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Leyden Taft

Eagles

The Taft (Chicago, IL) varsity soccer team won Wednesday's home non-conference match against Leyden (Franklin Park, IL) by a score of 2-0.

	1	2	Final
Leyden	0	0	0
Taft	1	1	2

Final score provided by D. Harte.

Recap
Box Score
Awards
Matchup Info

Box Score Stats

Leyden (24-25)		Taft (24-25)
0	Corners	6
0	Offsides	1
0	Fouls	3

Match Stats

Leyden (24-25)

Leyden has not entered stats for this match.

Taft (24-25)

Taft

Field Stats

#	Athlete Name	Min	Goals	Asst	Pts	Stls	CK
	Team Totals	810	2	1	5	19	4
2	Ava Balmaseda (Sr)	70	1		2	3
4	Anela Tagal (So)	70				1
5	J. Popelka (So)	80				2	2
6	Adi Robinson (Sr)	80				2
8	Angelina Sliwa (So)	20
9	Lesly Patino (So)	35				1
10	Jaylene Mercado (Sr)	80		1	1	2	2
12	Isla Johnson (Fr)	20
13	V. Wyszynski (So)	20
14	Aria Lipa (Jr)	80	1		2	3
17	Daniella Gomez (So)	30
22	Lejla Drndar (Jr)	80				2
25	Emilia Kieras (Fr)	65				2
32	Izabel Newton (Jr)	10
33	Sofia Blake (Sr)	55				1
35	Oliwia Potocki (Jr)	15

Taft

#	Athlete Name	G	Shots	SOG	SOG %	GWG
	Team Totals	2	12	8	.7	1
2	Ava Balmaseda (Sr)	1	2	1	.5
4	Anela Tagal (So)		1	1	1.0
5	J. Popelka (So)		2	2	1.0
10	Jaylene Mercado (Sr)		2	1	.5
14	Aria Lipa (Jr)	1	2	1	.5	1
25	Emilia Kieras (Fr)		2	2	1.0
33	Sofia Blake (Sr)		1		.0

Taft

Goaltending

#	Athlete Name	G. Min	OT Min	Opp SOG	GA	Saves	Save %	GAA
	Team Totals	80		0	0	0	.0	0.000
1	Riley Cholewa (Sr)	80		0	0	0	.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 - Leyden Taft

April 30, 2025: Chicago, IL 60631

The Leyden Eagles soccer team (Franklin Park, IL), 2-0 in Wednesday's non-league match with the host Taft Eagles (Chicago, IL)

With the triumph, Taft moves its record to 7-7 on the campaign. The Eagles host Westinghouse (Chicago, IL) to meet the Warriors in a non-league match on Monday, May 5. The Warriors come into the match with a record of 9-1. Westinghouse won 2-1 in their recent league match against Steinmetz College Prep (Chicago, IL)

The Eagles now sport a 7-7 record. They take the field next when they travel to Glenbard North for a non-league match on Monday, May 5. Leyden will meet a Panthers team coming off a 6-0 non-league loss to Glenbard East (Lombard, IL). The Panthers record now stands at 5-8.

Players of the Match

Leyden (24-25)

Leyden has not selected any Players of the Match.

Taft (24-25)

Congratulations to #10 Jaylene Mercado for being selected the Taft Girls Soccer Player of the Match.

Leyden @ Taft Soccer Match Info

Wed., Apr. 30, 2025 @ 6:30p

The Taft (Chicago, IL) varsity soccer team won Wednesday's home non-conference match against Leyden (Franklin Park, IL) by a score of 2-0.

Rankings & Records

Leyden (24-25)

National	IL	Class
2,778	277	118

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Win %	Conference %	GF	GA
7-12-1	1-5	3-6	4-6-1	.375	.167	15	54

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
Leyden	.3	.5	.8
Taft	.8	.9	1.7

Team Stat Comparison

Leyden		Taft
14	Goals	31
10	Assists	23
-	Shots	147
-	Steals	297
-	Goals Against Average	6.883

Team Leaders

Leyden		Taft	National Avg.
#7 Makayla Hernandez4	Goals	#5 Juliette Popelka10	5
#12 Kim Pazos4	Assists	#5 Juliette Popelka6	4
-	Shots	#5 Juliette Popelka39	13
-	Steals	#14 Aria Lipa48	28
-	Goals Against Average	#1 Riley Cholewa6.883	2.299

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Leyden	0-1		Taft	0-1

Date	Away	Home	Result		Date	Away	Home	Result
5/15/25	Lincoln Park	Leyden	(L) 4-0		4/9/25	Taft	Lincoln Park	(L) 3-1

Record Breakdown

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