Chicagoland Soccer Top 25
By Patrick Z. McGavin
The last days of the regular season for the large school classification yielded some typically sharp soccer that helped illuminate the larger picture. Lane won its third-consecutive city championship with a late three-goal burst over Jones.
Top-ranked Barrington won an unprecedented sixth-consecutive MSL Cup in beating Buffalo Grove 2-0. Against one of the toughest schedules in the state (Naperville North twice, New Trier and Fremd), the Fillies had a goal differential of 74-5.
This is the final poll of the regular season. An end of the year poll will be published following the Class AA and 3A state championships June 3 at North Central College in Naperville.
The comments section is dedicated to the respective seeds of the top 25. Unless designated, the seeds refer to the Class 3A field. The rankings provide a way to adjudicate the strongest sectionals.
The Class 3A Warren Sectional features three programs ranked in the top seven and four in the top nine: Barrington, Warren, Fremd and Lake Forest. Lake Zurich is also there, as is a very dangerous Palatine team. Libertyville and Carmel are also contenders.
Lockport has three top 10 schools: Naperville North, Neuqua Valley and Metea Valley.
The Glenbrook North sectional features just one top four team (New Trier), but it has three of the hottest teams in the state: Lane, Loyola and Maine South. The Hawks are 10-1-1 in their last 12 games and features an elite scorer in senior Emma Thomson.
Hoffman Estates has two top five programs, Upstate Eight Conference River Division co-champions St. Charles North and Geneva. St. Charles North, one of two unbeatens (with Wauconda), is a no. 2-seed there. Geneva was unbeaten and untied at the time of the seeding meeting. The two schools played to a 0-0 draw in the regular season.
The weather is finally sublime, matching the quality of the soccer. The next two and a half weeks are going to be some kind of fun.
By Patrick Z. McGavin
The last days of the regular season for the large school classification yielded some typically sharp soccer that helped illuminate the larger picture. Lane won its third-consecutive city championship with a late three-goal burst over Jones.
Top-ranked Barrington won an unprecedented sixth-consecutive MSL Cup in beating Buffalo Grove 2-0. Against one of the toughest schedules in the state (Naperville North twice, New Trier and Fremd), the Fillies had a goal differential of 74-5.
This is the final poll of the regular season. An end of the year poll will be published following the Class AA and 3A state championships June 3 at North Central College in Naperville.
The comments section is dedicated to the respective seeds of the top 25. Unless designated, the seeds refer to the Class 3A field. The rankings provide a way to adjudicate the strongest sectionals.
The Class 3A Warren Sectional features three programs ranked in the top seven and four in the top nine: Barrington, Warren, Fremd and Lake Forest. Lake Zurich is also there, as is a very dangerous Palatine team. Libertyville and Carmel are also contenders.
Lockport has three top 10 schools: Naperville North, Neuqua Valley and Metea Valley.
The Glenbrook North sectional features just one top four team (New Trier), but it has three of the hottest teams in the state: Lane, Loyola and Maine South. The Hawks are 10-1-1 in their last 12 games and features an elite scorer in senior Emma Thomson.
Hoffman Estates has two top five programs, Upstate Eight Conference River Division co-champions St. Charles North and Geneva. St. Charles North, one of two unbeatens (with Wauconda), is a no. 2-seed there. Geneva was unbeaten and untied at the time of the seeding meeting. The two schools played to a 0-0 draw in the regular season.
The weather is finally sublime, matching the quality of the soccer. The next two and a half weeks are going to be some kind of fun.
| Rk | LW | School | W | L | T | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Barrington | 21 | 1 | 0 | No. 1 seed at Warren Sectional |
| 2 | 2 | SC North | 15 | 0 | 3 | No. 2 seed at Hoffman Estates |
| 3 | 3 | N North | 16 | 2 | 3 | No. 1 seed at Lockport |
| 4 | 4 | New Trier | 18 | 2 | 1 | No. 1 seed at Glenbrook North |
| 5 | 6 | Geneva | 18 | 1 | 1 | No. 1 seed at Hoffman Estates, regional host |
| 6 | 5 | Warren | 18 | 1 | 2 | Second-seeded sectional host |
| 7 | 7 | Fremd | 14 | 4 | 1 | No. 3 seed at Warren, regional host |
| 8 | 8 | Neuqua V | 10 | 3 | 4 | No. 2 seed at Lockport |
| 9 | 9 | L Forest | 11 | 4 | 1 | No. 5 seed at Warren, regional host |
| 10 | 10 | Metea V | 14 | 3 | 4 | No. 3 seed at Lockport |
| 11 | 12 | Nazareth | 18 | 2 | 1 | Top-seeded sectional host (2A) |
| 12 | 13 | Lane | 16 | 2 | 3 | No. 7 seed at Glenbrook North |
| 13 | 17 | Loyola | 15 | 6 | 0 | No. 3 seed at Glenbrook North, regional host |
| 14 | 14 | Lyons | 13 | 4 | 1 | No. 2 seed at DG North, regional host |
| 15 | 11 | Batavia | 12 | 3 | 2 | No. 3 seed at Hoffman Estates |
| 16 | NR | Maine S | 12 | 4 | 1 | No. 6 seed at Glenbrook North |
| 17 | 19 | L Zurich | 16 | 5 | 0 | No. 4 seed at Warren |
| 18 | 18 | Wauconda | 15 | 0 | 1 | No. 2 seed at Deerfield (2A) |
| 19 | 15 | DG North | 15 | 2 | 3 | Top-seeded sectional host |
| 20 | 16 | CL South | 17 | 1 | 1 | No. 1 seed at Huntley |
| 21 | 21 | GBS | 17 | 4 | 0 | No. 4 seed at Glenbrook North, regional host |
| 22 | 20 | L-W East | 14 | 3 | 1 | No. 1 seed at Sandburg, regional host |
| 23 | 23 | N Central | 10 | 7 | 4 | No. 4 seed at Lockport, regional host |
| 24 | HM | Sycamore | 16 | 1 | 4 | #1 sub-sect. seed at Hampshire, regional host (2A) |
| 25 | HM | Lemont | 15 | 1 | 4 | No. 1 seed at Marist, regional host (2A) |
Look out for: St. Charles East, Jones, Evanston, Burlington Central, Prairie Ridge, West Aurora, Latin, Minooka, Glenbard East, Libertyville, Palatine, Glenbrook North, Conant, Plainfield North, Waubonsie Valley