Aurora Central no match for Goode
Goode cruises after big early lead
By Patrick Z. McGavin
SCHAUMBURG — Starts are often the hardest part to read about the game.
Teams unfamiliar with one another often use the opening passages to get a feel for playing styles and figuring out what to attack.
The only thing the players at Goode knew about Aurora Central was the Chargers were still in search of their first win nearly three weeks into the new season.
“When we started we went with everything,” Goode midfielder Jesus Aguirre said. “We saw what their record was before the game.
“Our mentality is always push and never go weak on anybody.”
As a developing team with many players new to the speed and physical style of play, Aurora Central was at a profound disadvantage.
“We are a developing team with a lot of new players,” Aurora Central sophomore Jake McVey said.
Goode delivered the sharp blow early with two goals in the opening moments and gave the Chargers no chance of coming back in the 8-0 win in bracket play of the PepsiCo Showdown at Olympic Park on Saturday.
The Chargers (0-7-2) were flummoxed.
Goode is a team of quick and athletic players who know each other’s style. Aurora Central was caught flat-footed, and off their game.
The disparity in talent and experience was evident early as Goode (4-0-0) scored two goals in the first 65 seconds of the game.
Forward Raul Garcia got free on the right wing and looped in an arcing high-elevation shot that was perfectly placed inside the far post.
Midfielder Osmar Perez had the initial assist. He came back moments later, working the left edge and easily beating two defenders in finishing from about 14 yards.
Goode kept rolling from there as six different players scored en route to a 7-0 halftime lead.
Aguirre finished with a goal and assist.
“We put in a lot of hard work,” Aguirre said. “We have a lot of guys back from the spring, and we also are waiting for some guys to come back and join us from quarantine.
“The team will get even stronger over time.”
Raul Garcia scored two goals in earning the Chicagoland Soccer Man of the Match distinction.
“We like to start off with that high pressure to make sure the other team can’t get at you,” Garcia said. “Our coach teaches us never to let the other team out.
“We forced them into making errors.”
Aurora Central coach Enrique Anaya saw the wrong kind of repetition.
“We have had struggles at the beginning of games and how we start games the whole season,” Anaya said.
“Their wingers got outside us constantly, and they pushed those through-balls in. We couldn’t stop them.”
Forward Michael Incandela, who also plays basketball, is one of the most experienced of the Chargers’ players. He created the first decent opportunity in the eighth minute, just missing off a volley that skipped over the top of the net.
That shot marked the team’s best scoring chance in the first half.
“That might have helped us with our confidence, or given us some kind of a boost there,” he said. “They were very fast and quick, and we just could not slow them down or stay in front of them.”
Incandela, a captain, is one of just five seniors. Underclassmen compose the bulk of the roster.
The Chargers have some young talent. A difficult early schedule has provided few realistic opportunities at success.
The situation is not wholly bleak. Junior Will Lefevre, a versatile player who has seen time in the back and also the middle, played opposite McVey at the top of the attack.
His speed created some decent outside runs. Incandela had some other decent shots, but they were off the dribble and from range.
Learning how to combine and develop offensive consistency is the next step. McVey is a source of optimism going forward. The name is a fixture in western suburban soccer culture.
His older brother T.J. McVey was a standout on the Benet Class AA state championship team in 2019. He spent his junior year on a sabbatical in Spain. He is back with the Redwings. Josh McVey, Jake's fraternal twin brother, plays at Metea Valley.
Soccer is definitely a familiar affair. Jake McVey was also bound and determined to find his own path, and not necessarily follow in anybody else’s footsteps.
“When I saw that success that T.J. was having at Benet, I knew that was something I wanted to do as well,” Jake McVey said.
Metea Valley is the school district of the family. At the start of his freshman year, McVey sought a school offering in-person learning.
“Aurora Central offered that, and I knew it was something I wanted to be a part of,” he said.
“We are all learning. We get along, and we like to play together. We are trying different things out there. I played in the middle, and I played on the outside. Everybody wants to get better.”
Starting lineups
Aurora Central
GK: Justin Cebulski
D: Nathan Diedrich
D: Joseph Hernandez
D: Sam Lillwitz
D: George Whittier
MF: Jose Loza
MF: Joshua Hernandez
MF: Adam Hartford
MF: Michael Incandela
F: Jake McVey
F: Will Lefevre
Goode
GK: Jose Martinez
D: Marcos Becerra
D: Jose Manzo
D: David Treto
D: Alfredo Cerda
MF: Daniel Espinosa
MF: Abel Barrera
MF: Jesus Aguirre
F: Jesus Meja
F: Raul Garcia
F: Osmar Perez
Chicagoland Soccer Man of the Match: Raul Garcia, sr., F, Goode
Scoring summary
First half
Goode—Raul Garcia (Osmar Perez), 1st minute
Goode—Perez (unassisted), second minute
Goode—Garcia (unassisted), 12th minute
Goode—Jesus Aguirre (unassisted), 16th minute
Goode—Eduardo Ortega (Aguirre), 27th minute
Goode—Jesus Meja (Jose Jurado), 33rd minute
Goode—Meja (Jurado), 38th minute
Second half
Goode—Jurado (unassisted), 48th minute
Goode cruises after big early lead
By Patrick Z. McGavin
SCHAUMBURG — Starts are often the hardest part to read about the game.
Teams unfamiliar with one another often use the opening passages to get a feel for playing styles and figuring out what to attack.
The only thing the players at Goode knew about Aurora Central was the Chargers were still in search of their first win nearly three weeks into the new season.
“When we started we went with everything,” Goode midfielder Jesus Aguirre said. “We saw what their record was before the game.
“Our mentality is always push and never go weak on anybody.”
As a developing team with many players new to the speed and physical style of play, Aurora Central was at a profound disadvantage.
“We are a developing team with a lot of new players,” Aurora Central sophomore Jake McVey said.
Goode delivered the sharp blow early with two goals in the opening moments and gave the Chargers no chance of coming back in the 8-0 win in bracket play of the PepsiCo Showdown at Olympic Park on Saturday.
The Chargers (0-7-2) were flummoxed.
Goode is a team of quick and athletic players who know each other’s style. Aurora Central was caught flat-footed, and off their game.
The disparity in talent and experience was evident early as Goode (4-0-0) scored two goals in the first 65 seconds of the game.
Forward Raul Garcia got free on the right wing and looped in an arcing high-elevation shot that was perfectly placed inside the far post.
Midfielder Osmar Perez had the initial assist. He came back moments later, working the left edge and easily beating two defenders in finishing from about 14 yards.
Goode kept rolling from there as six different players scored en route to a 7-0 halftime lead.
Aguirre finished with a goal and assist.
“We put in a lot of hard work,” Aguirre said. “We have a lot of guys back from the spring, and we also are waiting for some guys to come back and join us from quarantine.
“The team will get even stronger over time.”
Raul Garcia scored two goals in earning the Chicagoland Soccer Man of the Match distinction.
“We like to start off with that high pressure to make sure the other team can’t get at you,” Garcia said. “Our coach teaches us never to let the other team out.
“We forced them into making errors.”
Aurora Central coach Enrique Anaya saw the wrong kind of repetition.
“We have had struggles at the beginning of games and how we start games the whole season,” Anaya said.
“Their wingers got outside us constantly, and they pushed those through-balls in. We couldn’t stop them.”
Forward Michael Incandela, who also plays basketball, is one of the most experienced of the Chargers’ players. He created the first decent opportunity in the eighth minute, just missing off a volley that skipped over the top of the net.
That shot marked the team’s best scoring chance in the first half.
“That might have helped us with our confidence, or given us some kind of a boost there,” he said. “They were very fast and quick, and we just could not slow them down or stay in front of them.”
Incandela, a captain, is one of just five seniors. Underclassmen compose the bulk of the roster.
The Chargers have some young talent. A difficult early schedule has provided few realistic opportunities at success.
The situation is not wholly bleak. Junior Will Lefevre, a versatile player who has seen time in the back and also the middle, played opposite McVey at the top of the attack.
His speed created some decent outside runs. Incandela had some other decent shots, but they were off the dribble and from range.
Learning how to combine and develop offensive consistency is the next step. McVey is a source of optimism going forward. The name is a fixture in western suburban soccer culture.
His older brother T.J. McVey was a standout on the Benet Class AA state championship team in 2019. He spent his junior year on a sabbatical in Spain. He is back with the Redwings. Josh McVey, Jake's fraternal twin brother, plays at Metea Valley.
Soccer is definitely a familiar affair. Jake McVey was also bound and determined to find his own path, and not necessarily follow in anybody else’s footsteps.
“When I saw that success that T.J. was having at Benet, I knew that was something I wanted to do as well,” Jake McVey said.
Metea Valley is the school district of the family. At the start of his freshman year, McVey sought a school offering in-person learning.
“Aurora Central offered that, and I knew it was something I wanted to be a part of,” he said.
“We are all learning. We get along, and we like to play together. We are trying different things out there. I played in the middle, and I played on the outside. Everybody wants to get better.”
Starting lineups
Aurora Central
GK: Justin Cebulski
D: Nathan Diedrich
D: Joseph Hernandez
D: Sam Lillwitz
D: George Whittier
MF: Jose Loza
MF: Joshua Hernandez
MF: Adam Hartford
MF: Michael Incandela
F: Jake McVey
F: Will Lefevre
Goode
GK: Jose Martinez
D: Marcos Becerra
D: Jose Manzo
D: David Treto
D: Alfredo Cerda
MF: Daniel Espinosa
MF: Abel Barrera
MF: Jesus Aguirre
F: Jesus Meja
F: Raul Garcia
F: Osmar Perez
Chicagoland Soccer Man of the Match: Raul Garcia, sr., F, Goode
Scoring summary
First half
Goode—Raul Garcia (Osmar Perez), 1st minute
Goode—Perez (unassisted), second minute
Goode—Garcia (unassisted), 12th minute
Goode—Jesus Aguirre (unassisted), 16th minute
Goode—Eduardo Ortega (Aguirre), 27th minute
Goode—Jesus Meja (Jose Jurado), 33rd minute
Goode—Meja (Jurado), 38th minute
Second half
Goode—Jurado (unassisted), 48th minute