Payton’s Feurer twins wreak havoc on Latin
Sisters combine for all 3 goals in nonconference, shutout victory
By Patrick Z. McGavin
CHICAGO -- By all accounts, the Feurer twins bind the biological and the personal every time they play soccer together.
The juniors at Payton cut quite the profile, long and athletic, lean and tough in space.
They are also: versatile; nimble; sharp; and quick-witted.
As the slightly older of the two, Kate Feurer could use the classic line from Shakespeare’s “Julius Caesar,” on her sister:
“We are two lions littered in one day/And I the elder and more terrible.”
The fraternal twins have the ability and positional flexibility to play anywhere on the field.
“It’s a lot of fun playing with her,” Kate Feurer said. “I feel like we know where each other is, and where we want to be out there.
“It’s easy to give each other advice.”
On the meaning of quotations, perhaps one of a more recent vintage and colored through popular culture is sufficient: “Sisters are doin’ it for themselves.”
The Feurer sisters combined for all the offense as Payton stayed hot with a 3-0 victory over Latin at Montrose Field on the lakefront Saturday.
Lola Feurer scored two goals; and Kate Feurer added the other as the Grizzlies (8-3-2) ran their unbeaten streak to 10 games.
Payton is now 8-0-2 since starting the year with three losses against teams currently ranked in the top 10 of the Chicagoland Soccer Top 25: no. 4 Evanston; no. 6 Glenbrook North; and no. 8 Loyola.
During the unbeaten run, Payton also posted ties with Young and St. Ignatius.
Payton needs to beat city power Lane on Monday for a chance to share the Chicago Public League Premier Division title with Young.
Lola Feurer stayed hot with two tallies and ran her total to four goals in the last three games.
She moved from her customary spot in the back to the top of the attack following an ankle injury suffered by elite sophomore Felicity Cole last Wednesday near the end of the league battle with Jones.
A Chicagoland Soccer All-State Watch List player, Cole scored 24 goals as a freshman and helped the Grizzlies reach the final of the city championship and a Class AA supersectional.
Cole was wearing a protective walking boot on her ankle Saturday.
Lola Feurer sprang into action.
“I played some forward in our game against St. Ignatius, and it’s definitely fun,” Lola Feurer said.
“I feel like I know how to play center back better, but it’s fun to be able to score the goals and make the passes offensively.”
The almost topically warm and breezy day contributed to the wild conditions near Montrose Beach on Lake Shore Drive.
The wind whipped up significantly and consistently in pushing upwards of 30 mph.
Having that wind at your back meant something.
“I was trying to get the wind in the first half,” Latin coach Tim Cronister said.
“Payton has a lot of big, strong players, and we had some younger players coming off our JV for this game.”
The wind blasted north, and Payton enjoyed the aggressive roll of the ball and the ability to push numbers forward.
Most of the first half was played in the Romans’ end.
The cumulative pressure wore out Latin (5-4-0).
“We have a lot of multiple sport athletes, and soccer is not necessarily their number one sport,” Cronister said.
“We have a Division I field hockey player, and another one trying to play field hockey in college. We are also a little behind in our schedule, only having played nine games so far.”
With the injury to Cole, Payton coach Paul Escobar expertly juggled his lineup.
He got the necessary bump.
The Payton players moved around the field like chess pieces, ready to do whatever was necessary.
“Every game is different, and we need different things from different people for each game,” captain Tess Scrivner said.
She shifted from her normal midfielder slot to defense, helping stabilize the back and bringing a physical dimension.
Scrivner is one of the Grizzlies’ more physical players, a set piece specialist with her throws.
“My primary position growing up was playing defense, and being more of an attacking player is something I have done more recently,” she said.
“I am trying to develop a better understanding of where my teammates are going to be.”
She also fits the literary allusions that mark the team. She is not named for the heroine of the great James Hardy novel “Tess of the d’Urbervilles.”
Her last name is also a variation of “scrivener,” the Old English word for “scribe” or “writer.”
Her nickname on the team is “Tesla,” and she moves quickly and decisively in space.
“I just go wherever Esco(bar) wants to put me,” she said.
Payton seized control with three goals during a 12-minute, middle stretch of the first half.
An illegal touch by a Latin defender inside the box resulted in Lola Feurer converting a penalty kick in the 15th minute.
“We have played together for a long time,” Kate Feurer said. “I know where she is going to be make her runs a lot of the time.
“I knew where she was going to take the penalty kick.”
The answer was the lower left corner.
It started the Payton run.
“We wanted to take advantage of the wind in the first half, because it was pretty strong,” Lola Feurer said.
“We knew they could come back in the second half when they had it and have us on our heels a little bit.”
The Feurer sisters, in combination with the Grizzlies’ middle attack, made sure the Latin counter never quite materialized.
“When I scored the first goal on the penalty kick, we had a little bit of momentum. We knew we had to take advantage,” Lola Feurer said.
The twins broke the game open with two goals two minutes apart later in the first half.
Midfielder Thalia Witkovsky drove down the right edge, and delivered a beautiful cross that Lola Feurer finished with a lyrical half volley for the second goal.
The 24th minute goal stretched the lead to 2-0.
Lola Feurer has scored 10 goals of the year.
Kate Feurer got into the action moments later. Her goal was not entirely intentional. She was trying to play a ball into the box.
Standing on the right wing from about 26 yards, Kate Feurer blasted a shot that pushed high and took a weird and random hop over the head of the Latin keeper.
“We definitely challenged ourselves early on with our schedule and that showed us what some did the toughest competition is going to look like,” Kate Feurer said.
“It gave us a lot of ideas of what we had to do, and we have been working on that in practice.”
Lola and Kate Feurer shared the distinction of the Chicagoland Soccer MVP of the Match.
The recombined back, utilizing athletic marvels in Scrivner and Shea Vandermeid, posted another shutout.
Madeline Spark, the team’s tallest and most physically imposing defender, also showed great touch with her long free kicks.
Kate Cupps, another of the Grizzles’ physical and dynamic players in the middle, is a skilled corner specialist.
Her corner set up Lola Feurer’s game-winner against Jones on Wednesday.
“We have a very good team dynamic, and I think we do a good job of adapting to any team that we play,” Cupps said.
“We have a lot of people who can do a lot of things with the ball.”
Starting lineups
Payton
GK: Chloe Guzik
D: Kate Feurer
D: Shea Vandermeid
D: Madeleine Spark
D: Norah Denehan
D: Tess Scrivner
MF: Isabella Chitarro
MF: Norah Duritsa
MF: Kate Cupps
F: Lola Feurer
F: Alice McDermott
Latin
GK: Sneha Sharma
D: Medah Sharma
D: Jane Baer
D: Zoe Weiss
D: Lucy Norris
MF: Alena Brandt
MF: Eden Raviv
MF: Carly Warms
MF: Carmen Pastrana
F: Belle Krueger
F: Casey Mitchell
Chicagoland Soccer MVPs of the Match: Lola Feurer, jr., F, Payton; Kate Feurer, jr., D/MF, Payton
Scoring summary
First half
Payton—Lola Feurer (penalty kick), 15th minute
Payton—Lola Feurer (Thalia Witkovsky), 24th minute
Payton—Kate Feurer (unassisted), 26th minute
Second half
No scoring
Sisters combine for all 3 goals in nonconference, shutout victory
By Patrick Z. McGavin
CHICAGO -- By all accounts, the Feurer twins bind the biological and the personal every time they play soccer together.
The juniors at Payton cut quite the profile, long and athletic, lean and tough in space.
They are also: versatile; nimble; sharp; and quick-witted.
As the slightly older of the two, Kate Feurer could use the classic line from Shakespeare’s “Julius Caesar,” on her sister:
“We are two lions littered in one day/And I the elder and more terrible.”
The fraternal twins have the ability and positional flexibility to play anywhere on the field.
“It’s a lot of fun playing with her,” Kate Feurer said. “I feel like we know where each other is, and where we want to be out there.
“It’s easy to give each other advice.”
On the meaning of quotations, perhaps one of a more recent vintage and colored through popular culture is sufficient: “Sisters are doin’ it for themselves.”
The Feurer sisters combined for all the offense as Payton stayed hot with a 3-0 victory over Latin at Montrose Field on the lakefront Saturday.
Lola Feurer scored two goals; and Kate Feurer added the other as the Grizzlies (8-3-2) ran their unbeaten streak to 10 games.
Payton is now 8-0-2 since starting the year with three losses against teams currently ranked in the top 10 of the Chicagoland Soccer Top 25: no. 4 Evanston; no. 6 Glenbrook North; and no. 8 Loyola.
During the unbeaten run, Payton also posted ties with Young and St. Ignatius.
Payton needs to beat city power Lane on Monday for a chance to share the Chicago Public League Premier Division title with Young.
Lola Feurer stayed hot with two tallies and ran her total to four goals in the last three games.
She moved from her customary spot in the back to the top of the attack following an ankle injury suffered by elite sophomore Felicity Cole last Wednesday near the end of the league battle with Jones.
A Chicagoland Soccer All-State Watch List player, Cole scored 24 goals as a freshman and helped the Grizzlies reach the final of the city championship and a Class AA supersectional.
Cole was wearing a protective walking boot on her ankle Saturday.
Lola Feurer sprang into action.
“I played some forward in our game against St. Ignatius, and it’s definitely fun,” Lola Feurer said.
“I feel like I know how to play center back better, but it’s fun to be able to score the goals and make the passes offensively.”
The almost topically warm and breezy day contributed to the wild conditions near Montrose Beach on Lake Shore Drive.
The wind whipped up significantly and consistently in pushing upwards of 30 mph.
Having that wind at your back meant something.
“I was trying to get the wind in the first half,” Latin coach Tim Cronister said.
“Payton has a lot of big, strong players, and we had some younger players coming off our JV for this game.”
The wind blasted north, and Payton enjoyed the aggressive roll of the ball and the ability to push numbers forward.
Most of the first half was played in the Romans’ end.
The cumulative pressure wore out Latin (5-4-0).
“We have a lot of multiple sport athletes, and soccer is not necessarily their number one sport,” Cronister said.
“We have a Division I field hockey player, and another one trying to play field hockey in college. We are also a little behind in our schedule, only having played nine games so far.”
With the injury to Cole, Payton coach Paul Escobar expertly juggled his lineup.
He got the necessary bump.
The Payton players moved around the field like chess pieces, ready to do whatever was necessary.
“Every game is different, and we need different things from different people for each game,” captain Tess Scrivner said.
She shifted from her normal midfielder slot to defense, helping stabilize the back and bringing a physical dimension.
Scrivner is one of the Grizzlies’ more physical players, a set piece specialist with her throws.
“My primary position growing up was playing defense, and being more of an attacking player is something I have done more recently,” she said.
“I am trying to develop a better understanding of where my teammates are going to be.”
She also fits the literary allusions that mark the team. She is not named for the heroine of the great James Hardy novel “Tess of the d’Urbervilles.”
Her last name is also a variation of “scrivener,” the Old English word for “scribe” or “writer.”
Her nickname on the team is “Tesla,” and she moves quickly and decisively in space.
“I just go wherever Esco(bar) wants to put me,” she said.
Payton seized control with three goals during a 12-minute, middle stretch of the first half.
An illegal touch by a Latin defender inside the box resulted in Lola Feurer converting a penalty kick in the 15th minute.
“We have played together for a long time,” Kate Feurer said. “I know where she is going to be make her runs a lot of the time.
“I knew where she was going to take the penalty kick.”
The answer was the lower left corner.
It started the Payton run.
“We wanted to take advantage of the wind in the first half, because it was pretty strong,” Lola Feurer said.
“We knew they could come back in the second half when they had it and have us on our heels a little bit.”
The Feurer sisters, in combination with the Grizzlies’ middle attack, made sure the Latin counter never quite materialized.
“When I scored the first goal on the penalty kick, we had a little bit of momentum. We knew we had to take advantage,” Lola Feurer said.
The twins broke the game open with two goals two minutes apart later in the first half.
Midfielder Thalia Witkovsky drove down the right edge, and delivered a beautiful cross that Lola Feurer finished with a lyrical half volley for the second goal.
The 24th minute goal stretched the lead to 2-0.
Lola Feurer has scored 10 goals of the year.
Kate Feurer got into the action moments later. Her goal was not entirely intentional. She was trying to play a ball into the box.
Standing on the right wing from about 26 yards, Kate Feurer blasted a shot that pushed high and took a weird and random hop over the head of the Latin keeper.
“We definitely challenged ourselves early on with our schedule and that showed us what some did the toughest competition is going to look like,” Kate Feurer said.
“It gave us a lot of ideas of what we had to do, and we have been working on that in practice.”
Lola and Kate Feurer shared the distinction of the Chicagoland Soccer MVP of the Match.
The recombined back, utilizing athletic marvels in Scrivner and Shea Vandermeid, posted another shutout.
Madeline Spark, the team’s tallest and most physically imposing defender, also showed great touch with her long free kicks.
Kate Cupps, another of the Grizzles’ physical and dynamic players in the middle, is a skilled corner specialist.
Her corner set up Lola Feurer’s game-winner against Jones on Wednesday.
“We have a very good team dynamic, and I think we do a good job of adapting to any team that we play,” Cupps said.
“We have a lot of people who can do a lot of things with the ball.”
Starting lineups
Payton
GK: Chloe Guzik
D: Kate Feurer
D: Shea Vandermeid
D: Madeleine Spark
D: Norah Denehan
D: Tess Scrivner
MF: Isabella Chitarro
MF: Norah Duritsa
MF: Kate Cupps
F: Lola Feurer
F: Alice McDermott
Latin
GK: Sneha Sharma
D: Medah Sharma
D: Jane Baer
D: Zoe Weiss
D: Lucy Norris
MF: Alena Brandt
MF: Eden Raviv
MF: Carly Warms
MF: Carmen Pastrana
F: Belle Krueger
F: Casey Mitchell
Chicagoland Soccer MVPs of the Match: Lola Feurer, jr., F, Payton; Kate Feurer, jr., D/MF, Payton
Scoring summary
First half
Payton—Lola Feurer (penalty kick), 15th minute
Payton—Lola Feurer (Thalia Witkovsky), 24th minute
Payton—Kate Feurer (unassisted), 26th minute
Second half
No scoring