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Taft Jones

Eagles

The Jones (Chicago, IL) varsity soccer team won Friday's home conference match against Taft (Chicago, IL) by a score of 3-2.

	1	2	Final
Taft	0	2	2
Jones	2	1	3

Final score provided by S. Mulac.

Recap
Box Score
Awards
Matchup Info

Box Score Stats

Taft (24-25)		Jones (24-25)
3	Corners	0
2	Fouls	0

Match Stats

Jones (24-25)

Taft

Field Stats

#	Athlete Name	Min	Goals	Asst	Pts	Stls	CK
	Team Totals	810	2	2	6	23	3
2	Ava Balmaseda (Sr)	80				2
4	Anela Tagal (So)	65				1
5	J. Popelka (So)	80	1	1	3	1	2
6	Adi Robinson (Sr)	80		1	1	3
9	Lesly Patino (So)	15				1
10	Jaylene Mercado (Sr)	40
12	Isla Johnson (Fr)	15				1
13	V. Wyszynski (So)	15				1
14	Aria Lipa (Jr)	80				2
17	Daniella Gomez (So)	65	1		2	2
20	Lileah Polo (So)	55				2
22	Lejla Drndar (Jr)	80				3
23	Abigail Mercado (Fr)	80				3	1
25	Emilia Kieras (Fr)	60				1

Jones

Field Stats

Athlete Name	Goals	Asst	Pts
Team Totals	3	3	9
Alyssa Ramos (So)	3		6
Riga Kallaba (Jr)		3	3

Taft

#	Athlete Name	G	Shots	SOG	SOG %
	Team Totals	2	11	8	.7
4	Anela Tagal (So)		1	1	1.0
5	J. Popelka (So)	1	3	2	.7
10	Jaylene Mercado (Sr)		1	1	1.0
14	Aria Lipa (Jr)		1	1	1.0
17	Daniella Gomez (So)	1	1	1	1.0
23	Abigail Mercado (Fr)		2	1	.5
25	Emilia Kieras (Fr)		2	1	.5

Jones

#	Athlete Name	G	Shots	SOG	SOG %	PKG	PKA	GWG	YC	RC
	Team Totals	3						1
	Alyssa Ramos (So)	3						1

Taft

Goaltending

#	Athlete Name	G. Min	OT Min	Opp SOG	GA	Saves	Save %	GAA
	Team Totals	80		7	3	4	.6	3.000
1	Riley Cholewa (Sr)	80		7	3	4	.6	3.000

Jones

Goaltending

#	Athlete Name	G. Min	OT Min	Opp SOG	GA	Saves	Save %	GAA
	Team Totals	80			2	5		2.000
	Ruby Miller (Jr)	80			2	5		2.000

Taft

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

Jones

#	Athlete Name	PK Saves	PKA	SO	Win	Loss	Tie
	Team Totals				1
	Ruby Miller (Jr)				1

Match Story

Illinois High School Soccer - Taft nudged by Jones

April 18, 2025: Chicago, IL 60605

The Taft Eagles soccer team (Chicago, IL), was tipped 3-2 in Friday's league match with the host Jones Eagles (Chicago, IL)

With the triumph, Jones moves its record to 5-3 on the campaign. The Eagles travel to Lincoln Park (Chicago, IL) to meet the Lions in a Chicago Public Premier match on Monday, April 21. The Lions come into the match with a record of 10-3. Lincoln Park lost 3-1 in their recent non-league match against Addison Trail (Addison, IL)

The Eagles now sport a 5-4 record. They take the field next when they travel to Whitney Young for a Chicago Public Premier match on Monday, April 21. Taft will meet a Dolphins team coming off a 2-2 league Amundsen (Chicago, IL). The Dolphins record now stands at 3-4.

Players of the Match

Taft (24-25)

Congratulations to #22 Lejla Drndar for being selected the Taft Girls Soccer Player of the Match.

Jones (24-25)

Jones has not selected any Players of the Match.

Taft @ Jones Soccer Match Info

Fri., Apr. 18, 2025 @ 5p

Jones Field

The Jones (Chicago, IL) varsity soccer team won Friday's home conference match against Taft (Chicago, IL) by a score of 3-2.

Rankings & Records

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

Jones (24-25)

National	IL	Class
592	75	47

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	GF	GA
12-7-2	4-3	7-1-2	3-6	2-0	.619	.571	74	47

Team Scoring Averages

	1	2	OT1	OT2	Final
Taft	.8	.9	0	0	1.7
Jones	1.5	1.7	0	2.0	3.5

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Head-to-Head

Jones won on 4/18/2025

4/18 @ 5p 1 2 Final

Taft 0 2 2
Jones 2 1 3

The Taft (Chicago, IL) varsity soccer team lost Friday's away conference match against Jones (Chicago, IL) by a score of 3-2.
Box score
Jones won on 5/20/2025

5/20 @ 7p 1 2 OT1 OT2 Final

Jones 0 1 0 2 3
Taft 0 1 0 0 1

The Jones (Chicago, IL) varsity soccer team won Tuesday's neutral playoff match against Taft (Chicago, IL) in overtime by a score of 3-1.
Box score

5/20 @ 7p	1	2	OT1	OT2	Final
Jones	0	1	0	2	3
Taft	0	1	0	0	1

Team Stat Comparison

Taft		Jones
31	Goals	74
23	Assists	74
147	Shots	-
297	Steals	-
6.883	Goals Against Average	2.293

Team Leaders

Taft		Jones	National Avg.
#5 Juliette Popelka10	Goals	Alyssa Ramos20	5
#5 Juliette Popelka6	Assists	Alyssa Ramos18	4
#5 Juliette Popelka39	Shots	-	13
#14 Aria Lipa48	Steals	-	28
#1 Riley Cholewa6.883	Goals Against Average	Mia Miranda0	2.299

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Taft	2-5		Jones	5-5

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
4/2/25	Lane Tech	Taft	(L) 6-0	4/4/25	Lane Tech	Jones	(L) 4-0
				5/9/25	Jones	Lane Tech	(L) 3-0
				5/23/25	Jones	Lane Tech	(L) 5-1
4/9/25	Taft	Lincoln Park	(L) 3-1	4/21/25	Jones	Lincoln Park	(W) 9-1
				5/6/25	Lincoln Park	Jones	(W) 5-2
4/16/25	Payton College Prep	Taft	(W) 4-0	4/23/25	Payton College Prep	Jones	(W) 9-1
4/21/25	Taft	Whitney Young	(L) 4-0	4/28/25	Jones	Whitney Young	(L) 6-3
				5/16/25	Jones	Whitney Young	(W) 2-1
4/23/25	Taft	Amundsen	(L) 3-1	4/9/25	Jones	Amundsen	(L) 3-2
5/7/25	Taft	Amundsen	(L) 5-1
4/28/25	Hancock	Taft	(W) 2-0	4/2/25	Jones	Hancock	(W) 7-0

Record Breakdown

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