best in the Chicago Catholic League, Loyola and newly ranked St. Laurence, will go a long way toward settling that conference race this week.

In the absence of a state tournament this year, the end-point is clear and unmistakable.

If the top was unchanged, the rest of the Top 25 had some interesting shifts. Some teams did not play this week due to spring break.

The usual caveat applies more than ever with the rankings: a team that drops is not necessarily a function of a specific result less than the rise of another team.

The usual axiom about the season being a marathon does not apply this spring. It is likely to have a profound effect going forward. The underclassmen get a quality run up to the traditional fall season that will start August 23. That is literally just around the corner, especially with summer camps and contact days.

The seniors did not get an ideal finish but a respectable one that is better than most anticipated last Christmas.

Two weeks to go, and the teams are dialed in. Let's go!



​Games through Saturday




Rk LW Team W L T Comment
11New Trier1100Dante Mitchell emerges as lethal scorer
22Lyons710Johnny Laczynski next, great program keeper
33Warren800Nathan Stutzman orchestrates skilled attack
44Benet710Hans Haenicke is dynamic scorer up-top
57St. Charles N1020Colin Michaels is hyper creative with ball
68Naperville N620Tyler Amoo-Mensah is savvy and experienced
713St. Charles E1021Connor King solidifies rapidly improving back
85Morton412Ismael Zepeda is electric in space
96Loyola510Colin Redmond is superb two-way talent
109Hersey700Eric Worwa a fine offensive threat
1110W Aurora1100Showdown with Plainfield N Wednesday
1218Leyden610Ozzie Pacheco a creative, thrilling midfield talent
1316Geneva525Dominic Peri is fast and creative in middle
1414Timothy610GK Jason Westra anchors a talented back
15NRLakes710Big win over Stevenson
1615Stevenson520Lose tough one to Lakes
1723Jacobs601Class of the Fox Valley
18HMSt. Laurence600Marquee game with Loyola
19HMDG North511Sam Bull is aggressive, physical and tough
2022Wheaton A721Giovanni Nicoski excels in gifted jr. class
2111Fenwick411Narayan Sharma infuses speed, athleticism for middle attack
22NRBuffalo Grove710OT wins over Fremd, Barrington
2324Plainfield North811Justin Williams another dynamic soph talent
2412Maine South521Jackson Wambach is exciting to watch
2520St. Patrick620Ivan Guerrero is creative talent in the middle
Look out for:  York, Oswego, Niles West, St. Ignatius, Fremd, Glenbard East, Glenbrook North, Lane, Solorio, Sandburg, Barrington, Round Lake, Shepard, North Shore Country Day, Crystal Lake South.
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