The Neuqua Valley High School boys soccer program had a dream season in 2003. We had five levels, freshman A and B, sophomore, junior varsity, and varsity with one hundred and five students athletes participating. The program compiled an impressive overall record of 80 wins 24 losses and 7 ties. Each level participated in two invitational soccer tournaments as well as the conference competition.

The Freshman B team, 8-8-1 (1-1-0), won the Wildcat Soccer Tournament and finished second in their group in the St Joseph Soccer Tournament.

The Freshman A team, 14-5-2 (6-2-0) finished second in the Upstate Eight Conference and won the wildcat Invitational Soccer Tournament.

The Sophomore team finished a very strong season with a record of 20-2-9 (9-1-0) We finished tied for first place in the Upstate Eight Conference.  We were also the Champions of the Best of the West Tournament.

The Seniors

The Varsity team finished with a record of 28-1-1 (10-0-0), Upstate Eight Conference Champions, IHSA Regional, Sectional and State Champions. We set a number of team records in 2003:

• most wins 28

• fewest losses 1

• most goals scored 116

• fewest goals allowed 14

• most shutouts 19

• most consecutive games won 16

• most consecutive games undefeated 26

• most players scoring ten goals or more 7

• highest rankings

  • #1 Chicago Tribune

  • #1 Chicago Suntimes

  • #1 Daily Herald

  • #2 in Region VII (NSCAA)

  • #10 Nationally (NSCAA

We also set some IHSA All Time soccer records:

• Fewest goals allowed, tournament: 0

• Most shutouts, tournament: 3

• Most wins season: 28-1-1 (fourth best ever!)

• Most consecutive wins, season: 16 (22nd)

• Most goals scored, season: 116 (27th)

• Fewest goals allowed, season: 14 (16th)

We won the very competitive Upstate Eight Conference for the second consecutive time with an undefeated and untied record of 10-0-0! We also finished runner up in the "Best of the West Tournament" and the "Warrior Invitational Tournament". We won the IHSA Regional Championship and IHSA Sectional Championship as well as the IHSA State Championship. We were the first team not only at Neuqua Valley, but the first high school in District 204 to win an IHSA State Championship.

Varsity
Number	Name	Position
2	Brad Sommer	GK
3	Chris Traub	F
4	Jason Lopez	D
5	Wes Gillespie	M
6	Sulav Singh	D
7	Andrew Harner	M
8	Brett Kohlman	F
9	Scott Swanson	M
10	Drew Degurian	M
11	Brent Madawick	F
12	Calvin Warren	D
13	David Allard	M
15	Tom Cranmer	D
16	Nick Coulson	D
17	Chris Clark	M
18	Matt Savoe	D
19	Chris Kammo	F
21	Scott Shugh	M
22	Kevin Carney	M
23	Andrew Monteith	F
24	Justin O'Bryan	D
25	Greg Yao	D

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Team Accomplishments

Third best winning record ever in the state 28 - 1 - 1 10th In the United States "Final NSCAA National Poll" #1 in the final soccer polls for the Chicago Suntimes, Tribune and Daily Herald Upstate Eight Conference Champions (10 - 0 - 0) IHSA Regional Champions and Sectional Champions IHSA State Champions

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Junior Varsity
Number	Name	Position
2	Matt Martin	D
3	Joel Stillson	F
4	Mark Slick	F
5	Jon Carrier	D
6	Shawn McNeill	D
7	Scott Swanson*	M
8	Tyler Meck	D
9	Joe Ludford	F
10	Jeff Pawola	F
11	Fred Warren	M
12	Matt Kappra	M
13	Marcus Trucco	M
14	Liam Fisher	F
16	Felix Shaedlich	F
17	Tim Gambla	M
18	Matt Stupica*	D
20	Tom Harris	M
21	Adam Jacobsen	F
23	Matt Shiplet	GK
25	Lee Theodossaides	GK
Sophomore
Number	Name	Position
2	John Dlugokecki	F
3	Jamie Prister	F
4	Mike Diamond	F
5	Chris Goodman	MF
6	Nick Krawiec	D
7	Tim Walsh*	MF
8	John Riddle	MF
9	Linden DeGurian	F
10	Antonio Joaquin*	D
11	Tim Mills	D
12	Kevin Kure	MF
13	Kyle Wulf	D
14	Maurice Charles	MF
15	Mike Ovcharov	F
16	Greg Udouj	MF
17	Ryan Rogowski	D
18	Mike Brennan	MF
19	TJ Perna*	D
20	Kyle McKinney	D
21	Kevin Lau	MF
22	Matt Coulson	D
23	Jason Tokoph	F
25	Mike Adler	MF
26	Mike Antonelli	GK
Freshman A
Number	Name	Position
2	Austin Donner	M
3	Ricky D'Addario	F
4	Zack Yanisch	F
5	Matt Brickey	F
6	Joe Tereniak	D
7	Dan Noch	F
8	Alex Loncar*	M
9	Anthony Amedei	F
10	Pat Clore	M
11	Adam O'Bryan	D
12	Emmanuel Nasui	M
13	Adam Grahn	F
14	Justin Bauer	D
15	Duke Shelley*	D
16	Charlie Mancuso*	M
17	Kevin Gleso	M
18	Wes Tietz	D
19	Dominic Hahn	F
21	Zach McKenty	M
Freshman B
Number	Name	Position
2	Jake Saiz	M
3	Danny Zaglama	F
4	Ryan McLaughlin	M
5	Andrew Mewborn	D
6	Anthony Lukaszweski	M
7	John Sano	M
8	Curtis Fiore	D
9	Jonathon Kammo	F
10	David Apostol	F
11	Phil Kauffman	M
12	Arturo Bueno	F
13	Carlos Celada-Dean	D
15	Tony Marton	D
16	Jim Klus	D
17	Andrew Hoffer	GK
18	Chris Glimco	D
19	Susheel Kumar	M
21	Daniel Skowronski	F
23	Brian Olson	M

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