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Chicagoland Soccer Top 25

By Patrick Z. McGavin


After he scored a goal and registered four assists in leading Libertyville past host New Trier in the championship of the Northside College Showcase on Saturday in Northfield, star forward Ryan Wittenbrink talked about his team’s participation in the elite tournament.

“We wanted to schedule hard, especially early on. We wanted to test ourselves, see where we are at, figure out our weaknesses and then build off of that,” he said. “We do not shy away. We are not going to back down. I think it is great to test yourselves against top teams in the state early on.”

This reiterates the point of last week. The season is two weeks old now, and separation has started to take place. The New Trier tournament featured five teams in the top eight, including the the teams locked in 5-8.

Are this year’s Wildcats possibly more explosive than the 2015 Class 3A state championship team?

“It’s early to tell,” Wittenbrink said. “There are definitely signs of that caliber on this team. We have very high expectations, we have very high goals, just as we did my sophomore year. We are just trying to be consistent. We have the capabilities, and now we just have to stay at it and keep working hard.”

Schedules matter, competition matters. Bradley-Bourbonnais is still undefeated but beating an outmatched Bishop McNamara team by the margin of 10-0 says very little about the Boilermakers' actual level of accomplishment. Libertyville played  games Lyons, Glenbrook North and New Trier
in successive and jumped up to no. 2. The last two large-schools state champions now occupy the top poll positions.

Top-ranked Naperville North made history, becoming the first program to win the coveted Best of the West Tournament three-consecutive years.

The movement in the top 10 was largely unchanged. New teams and emerging programs now dot the lower end of the Top 25.

Woodstock and St. Edward are undefeated after two weeks, but the strength of schedule makes it hard to adjudicate their numbers so far. Those two, like others, populate the teams to look out for list.


RankLWSchoolWLTComment
11Naperville N701Ethan Harvey sparks tournament title
23Libertyville401Thomas Pearson is stellar keeper
32Bradley-B400Unbeaten in regular season last two years
44Morton501Beats Hinsdale Central for Red Devil Cup
56New Trier510Ryan Krueger is major talent
65Waukegan411Bulldogs off to suggestive start
77Lyons321Charlie Clarke is top offensive threat
88Glenbrook N411Fraser all-tourney at N'side Showcase
911Evanston410Easily win own tournament
10NRGlenbrook S510Stuns Wheeling for Titan Invitational title
1112Barrington420Rips Jacobs for own tournament title
1218Argo500Meets Bremen in Windy City final Monday
13HMBremen610Third-straight Windy City title appearance
14NRPrairie Ridge500Wolves are greatly improved
1521Mount Carmel510Plays Bloom in Windy City consolation final
1617Dundee-Crown500Chargers off to great start
179Latin410Win streak stopped by University (Chic)
1810Wheeling421Runner-up at Titan Invitational
1913Maine South420Top threat to New Trier in CSL South
2016Lane311Return of Marcin Kieta sparks offense
21HMTaft402Patrick Knap is carrying Eagles
2222St. Ignatius312Rudy Bieglmeier impresses in Red Devil Cup
23NRLake Park401Sebastian Glodz powers Lancers to own title
24NRCL South510Brad Grabowski keys fast Gators’ start
25NRPlainfield C401Surprise early team belongs
Look out for: Plainfield South, Naperville Central, St. Charles North, Loyola, Round Lake, Streamwood, Geneva, St. Edward, Carmel, Oak Park and River Forest, Woodstock, University (Chicago), Wheaton Academy, Conant, Leyden, Prospect.
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