Notre Dame beats buzzer and Saint Viator
Goal with :04 left in regulation leads to 2-1 double OT victory
By Patrick Z. McGavin
ARLINGTON HEIGHTS -- The low, late afternoon sun made the small, portable game clock virtually impossible to see.
That left the responsibility of counting down the closing seconds to the public address announcer. He started with just under a minute to play and nearly reached the end.
His voice picked up a register as the clock drained into single digits, and Saint Viator seemed like a stone cold winner.
Until the seemingly impossible possibled.
Notre Dame keeper Luca Lobianco punted a deep ball that midfielder Danny Deano played ahead to forward Ryan Shanahan on his frantic diagonal run.
His flick to forward Sebastian Dzierzanowski pulled Lions’ keeper Jimmy Doherty off his line.
“I got lucky,” Dzierzanowski said.
He blasted a ball from about 16 yards that curled inside the near post to complete the incredible closing sequence.
The clock stopped at :04.
“Ryan had a header. It was in my path. I just kind of took it, and I shot it. It worked out,” Dzierzanowski said.
Notre Dame turned the improbable into a 2-1 double overtime victory on Deano’s goal in the 87th minute on a radiantly beautiful, late-summer Wednesday afternoon.
Working off the right corner, forward Jake Schmucker drove the edge and made the cross that found Deano with a clear and open shot from about 11 yards.
“We are not ever going to give up,” said Deano, who registered his fourth goal of the season.
The result gave Notre Dame (4-3-0, 1-0-0) the win in the East Suburban Catholic Conference opener for both teams. It was also the Dons first victory against a non-Chicago Public League team this season.
The Dons had a little extra space on the pitch to record the win. Saint Viator played the final 17 minutes of regulation and the two five-minute overtimes a man down.
“I think the first goal was big, because they lost a guy,” Deano said. “Once they were down to 10, we were just attacking. I just kicked it, Ryan had a great flick, and Sebastian a great finish.
“With my goal, I thought it was going to be off. Jake Schmucker played a great ball to me. I took a touch, and I just placed it in the corner.”
What a way to start league play.
Saint Viator (3-2-0, 0-1-0) drew first blood after midfielder Taylor Petrillo drilled home a 12-yard rebound shot in the 53rd minute.
It seemed a fitting result after his rocket ball from 26 yards moments earlier was denied by a leaping Lobianco.
“We put on a lot of pressure. Conor Giroux was able to dribble in and shoot it, and I got the rebound,” Petrillo said.
“I’m so happy for everyone. We fought for 90 minutes. Even at the end, we played down a man, and we never gave up.
“I’m very proud of everyone today.”
The team has been wearing special bands in memory of Petrillo’s brother, who passed away.
The game took a significant turn in the 73rd minute when Petrillo got a second yellow card. The soft red resulted in his disqualification and left the Lions shorthanded.
“When we were 11 versus 11, we outplayed them,” Saint Viator coach Byron DeLong said. “Even during the first half of the overtime, when we had 10 guys, I still feel as though we outplayed them.
“It’s one of those things when things don’t go your way.”
For much of the second half, fortune seemed to favor the Lions. Even after a misplayed ball from Doherty in the 77th minute, Saint Viator absorbed the Notre Dame pressure.
Doherty came off his line, stepped just outside the 18 and handled the ball. The illegal touch gave the Dons a free kick just outside the left edge.
It seemed tailor-made for the equalizer. However, Deano’s original ball was spoiled by the wall, and Doherty followed with a spectacular diving stop.
DeLong has begun his second year directing both the boys and girls programs for the Lions. His team has become more assimilated to his style and how he wants them to play.
The Lions showed cohesion and flair in open spaces. Petrillo was dangerous throughout. He played sharp combinations with fellow midfielders Giroux and Jack Glasstetter.
Forward Benson Tsai created problems at the top of the attack.
“This year is totally different,” Petrillo said. “We’re so connected as a team with our coach and everything.
“We always have each other’s backs.”
After a season-opening loss against Stevenson, which is ranked 16th in the Chicagoland Soccer Top 25, Saint Viator ripped off three-consecutive wins in the run up to the Notre Dame game.
“We have a great group of guys,” DeLeon said. “The bigger lesson here is for the guys to continue to play hard and play the game.
“Last year Notre Dame was a lot stronger. The end result was 6-1. This year we had the game.”
The Dons are likewise still sketching out their identity after the greatest team in school history finished 23-3-2 and captured a Class AA sectional last year.
That team graduated 12 seniors and lost two top juniors who are now playing internationally.
“That is the past, and this is the future,” Notre Dame coach Mike Smith said. “We are looking at the now, looking at the present. This game showed that the boys we do have, have the potential to achieve great things.
“We know there aren’t going to be blowout games. We have to grind out games. We have to be willing to put our body on the line, and we have to want it more than our opponent. I saw that today.”
Saint Viator had its own scintillating late opportunity after the Deano goal. Off a foul just outside the left edge of the box, their resulting free kick bounded off the Notre Dame wall
Luck, random acts and the unaccountable factor into every game.
This match had it all.
“I am beyond proud of our guys for fighting until the final whistle,” Smith said. “That was one heck of a finish. The boys could have hung their heads after that one, but they kept on fighting.
“The starters had a look in their eye that they would not be denied, and this was our game.”
Starting lineups
Notre Dame
GK: Luca Lobianco
D: Ante Basan
D: Max Stalencyzk
D: Jake Plovanich
D: Jack McNamara
MF: Joey Sorce
MF: Danny Deano
MF: Danny England
F: Ryan Shanahan
F: Jake Schmucker
F: Sebastian Dzierzanowski
Saint Viator
GK: Jimmy Doherty
D: Reilly Salatino
D: Cristobal Carranza
D: Christian Giacalone
D: Colin Kochera
MF: Conor Giroux
MF: Michael O’Connor
MF: Gabriel Glodz
MF: Jack Glasstetter
F: Taylor Petrillo
F: Benson Tsai
Chicagoland Soccer Man of the Match:
Danny Deano, sr., MF, Notre Dame
Scoring summary
First half
No scoring
Second half
Saint Viator—Taylor Petrillo (Conor Giroux), 53rd minute
Notre Dame—Sebastian Dzierzanowski (Ryan Shanahan), 80th minute
First overtime
No scoring
Second overtime
Notre Dame—Daniel Deano (Jake Schmucker), 87th minute
Goal with :04 left in regulation leads to 2-1 double OT victory
By Patrick Z. McGavin
ARLINGTON HEIGHTS -- The low, late afternoon sun made the small, portable game clock virtually impossible to see.
That left the responsibility of counting down the closing seconds to the public address announcer. He started with just under a minute to play and nearly reached the end.
His voice picked up a register as the clock drained into single digits, and Saint Viator seemed like a stone cold winner.
Until the seemingly impossible possibled.
Notre Dame keeper Luca Lobianco punted a deep ball that midfielder Danny Deano played ahead to forward Ryan Shanahan on his frantic diagonal run.
His flick to forward Sebastian Dzierzanowski pulled Lions’ keeper Jimmy Doherty off his line.
“I got lucky,” Dzierzanowski said.
He blasted a ball from about 16 yards that curled inside the near post to complete the incredible closing sequence.
The clock stopped at :04.
“Ryan had a header. It was in my path. I just kind of took it, and I shot it. It worked out,” Dzierzanowski said.
Notre Dame turned the improbable into a 2-1 double overtime victory on Deano’s goal in the 87th minute on a radiantly beautiful, late-summer Wednesday afternoon.
Working off the right corner, forward Jake Schmucker drove the edge and made the cross that found Deano with a clear and open shot from about 11 yards.
“We are not ever going to give up,” said Deano, who registered his fourth goal of the season.
The result gave Notre Dame (4-3-0, 1-0-0) the win in the East Suburban Catholic Conference opener for both teams. It was also the Dons first victory against a non-Chicago Public League team this season.
The Dons had a little extra space on the pitch to record the win. Saint Viator played the final 17 minutes of regulation and the two five-minute overtimes a man down.
“I think the first goal was big, because they lost a guy,” Deano said. “Once they were down to 10, we were just attacking. I just kicked it, Ryan had a great flick, and Sebastian a great finish.
“With my goal, I thought it was going to be off. Jake Schmucker played a great ball to me. I took a touch, and I just placed it in the corner.”
What a way to start league play.
Saint Viator (3-2-0, 0-1-0) drew first blood after midfielder Taylor Petrillo drilled home a 12-yard rebound shot in the 53rd minute.
It seemed a fitting result after his rocket ball from 26 yards moments earlier was denied by a leaping Lobianco.
“We put on a lot of pressure. Conor Giroux was able to dribble in and shoot it, and I got the rebound,” Petrillo said.
“I’m so happy for everyone. We fought for 90 minutes. Even at the end, we played down a man, and we never gave up.
“I’m very proud of everyone today.”
The team has been wearing special bands in memory of Petrillo’s brother, who passed away.
The game took a significant turn in the 73rd minute when Petrillo got a second yellow card. The soft red resulted in his disqualification and left the Lions shorthanded.
“When we were 11 versus 11, we outplayed them,” Saint Viator coach Byron DeLong said. “Even during the first half of the overtime, when we had 10 guys, I still feel as though we outplayed them.
“It’s one of those things when things don’t go your way.”
For much of the second half, fortune seemed to favor the Lions. Even after a misplayed ball from Doherty in the 77th minute, Saint Viator absorbed the Notre Dame pressure.
Doherty came off his line, stepped just outside the 18 and handled the ball. The illegal touch gave the Dons a free kick just outside the left edge.
It seemed tailor-made for the equalizer. However, Deano’s original ball was spoiled by the wall, and Doherty followed with a spectacular diving stop.
DeLong has begun his second year directing both the boys and girls programs for the Lions. His team has become more assimilated to his style and how he wants them to play.
The Lions showed cohesion and flair in open spaces. Petrillo was dangerous throughout. He played sharp combinations with fellow midfielders Giroux and Jack Glasstetter.
Forward Benson Tsai created problems at the top of the attack.
“This year is totally different,” Petrillo said. “We’re so connected as a team with our coach and everything.
“We always have each other’s backs.”
After a season-opening loss against Stevenson, which is ranked 16th in the Chicagoland Soccer Top 25, Saint Viator ripped off three-consecutive wins in the run up to the Notre Dame game.
“We have a great group of guys,” DeLeon said. “The bigger lesson here is for the guys to continue to play hard and play the game.
“Last year Notre Dame was a lot stronger. The end result was 6-1. This year we had the game.”
The Dons are likewise still sketching out their identity after the greatest team in school history finished 23-3-2 and captured a Class AA sectional last year.
That team graduated 12 seniors and lost two top juniors who are now playing internationally.
“That is the past, and this is the future,” Notre Dame coach Mike Smith said. “We are looking at the now, looking at the present. This game showed that the boys we do have, have the potential to achieve great things.
“We know there aren’t going to be blowout games. We have to grind out games. We have to be willing to put our body on the line, and we have to want it more than our opponent. I saw that today.”
Saint Viator had its own scintillating late opportunity after the Deano goal. Off a foul just outside the left edge of the box, their resulting free kick bounded off the Notre Dame wall
Luck, random acts and the unaccountable factor into every game.
This match had it all.
“I am beyond proud of our guys for fighting until the final whistle,” Smith said. “That was one heck of a finish. The boys could have hung their heads after that one, but they kept on fighting.
“The starters had a look in their eye that they would not be denied, and this was our game.”
Starting lineups
Notre Dame
GK: Luca Lobianco
D: Ante Basan
D: Max Stalencyzk
D: Jake Plovanich
D: Jack McNamara
MF: Joey Sorce
MF: Danny Deano
MF: Danny England
F: Ryan Shanahan
F: Jake Schmucker
F: Sebastian Dzierzanowski
Saint Viator
GK: Jimmy Doherty
D: Reilly Salatino
D: Cristobal Carranza
D: Christian Giacalone
D: Colin Kochera
MF: Conor Giroux
MF: Michael O’Connor
MF: Gabriel Glodz
MF: Jack Glasstetter
F: Taylor Petrillo
F: Benson Tsai
Chicagoland Soccer Man of the Match:
Danny Deano, sr., MF, Notre Dame
Scoring summary
First half
No scoring
Second half
Saint Viator—Taylor Petrillo (Conor Giroux), 53rd minute
Notre Dame—Sebastian Dzierzanowski (Ryan Shanahan), 80th minute
First overtime
No scoring
Second overtime
Notre Dame—Daniel Deano (Jake Schmucker), 87th minute