Perhaps it was only fitting that two of the best soccer coaches in the state, Steve Keller at Fremd and Barrington's Ryan Stengren, each won their 300th game on the same night last week.
Keller would do so after his club beat Hoffman Estates 3-1 last Wednesday, while Stengren did so at Rolling Meadows during a 4-0 victory.
Keller, who says his state runner-up seasons of 2007 and 2009, are two of his memorable of his career, while pointing to his longtime friend, assistant, Hall-of-Famer Gerardo Pagnani as someone who has provided the greatest influence during his time in charge. Stengren, who starred at Hersey, then Akron University, and was a club teammate of Brian McBride, made an immediate imprint on Barrington Fillies soccer. In just his third season he led his club to a 1-0 victory over Hersey in the MSL Soccer Cup, his first of 11 and the first of seven state trophies, beginning with his first in 2013 for third place.
"We've had so many talented student-athletes here at Barrington. I have been extremely fortunate in that way, and I hope that I've made their time something they will remember for a long time," continued Stengren, who in his 16th season has amassed a sparkling 302-51-23 overall record, which includes a 30-0-2 record during the last these last three seasons, with Brooke Brown and Ellie Sanchez both in starring roles.
NLCC update: Just as the MSL West division was settled on the final day of the regular season, so did the Northern Lake County Conference in an enthralling fight to the finish between Lakes Community, Grayslake Central and Wauconda. "Thanks to our rival North, we now had the chance at a conference title, so we knew what we had to do against Wauconda," said Central junior Sara Armstrong, who was a key figure in the Rams' 1-0 victory over the Bulldogs.
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