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Taft Niles North

Eagles

Vikings

The Niles North (Skokie, IL) varsity soccer team lost Saturday's home non-conference match against Taft (Chicago, IL) by a score of 2-1.

	1	2	Final
Taft	0	2	2
Niles North	1	0	1

Final score provided by D. Harte.

Recap
Box Score
Awards
Matchup Info

Box Score Stats

Taft (24-25)		Niles North (24-25)
7	Corners	0
0	Offsides	0
5	Fouls	0

Match Stats

Taft (24-25)

Taft

Field Stats

#	Athlete Name	Min	Goals	Asst	Pts	Stls	CK
	Team Totals	817	2	1	5	22	6
2	Ava Balmaseda (Sr)	80	1		2	3
4	Anela Tagal (So)	70					3
5	J. Popelka (So)	80	1		2	1
6	Adi Robinson (Sr)	77				2	1
8	Angelina Sliwa (So)	10
9	Lesly Patino (So)	15
10	Jaylene Mercado (Sr)	70				2
12	Isla Johnson (Fr)	8				1
13	V. Wyszynski (So)	5
14	Aria Lipa (Jr)	80				4	2
20	Lileah Polo (So)	70				2
22	Lejla Drndar (Jr)	80				2
23	Abigail Mercado (Fr)	80				4
25	Emilia Kieras (Fr)	70		1	1	1
33	Sofia Blake (Sr)	15
35	Oliwia Potocki (Jr)	7

Taft

#	Athlete Name	G	Shots	SOG	SOG %	PKG	PKA	GWG
	Team Totals	2	10	6	.6	1	1	1
2	Ava Balmaseda (Sr)	1	1	1	1.0	1	1
4	Anela Tagal (So)		1		.0
5	J. Popelka (So)	1	4	3	.8			1
14	Aria Lipa (Jr)		2	1	.5
23	Abigail Mercado (Fr)		1	1	1.0
25	Emilia Kieras (Fr)		1		.0

Taft

Goaltending

#	Athlete Name	G. Min	OT Min	Opp SOG	GA	Saves	Save %	GAA
	Team Totals	80		5	1	4	.8	1.000
1	Riley Cholewa (Sr)	80		5	1	4	.8	1.000

Taft

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

Niles North (24-25)

Niles North has not entered stats for this match.

Match Story

Illinois High School Soccer - Taft nudges Niles North

April 5, 2025: Skokie, IL 60077

The Taft Eagles (Chicago, IL) soccer nipped the host Niles North Vikings (Skokie, IL), 2-1 in Saturday's non-league challenge.

The Eagles now hold a 2-2 record. They play next when they travel to Niles West for a non-league challenge on Monday, April 7. Taft will encounter a Wolves squad coming off a 4-1 non-league loss to Glenbrook North (Northbrook, IL). The Wolves record now stands at 0-3.

With the loss, Niles North moves to 0-4 on the year. The Vikings travel to Lincoln Park (Chicago, IL) to encounter the Lions in a non-league challenge on Tuesday, April 8. The Lions go into the challenge with a record of 6-1. Lincoln Park won 9-0 in their recent non-league challenge against Maine West (Des Plaines, IL)

Players of the Match

Taft (24-25)

Congratulations to #5 Juliette Popelka for being selected the Taft Girls Soccer Player of the Match.

Niles North (24-25)

Niles North has not selected any Players of the Match.

Taft @ Niles North Soccer Match Info

Sat., Apr. 5, 2025 @ 12p

Niles North

The Niles North (Skokie, IL) varsity soccer team lost Saturday's home non-conference match against Taft (Chicago, IL) by a score of 2-1.

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

Niles North (24-25)

National	IL	Class
1,814	185	89

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	GF	GA
7-13-3	2-1-2	2-5-3	5-7	0-1	.370	.600	35	49

Team Scoring Averages

	1	2	Final
Taft	.8	.9	1.7
Niles North	.2	.3	1.5

Team Stat Comparison

Taft		Niles North
31	Goals	-
23	Assists	-
147	Shots	-
297	Steals	-
6.883	Goals Against Average	-

Team Leaders

Taft		Niles North	National Avg.
#5 Juliette Popelka10	Goals	-	5
#5 Juliette Popelka6	Assists	-	4
#5 Juliette Popelka39	Shots	-	13
#14 Aria Lipa48	Steals	-	28
#1 Riley Cholewa6.883	Goals Against Average	-	2.299

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Taft	2-2-1		Niles North	2-3

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
3/17/25	Taft	Maine South	(L) 2-0	5/20/25	Maine South	Niles North	(L) 1-0
4/7/25	Taft	Niles West	(T) 2-2	5/1/25	Niles North	Niles West	(L) 3-0
4/9/25	Taft	Lincoln Park	(L) 3-1	4/8/25	Niles North	Lincoln Park	(L) 4-0
4/11/25	Maine East	Taft	(W) 9-0	4/29/25	Niles North	Maine East	(W) 8-0
4/14/25	Taft	Resurrection	(W) 1-0	5/17/25	Resurrection	Niles North	(W) 3-1

Record Breakdown

Taft (24-25)		Niles North (24-25)
8-9-1	Overall	7-13-3
3-5	League	2-1-2
4-1-1	Non-League	1-9-1
1-0	Head to Head	0-1
2-2-1	Common Opponent	2-3
5-2	Home	2-5-3
2-5-1	Away	5-7
1-2	Neutral	0-1
0-2	Playoff	0-1
8-9-1	In-State	7-13-3
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0