Morton fights off stubborn
Downers Grove North
Host Mustangs keep up pressure to build 4-0 regional title win
By Dave Owen
BERWYN -- Perennial state title contenders like Morton usually get opponents’ A-games.
And for 60-plus minutes of Saturday’s Class 3A Morton regional final, underdog Downers Grove North didn’t disappoint.
Using a mix of acrobatic goalkeeper saves and airtight defense, the Trojans (5-15-1) trailed just 1-0 at halftime and 2-0 with 11 minutes left in the match.
It wasn’t until Gio Alvarez’s goals in the 70th and 72nd minutes of play that Morton (18-1-3) could finally relax and celebrate a 4-0 win, the Mustangs’ 18th regional title in the last 19 years.
“I knew they were going to be a dangerous team,” Morton coach Jim Bageanis said of the Trojans. “I watch the scores, and they’ve played everyone tough (including one-goal losses to Oak Park and River Forest, Lyons and York). They play hard and have a good work-rate.
“By no means were we taking them lightly. I watched the game Tuesday (DGN’s regional semifinal upset win over Downers Grove South). When they fell behind, I was like ‘Don’t count these guys out.’ And sure enough they came back to win 2-1.”
Morton was on the attack from the start Saturday. Just 45 seconds into the match, Max Aquino won the race with Trojans goalkeeper Drew Matune to Alvarez’s perfect high send over the defense. But Aquino’s open-net chance went over the bar.
Aquino would respond with a strong match that included two assists, but the soccer gods’ message was clear: this wouldn’t be easy.
“We missed a gimme,” Bageanis said, “and one of the things we told the guys is ‘that first goal is important.’ When we have them, we have to put away our chances.
“I think we got a little tight after we missed that easy chance, and that didn’t help us for the first 15 minutes there.”
Downers Grove North followed with the next two quality chances.
Morton goalkeeper Danny Martinez narrowly beat DGN’s Holden Peckenpaugh to Ben Llewellyn’s nice send to the box in the 7th minute.
Two minutes later, Martinez came up even bigger. Off a Max Prince throw-in, Jackson Irby’s 18-yard shot was tipped just over the crossbar by a leaping Martinez.
On the ensuing Jose Perez corner kick, Kyle Miller’s header went just over the net.
“Given everything, I thought we played pretty well in the first half,” Trojans coach Mike Schmitt said. “We held it tightly (defensively) and actually had about a 10-minute span where we felt really confident.
“We created some chances, and I think hit the crossbar on one of them, and kind of kept the ball in that (offensive) area a little bit.”
But that crossbar scraper would prove to be the Trojans’ last great scoring chance. In contrast, Morton was just getting revved up.
Another Mustangs’ near-miss came in the 11th minute. Johnny Murillo’s touch-pass sprung Alvarez in on goal. Alvarez tipped the ball past Matune, but had the seemingly sure goal swept off the goal line by sliding DGN defender Tomislav Petkovski.
Matune’s great saves would be a factor the rest of the first half. But in the 22nd minute, Morton’s relentless attack in the box produced a breakthrough.
After Matune’s initial diving stop of an Alvarez 10-yarder and then an Aquino rebound, the ball came out of the scrum to Edgar Quintero for an eight-yard put-away and a 1-0 Morton lead.
“We got a couple forced shots in a row,” Aquino said, “it wound up right next to me, and I hit it backwards. I heard Edgar call for it, and it just wound up in the back of the net.”
Said Schmitt: “It was kind of an unlucky goal, a lot of point-blank saves and then it pops out to one of their guys. They’re (Morton) just such a talented team that it’s really hard to hold them off.”
But for the rest of the first half, the Trojans were able to do just that.
In the 25th minute, Aquino took a Johnny Murillo pass up the right side and sent a cross to Deyair Ruiz at a seemingly open back post. But Matune made an incredible diving deflection to tip the ball just wide.
“I got a fingertip to it and helped it wide of the post,” Matune said. “One thing I was looking at from the beginning of the game was, I know they (Morton) play in the channel so I tried to play a little bit higher up today because I knew there would be long through-balls.”
Matune was even better 8:50 before halftime. Off another Morton rush keyed by Murillo and Danny Diaz, Alvarez drove a low 15-yarder that the DGN netminder denied with a great diving block at the left post.
“Their goalkeeper was really good,” Aquino said. “Especially on Gio’s shot with the left foot, that was a great save by him.”
Said Bageanis: “Gio had a nice strike with his left foot and their keeper made an outstanding save, an A-plus save there.”
The Trojans closed the first half with two more nice defensive plays. Miller had a nice contested header clear of an Alvarez 20-yard free kick with 1:30 left, and Bradley Szydlowski capped his strong half by clearing a Mustangs send to the box in the final seconds.
“The whole season I felt like the backline kept us in the game,” Matune said. “Bradley has just been a beast: he’s been carrying us the whole season.
“We have good leadership there. It’s mainly an upperclassmen backline, so we all know each other well and have good communication.”
Morton’s explosive offense was both impressed and frustrated.
“I thought we were playing OK,” Bageanis said, “getting chances but not putting them away. That’s playoff soccer. You can dominate a game and lose 1-0. We’ve been trying to preach that to the guys. Soccer’s a funny game.
“They (the Trojans) were playing well defensively,” Bageanis added. “We were trying to play the ball in the air, and when there’s a 6-foot-3 and a 6-5 guy (Miller and Szydlowski) in the middle, it’s hard to crack that line when we’re 5-7 and 5-9. We made some adjustments in the second half to get the ball a little wider.”
And with that tactical change and the fatigue that Morton’s speed causes defenses, the Mustangs would eventually open up a lead.
“I feel like we just had more energy in the beginning,” Szydlowski said. “Our legs were fresh, and everyone was feeling good. But after a while they just wore us down, and after that it’s just going to pile up.”
Said Morton’s Alvarez: “We were playing a little bit raggedy towards the beginning. We were just sending it up and playing kick ball, and we know that’s not our game. We had to pick it up from there, and in the second half I thought we dominated.”
That would-be domination would take a long time to show up on the scoreboard.
Blessed with two strong goalkeepers, the Trojans switched to Joseph Kapsch in the second half. He responded with a nice play with 36:10 left, coming off his line to dive on the ball and deny Murillo’s dribble into the box.
“We’ve kind of done that (split time at goalkeeper) for the majority of the season,” Matune said. “We just support each other, because we both want the team to win. Whatever helps the team win is obviously what we’re here for. If he does well, the team does well. If I do well, the team does well.”
Kapsch and his defense continued to do well early in the second half. Szydlowski’s header upfield cleared a Morton corner kick with 31 minutes left, and Kapsch made a catch save of a Luis Gonzalez shot two minutes later.
In between those chances, a nice behind-the-back touch pass from Aquino to Alvarez had set up an Alvarez shot inches wide of the right post.
But Aquino’s next nice dish would pay off. His cross found Ruiz wide open at the left post, and Ruiz’s six-yard shot finally extended the Morton lead to 2-0 with 28:07 on the clock.
“It was frustrating we couldn’t put the ball in the net sooner,” Aquino said. “But in the second half we finally did.”
Up 2-0, Morton had two nice subsequent chances denied by Kapsch. First, he grabbed Eddie Barraza-Diaz’s six-yard header off a Murillo free kick with 19:10 left, then Kapsch made a sliding foot block of an Aquino left post point-blank try with 11:20 to go.
Tough luck denied two other Morton bids in between those saves.
Aquino’s long run produced a nice win of the ball from Kapsch on the right of the net. His cross set up an open-net opportunity in front with 18:30 to go, but Danny Diaz sent the shot just over the net.
With 15:50 on the clock, another Kapsch kick save on Julian Sotelo’s shot caromed to Alvarez, whose rebound try dented the right post.
But bad luck doesn’t derail elite scorers like Alvarez forever. And with 10:57 to go, he began a huge finishing kick. Off a Murillo cross and subsequent Ismael Ramirez header, Alvarez tucked a shot in front inside the right post to make it 3-0.
With 8:11 to play, Alvarez’s 8-yard header off a Diaz cross was partially blocked by Kapsch, but the ball spun across the goal line just before the hustling keeper could reach it.
“I thought we did a good job in the first half,” Schmitt said. “Then we got some tired legs and they (Morton) became pretty overwhelming in the final third.
“I thought we defended well as a team. The second half we just came out a little flat, and they really stepped it up and put pressure on and ran through.”
For Aquino, the win was a higher-stakes reminder of Morton’s five-goal second half explosion to beat Riverside-Brookfield 6-1 two weeks ago.
“It was exactly like (R-B) if you think about it,” Aquino said. “We worked good, the other team wasn’t bad at all. They gave us a good challenge, and we ended up pulling away late in the game.”
This time, the big finish meant a regional championship and the right to host Mount Carmel in the sectional semifinals on Tuesday.
“It feels great,” Aquino said. “As a sophomore it’s my first one, and for a couple of seniors it’s their second or third. Last spring we didn’t have a (playoff) season, so it feels really good.
“We want to continue the legacy. It’s a great experience. It feels great to be on the team, much less give a couple assists.”
Said Alvarez: “It’s a great experience for everybody (winning regionals). We just have to keep going and move on to the next round.
“We go game by game,” Alvarez added. “That’s all we have to worry about right now. Next we have Mount Carmel, and even though we beat them at the beginning of the season we still have to play them like we never did before.”
Beyond the dynamic offensive skills of Alvarez and Aquino’s two-point game, the list of Morton standouts ran deep.
“Danny Diaz is a great player,” Aquino said. “He does a lot of the dirty work (in the midfield).”
Said Bageanis: “I thought Johnny Murillo played really well. Even in the first half, and the second half he turned it on even more. He was a threat, making some good runs and good passes.
“And Edgar Quintero did a good job: he stayed wide and we started getting him the ball more once we went wider, and we were having success with it. Those two guys picked it up in the second half for sure.”
Despite being unable to contain the Morton tidal wave through the entire second half, the game was another nice chapter in a Trojans season of high-caliber play and a very deceiving won-loss record.
“The results weren’t always great,” Schmitt said, “but we came up against a lot of really solid teams in our conference. It’s been really good this year. It was a bit of a rebuilding year. We have a lot of young players, but I think they took to the challenge.”
A one-goal loss to York to close the regular-season was followed by solid showings vs. the top two West Suburban Conference Gold Division finishers -- Downers Grove South and Morton.
“The training ever since before the York game was really good,” Schmitt said, “and really lively and energetic. We changed the system a little bit and kind of tweaked what we were expecting out of them, and they really took to it.
“Then we came out Tuesday (vs. Downers Grove South) with probably one of the better performances I’ve seen all season. A lot of energy. And it paid off with the result at the end.”
Senior Matune will graduate with some great postseason memories.
“Getting the result against South, we lost during the regular season, and as a senior you’re going against South and are never going to play them again,” Matune said. “That’s a huge rival. We all knew how big the game was.
“And today, it (the score) is what it is, but I’m proud of what we did all season: we’ve battled this far. We weren’t supposed to beat South and be here. It’s been a good season. I’m proud of the team.”
Szydlowski was one of seven underclassmen starters Saturday.
“There’s so much energy and passion from the seniors and all the guys,” he said, “and all of a sudden we just picked it up. We learned from what we were doing over the season, and it kind of all came together at the end. The momentum and the atmosphere of the postseason helps too.
“It’s going to be good (next year) because we have a lot of young guys on our team, and next year they’ll have the experience. We brought up a few during the season and they’ll know what they’re doing. So it looks good.”
Saturday marked just the Trojans’ third loss this season by more than two goals.
“I’m really proud of the squad,” Schmitt said. “We kind of threw (young players) into the fire with some really strong competition, and they came out with their heads up and played really well.
“It’s a positive ending I thought. We had two losses and a win in the last three games, but the way they played and the energy they showed, they really wanted to pull it together, and they did.”
Starting lineups
DGN
GK Drew Matune
D Bradley Szydlowski
D Kyle Miller
D Jose Perez
D Owen Lesley
D Tomislav Petkovski
cagoland Soccer M Jackson Irby
M Riley Botha
M Ben Llewellyn
M Holden Peckenpaugh
F Max Prince
Morton
GK Danny Martinez
D Juan Ramirez
D Ivan Ramirez
D Eddie Barraza-Diaz
D Luis Gonzalez
M Max Aquino
M Edgar Quintero
M Daniel Diaz
M Gio Alvarez
F Johnny Murillo
F Ismael Zepeda
Chicagoland Soccer Man of the Match: Gio Alvarez, sr. MF, Morton
Scoring summary
First half
M- Edgar Quintero (Max Aquino assist), 22’
Second half
M- Deyair Ruiz (Aquino), 52’
M- Gio Alvarez (Ismael Zepeda), 70’
M- Alvarez (Danny Diaz), 72’
Downers Grove North
Host Mustangs keep up pressure to build 4-0 regional title win
By Dave Owen
BERWYN -- Perennial state title contenders like Morton usually get opponents’ A-games.
And for 60-plus minutes of Saturday’s Class 3A Morton regional final, underdog Downers Grove North didn’t disappoint.
Using a mix of acrobatic goalkeeper saves and airtight defense, the Trojans (5-15-1) trailed just 1-0 at halftime and 2-0 with 11 minutes left in the match.
It wasn’t until Gio Alvarez’s goals in the 70th and 72nd minutes of play that Morton (18-1-3) could finally relax and celebrate a 4-0 win, the Mustangs’ 18th regional title in the last 19 years.
“I knew they were going to be a dangerous team,” Morton coach Jim Bageanis said of the Trojans. “I watch the scores, and they’ve played everyone tough (including one-goal losses to Oak Park and River Forest, Lyons and York). They play hard and have a good work-rate.
“By no means were we taking them lightly. I watched the game Tuesday (DGN’s regional semifinal upset win over Downers Grove South). When they fell behind, I was like ‘Don’t count these guys out.’ And sure enough they came back to win 2-1.”
Morton was on the attack from the start Saturday. Just 45 seconds into the match, Max Aquino won the race with Trojans goalkeeper Drew Matune to Alvarez’s perfect high send over the defense. But Aquino’s open-net chance went over the bar.
Aquino would respond with a strong match that included two assists, but the soccer gods’ message was clear: this wouldn’t be easy.
“We missed a gimme,” Bageanis said, “and one of the things we told the guys is ‘that first goal is important.’ When we have them, we have to put away our chances.
“I think we got a little tight after we missed that easy chance, and that didn’t help us for the first 15 minutes there.”
Downers Grove North followed with the next two quality chances.
Morton goalkeeper Danny Martinez narrowly beat DGN’s Holden Peckenpaugh to Ben Llewellyn’s nice send to the box in the 7th minute.
Two minutes later, Martinez came up even bigger. Off a Max Prince throw-in, Jackson Irby’s 18-yard shot was tipped just over the crossbar by a leaping Martinez.
On the ensuing Jose Perez corner kick, Kyle Miller’s header went just over the net.
“Given everything, I thought we played pretty well in the first half,” Trojans coach Mike Schmitt said. “We held it tightly (defensively) and actually had about a 10-minute span where we felt really confident.
“We created some chances, and I think hit the crossbar on one of them, and kind of kept the ball in that (offensive) area a little bit.”
But that crossbar scraper would prove to be the Trojans’ last great scoring chance. In contrast, Morton was just getting revved up.
Another Mustangs’ near-miss came in the 11th minute. Johnny Murillo’s touch-pass sprung Alvarez in on goal. Alvarez tipped the ball past Matune, but had the seemingly sure goal swept off the goal line by sliding DGN defender Tomislav Petkovski.
Matune’s great saves would be a factor the rest of the first half. But in the 22nd minute, Morton’s relentless attack in the box produced a breakthrough.
After Matune’s initial diving stop of an Alvarez 10-yarder and then an Aquino rebound, the ball came out of the scrum to Edgar Quintero for an eight-yard put-away and a 1-0 Morton lead.
“We got a couple forced shots in a row,” Aquino said, “it wound up right next to me, and I hit it backwards. I heard Edgar call for it, and it just wound up in the back of the net.”
Said Schmitt: “It was kind of an unlucky goal, a lot of point-blank saves and then it pops out to one of their guys. They’re (Morton) just such a talented team that it’s really hard to hold them off.”
But for the rest of the first half, the Trojans were able to do just that.
In the 25th minute, Aquino took a Johnny Murillo pass up the right side and sent a cross to Deyair Ruiz at a seemingly open back post. But Matune made an incredible diving deflection to tip the ball just wide.
“I got a fingertip to it and helped it wide of the post,” Matune said. “One thing I was looking at from the beginning of the game was, I know they (Morton) play in the channel so I tried to play a little bit higher up today because I knew there would be long through-balls.”
Matune was even better 8:50 before halftime. Off another Morton rush keyed by Murillo and Danny Diaz, Alvarez drove a low 15-yarder that the DGN netminder denied with a great diving block at the left post.
“Their goalkeeper was really good,” Aquino said. “Especially on Gio’s shot with the left foot, that was a great save by him.”
Said Bageanis: “Gio had a nice strike with his left foot and their keeper made an outstanding save, an A-plus save there.”
The Trojans closed the first half with two more nice defensive plays. Miller had a nice contested header clear of an Alvarez 20-yard free kick with 1:30 left, and Bradley Szydlowski capped his strong half by clearing a Mustangs send to the box in the final seconds.
“The whole season I felt like the backline kept us in the game,” Matune said. “Bradley has just been a beast: he’s been carrying us the whole season.
“We have good leadership there. It’s mainly an upperclassmen backline, so we all know each other well and have good communication.”
Morton’s explosive offense was both impressed and frustrated.
“I thought we were playing OK,” Bageanis said, “getting chances but not putting them away. That’s playoff soccer. You can dominate a game and lose 1-0. We’ve been trying to preach that to the guys. Soccer’s a funny game.
“They (the Trojans) were playing well defensively,” Bageanis added. “We were trying to play the ball in the air, and when there’s a 6-foot-3 and a 6-5 guy (Miller and Szydlowski) in the middle, it’s hard to crack that line when we’re 5-7 and 5-9. We made some adjustments in the second half to get the ball a little wider.”
And with that tactical change and the fatigue that Morton’s speed causes defenses, the Mustangs would eventually open up a lead.
“I feel like we just had more energy in the beginning,” Szydlowski said. “Our legs were fresh, and everyone was feeling good. But after a while they just wore us down, and after that it’s just going to pile up.”
Said Morton’s Alvarez: “We were playing a little bit raggedy towards the beginning. We were just sending it up and playing kick ball, and we know that’s not our game. We had to pick it up from there, and in the second half I thought we dominated.”
That would-be domination would take a long time to show up on the scoreboard.
Blessed with two strong goalkeepers, the Trojans switched to Joseph Kapsch in the second half. He responded with a nice play with 36:10 left, coming off his line to dive on the ball and deny Murillo’s dribble into the box.
“We’ve kind of done that (split time at goalkeeper) for the majority of the season,” Matune said. “We just support each other, because we both want the team to win. Whatever helps the team win is obviously what we’re here for. If he does well, the team does well. If I do well, the team does well.”
Kapsch and his defense continued to do well early in the second half. Szydlowski’s header upfield cleared a Morton corner kick with 31 minutes left, and Kapsch made a catch save of a Luis Gonzalez shot two minutes later.
In between those chances, a nice behind-the-back touch pass from Aquino to Alvarez had set up an Alvarez shot inches wide of the right post.
But Aquino’s next nice dish would pay off. His cross found Ruiz wide open at the left post, and Ruiz’s six-yard shot finally extended the Morton lead to 2-0 with 28:07 on the clock.
“It was frustrating we couldn’t put the ball in the net sooner,” Aquino said. “But in the second half we finally did.”
Up 2-0, Morton had two nice subsequent chances denied by Kapsch. First, he grabbed Eddie Barraza-Diaz’s six-yard header off a Murillo free kick with 19:10 left, then Kapsch made a sliding foot block of an Aquino left post point-blank try with 11:20 to go.
Tough luck denied two other Morton bids in between those saves.
Aquino’s long run produced a nice win of the ball from Kapsch on the right of the net. His cross set up an open-net opportunity in front with 18:30 to go, but Danny Diaz sent the shot just over the net.
With 15:50 on the clock, another Kapsch kick save on Julian Sotelo’s shot caromed to Alvarez, whose rebound try dented the right post.
But bad luck doesn’t derail elite scorers like Alvarez forever. And with 10:57 to go, he began a huge finishing kick. Off a Murillo cross and subsequent Ismael Ramirez header, Alvarez tucked a shot in front inside the right post to make it 3-0.
With 8:11 to play, Alvarez’s 8-yard header off a Diaz cross was partially blocked by Kapsch, but the ball spun across the goal line just before the hustling keeper could reach it.
“I thought we did a good job in the first half,” Schmitt said. “Then we got some tired legs and they (Morton) became pretty overwhelming in the final third.
“I thought we defended well as a team. The second half we just came out a little flat, and they really stepped it up and put pressure on and ran through.”
For Aquino, the win was a higher-stakes reminder of Morton’s five-goal second half explosion to beat Riverside-Brookfield 6-1 two weeks ago.
“It was exactly like (R-B) if you think about it,” Aquino said. “We worked good, the other team wasn’t bad at all. They gave us a good challenge, and we ended up pulling away late in the game.”
This time, the big finish meant a regional championship and the right to host Mount Carmel in the sectional semifinals on Tuesday.
“It feels great,” Aquino said. “As a sophomore it’s my first one, and for a couple of seniors it’s their second or third. Last spring we didn’t have a (playoff) season, so it feels really good.
“We want to continue the legacy. It’s a great experience. It feels great to be on the team, much less give a couple assists.”
Said Alvarez: “It’s a great experience for everybody (winning regionals). We just have to keep going and move on to the next round.
“We go game by game,” Alvarez added. “That’s all we have to worry about right now. Next we have Mount Carmel, and even though we beat them at the beginning of the season we still have to play them like we never did before.”
Beyond the dynamic offensive skills of Alvarez and Aquino’s two-point game, the list of Morton standouts ran deep.
“Danny Diaz is a great player,” Aquino said. “He does a lot of the dirty work (in the midfield).”
Said Bageanis: “I thought Johnny Murillo played really well. Even in the first half, and the second half he turned it on even more. He was a threat, making some good runs and good passes.
“And Edgar Quintero did a good job: he stayed wide and we started getting him the ball more once we went wider, and we were having success with it. Those two guys picked it up in the second half for sure.”
Despite being unable to contain the Morton tidal wave through the entire second half, the game was another nice chapter in a Trojans season of high-caliber play and a very deceiving won-loss record.
“The results weren’t always great,” Schmitt said, “but we came up against a lot of really solid teams in our conference. It’s been really good this year. It was a bit of a rebuilding year. We have a lot of young players, but I think they took to the challenge.”
A one-goal loss to York to close the regular-season was followed by solid showings vs. the top two West Suburban Conference Gold Division finishers -- Downers Grove South and Morton.
“The training ever since before the York game was really good,” Schmitt said, “and really lively and energetic. We changed the system a little bit and kind of tweaked what we were expecting out of them, and they really took to it.
“Then we came out Tuesday (vs. Downers Grove South) with probably one of the better performances I’ve seen all season. A lot of energy. And it paid off with the result at the end.”
Senior Matune will graduate with some great postseason memories.
“Getting the result against South, we lost during the regular season, and as a senior you’re going against South and are never going to play them again,” Matune said. “That’s a huge rival. We all knew how big the game was.
“And today, it (the score) is what it is, but I’m proud of what we did all season: we’ve battled this far. We weren’t supposed to beat South and be here. It’s been a good season. I’m proud of the team.”
Szydlowski was one of seven underclassmen starters Saturday.
“There’s so much energy and passion from the seniors and all the guys,” he said, “and all of a sudden we just picked it up. We learned from what we were doing over the season, and it kind of all came together at the end. The momentum and the atmosphere of the postseason helps too.
“It’s going to be good (next year) because we have a lot of young guys on our team, and next year they’ll have the experience. We brought up a few during the season and they’ll know what they’re doing. So it looks good.”
Saturday marked just the Trojans’ third loss this season by more than two goals.
“I’m really proud of the squad,” Schmitt said. “We kind of threw (young players) into the fire with some really strong competition, and they came out with their heads up and played really well.
“It’s a positive ending I thought. We had two losses and a win in the last three games, but the way they played and the energy they showed, they really wanted to pull it together, and they did.”
Starting lineups
DGN
GK Drew Matune
D Bradley Szydlowski
D Kyle Miller
D Jose Perez
D Owen Lesley
D Tomislav Petkovski
cagoland Soccer M Jackson Irby
M Riley Botha
M Ben Llewellyn
M Holden Peckenpaugh
F Max Prince
Morton
GK Danny Martinez
D Juan Ramirez
D Ivan Ramirez
D Eddie Barraza-Diaz
D Luis Gonzalez
M Max Aquino
M Edgar Quintero
M Daniel Diaz
M Gio Alvarez
F Johnny Murillo
F Ismael Zepeda
Chicagoland Soccer Man of the Match: Gio Alvarez, sr. MF, Morton
Scoring summary
First half
M- Edgar Quintero (Max Aquino assist), 22’
Second half
M- Deyair Ruiz (Aquino), 52’
M- Gio Alvarez (Ismael Zepeda), 70’
M- Alvarez (Danny Diaz), 72’