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Chicagoland Soccer Top 25



By Patrick Z. McGavin

Normally this week would mark the beginning of the state tournament for the larger schools.

The Chicago Public League starts pool play Tuesday for its city tournament, effectively the beginning of the tournament phase.

With most conferences cutting back on travel and doing baseball-style double round-robin schedules as opposed to traditional matchups with outside conferences, the season has offered a strong opportunity to survey growth and development.

There have been some mashing together of play outside of conferences. New Trier lost to Libertyville and beat Stevenson. The Patriots just removed Libertyville from the list of teams with a perfect record with the 1-0 victory Saturday.

The double-format allows for quick turnarounds: Naperville Central and Naperville North hook up again Tuesday after their previous game ended in a double-overtime 1-1 tie.

New Trier plays Glenbrook North and Evanston this week; they previously played the Spartans to a scoreless draw and handed Evanston its only loss.

It seems pretty clear, in retrospect, that even the best teams needed a solid month of play against strong competition to get a proper feel for their place.

Top-ranked St. Charles East has seemed fully formed from the opening week. Many of the other programs are hitting their stride, making for some electrifying competition.

It is again worth pointing out that sometimes teams drop a position or two from the previous week despite not losing, or at worst, maybe having a tie. The alteration of the order is often more predicated on the rise of another team.

The top 10 teams in this week’s poll are a combined 92-6-13. The teams locked in between No.11-20 are not very far behind. Three of those teams are unbeaten and untied.

Lyons and Sandburg have yet to give up a goal this season.


Speaking of the Public League, Young and Lane return to the Top 25. Jones is hovering right behind them in the honorable mention. Young, Lane and Jones finished in the order in the regular-season standings of the Premier.

Lane is the five-time defending city champion.

The necessary focus has been on the return of the game after a lost season. It has overshadowed just how quickly the season has gone by. The start of the city tournament is a jolting reminder of how quickly everything moves.

Let’s enjoy it as it zips past us.




Games through Sunday

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Rk LW Team W L T Comment
11St. Charles East1400McKenna Gahagan solidifies middle attack
23Benet1000Frosh Ashley Donovan an emerging weapon
32Libertyville910Stevenson ends perfect run
44New Trier1113Kendall Sierens diversifies the attack
56Barrington712Nicole Gwiasda nails Fremd game-winner
65Naperville Central713Malia Velker is disruptive defender
77Loyola912Brooke Semple sparks win over Fenwick
89Warren913Katelyn Crowson scores twice against Carmel
910Sandburg1000Still unscored upon
1012Lyons900Keeper Izzy Lee unscored upon
1125St. Charles North932Sophia Sutherland comes up huge
128Naperville North621Keeper Abby Haskell has been a revelation
1311Joliet Catholic801Showdown with Benet Monday
1413Evanston1012New Trier rematch Wednesday
1516Glenbrook North803New Trier looms Monday
1618Stevenson821Impressive shutout of Libertyville
1717St. Francis800Ellie Bielenda is a freshman to watch
1821Fremd720Gemma Gillespie sharpens the middle
1924Oswego East800Mikayla Lambert stars against West Aurora
2020Cary-Grove800Confronts Prairie Ridge Tuesday
21HMYoung931Stella Ljung brings pace and shape to middle attack
22HMLane732Scout Murray is devastating in space
2322Buffalo Grove743Lost to Fremd on own-goal
2423South Elgin602Steuck sisters power defense
25NRBurlington Central1050Holds down St. Charles E

Look out for: Geneva, Wheaton North, Bartlett, Plainfield North, Highland Park, Jones, Prairie Ridge, Downers Grove South, Deerfield, Lisle, Oswego, Oak Forest, Metea Valley, Fenwick, Morton








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