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Maine East Taft

Blue Demons

Eagles

The Taft (Chicago, IL) varsity soccer team won Friday's home non-conference match against Maine East (Park Ridge, IL) by a score of 9-0.

	1	2	Final
Maine East	0	0	0
Taft	6	3	9

Final score provided by H. Bailey.

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Matchup Info

Match Stats

Maine East (24-25)

Maine East has not entered stats for this match.

Taft (24-25)

Taft

Field Stats

#	Athlete Name	Min	Goals	Asst	Pts	Stls	CK
	Team Totals	580	9	8	26	19	5
2	Ava Balmaseda (Sr)	30		1	1	2
4	Anela Tagal (So)	30
5	J. Popelka (So)	40	2	3	7	1	2
6	Adi Robinson (Sr)	30	2		4	2	1
8	Angelina Sliwa (So)	30	1	1	3
9	Lesly Patino (So)	30	2		4	1
10	Jaylene Mercado (Sr)	30		1	1	2
12	Isla Johnson (Fr)	30				1
13	V. Wyszynski (So)	30				1
14	Aria Lipa (Jr)	40				2
17	Daniella Gomez (So)	30				1
20	Lileah Polo (So)	30		1	1
22	Lejla Drndar (Jr)	40				1
23	Abigail Mercado (Fr)	40	1		2	2	2
25	Emilia Kieras (Fr)	30	1		2	1
32	Izabel Newton (Jr)	30
33	Sofia Blake (Sr)	30		1	1	1
35	Oliwia Potocki (Jr)	30				1

Taft

#	Athlete Name	G	Shots	SOG	SOG %	GWG
	Team Totals	9	14	9	.6	1
2	Ava Balmaseda (Sr)		1		.0
5	J. Popelka (So)	2	3	2	.7	1
6	Adi Robinson (Sr)	2	3	2	.7
8	Angelina Sliwa (So)	1	1	1	1.0
9	Lesly Patino (So)	2	2	2	1.0
23	Abigail Mercado (Fr)	1	2	1	.5
25	Emilia Kieras (Fr)	1	2	1	.5

Taft

Goaltending

#	Athlete Name	G. Min	OT Min	Opp SOG	GA	Saves	Save %	GAA
	Team Totals	55		1	0	1	1.0	0.000
1	Riley Cholewa (Sr)	55		1	0	1	1.0	0.000

Taft

#	Athlete Name	PK Saves	PKA	SO	Win	Loss	Tie
	Team Totals			1	1
1	Riley Cholewa (Sr)			1	1

Match Story

Illinois High School Soccer - Maine East toppled by Taft

April 11, 2025: Chicago, IL 60631

The Maine East Blue Demons soccer team (Park Ridge, IL), was overwhelmed 9-0 in Friday's non-league match with the host Taft Eagles (Chicago, IL)

With the triumph, Taft moves its record to 3-3 on the campaign. The Eagles travel to Resurrection (Chicago, IL) to meet the Bandits in a non-league match on Monday, April 14. The Bandits come into the match with a record of 4-3. Resurrection 1-1 in their recent non-league match against Ridgewood (Norridge, IL)

The Blue Demons now sport a 1-7 record. They take the field next when they host Elmwood Park for a non-league match on Monday, April 14. Maine East will meet a Tigers team coming off a 6-0 non-league win over Leyden (Franklin Park, IL). The Tigers record now stands at 3-2.

Players of the Match

Maine East (24-25)

Maine East has not selected any Players of the Match.

Taft (24-25)

Congratulations to #6 Adi Robinson for being selected the Taft Girls Soccer Player of the Match.

Maine East @ Taft Soccer Match Info

Fri., Apr. 11, 2025 @ 6:30p

The Taft (Chicago, IL) varsity soccer team won Friday's home non-conference match against Maine East (Park Ridge, IL) by a score of 9-0.

Rankings & Records

Maine East (24-25)

National	IL	Class
3,466	337	129

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	GF	GA
4-20	0-5	2-7	1-12	1-1	.167	.000	18	142

Taft (24-25)

National	IL	Class
1,739	182	87

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	GF	GA
8-9-1	2-5	5-2	2-5-1	1-2	.472	.286	31	34

Team Scoring Averages

	1	2	Final
Maine East	.5	.2	.8
Taft	.8	.9	1.7

Team Stat Comparison

Maine East		Taft
7	Goals	31
6	Assists	23
16	Shots	147
-	Steals	297
-	Goals Against Average	6.883

Team Leaders

Maine East		Taft	National Avg.
#7 Mariana Reyes8	Goals	#5 Juliette Popelka10	5
#11 Jessica Bravo9	Assists	#5 Juliette Popelka6	4
#7 Mariana Reyes15	Shots	#5 Juliette Popelka39	13
#7 Mariana Reyes2	Steals	#14 Aria Lipa48	28
-	Goals Against Average	#1 Riley Cholewa6.883	2.299

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Maine East	0-6		Taft	3-2-1

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
4/3/25	Resurrection	Maine East	(L) 7-0	4/14/25	Taft	Resurrection	(W) 1-0
4/10/25	Maine South	Maine East	(L) 9-0	3/17/25	Taft	Maine South	(L) 2-0
4/17/25	Maine East	Elk Grove	(L) 9-0	3/20/25	Taft	Elk Grove	(W) 1-0
4/22/25	Maine East	Niles West	(L) 9-0	4/7/25	Taft	Niles West	(T) 2-2
4/28/25	Lincoln Park	Maine East	(L) 8-1	4/9/25	Taft	Lincoln Park	(L) 3-1
4/29/25	Niles North	Maine East	(L) 8-0	4/5/25	Taft	Niles North	(W) 2-1

Record Breakdown

Maine East (24-25)		Taft (24-25)
4-20	Overall	8-9-1
0-5	League	3-5
2-10	Non-League	4-1-1
0-1	Head to Head	1-0
0-6	Common Opponent	3-2-1
2-7	Home	5-2
1-12	Away	2-5-1
1-1	Neutral	1-2
0-0	Playoff	0-2
4-20	In-State	8-9-1
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0