2021 NPU MEN’S SOCCER PROGRAM
2021 NPU SCHEDULE & RESULTS
Date: Wednesday, November 3, 7:00 PM
Site: Holmgren Athletic Complex / Chicago, Illinois
School CCIW Overall North Park 8-0-0 13-4-0 North Central 6-1-1 16-1-1 Illinois Wesleyan 5-3-0 6-8-1 Wheaton 4-3-1 9-6-1 Elmhurst 4-3-1 8-8-2 Carthage 3-4-1 12-6-2 Carroll 1-6-1 8-8-1 Millikin 1-6-1 1-13-2 Augustana 1-7-0 5-11-0
Date Opponent Result/Time Sep 1 (Wed) @ Lake Forest WIN 4-1 Sep 4 (Sat) GREENVILLE WIN 5-0
Sep 8 (Wed) LORAS WIN 5-0
Sep 11 (Sat) @ WashU loss 3-2 Sep 14 (Tue) @ Knox WIN 4-0 Sep 17 (Fri) #20 LUTHER WIN 1-0 Sep 19 (Sun)
#16 CHRISTOPHER NEWPORTloss 1-0 Sep 22 (Wed)
rvHOPE loss 2-1 Sep 25 (Sat) ILLINOIS WESLEYAN * WIN 4-1 Sep 29 (Wed) #16 CARTHAGE * WIN 4-0 Oct 2 (Sat) @ Elmhurst * WIN 8-0 Oct 6 (Wed) @ Wheaton * WIN 3-1 Oct 10 (Sun) ST. NORBERT canceled Oct 13 (Wed) @ Carroll * WIN 4-0 Oct 16 (Sat) #14 NORTH CENTRAL * WIN 2-1 Oct 20 (Wed) MILLIKIN * WIN 2-0 Oct 23 (Sat) #11 U-CHICAGO loss 1-0 Oct 30 (Sat) @ Augustana * WIN 7-1
Nov 3 (Wed) WHEATON 7:00 PM CAPS indicates home contest
* denotes CCIW opponent TEAM INFORMATION
GAME INFORMATION
#15 NORTH PARK UNIVERSITY VIKINGS College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin (CCIW) Head Coach: Kris Grahn (2nd full season) Current Record: 13-4-0 (8-0-0 CCIW) 2019 Finish: 16-5-2 (6-1-1 CCIW)
FINAL STANDINGS
North Park University Athletics @NPUathletics @VikingsNPU
WHEATON COLLEGE THUNDER
College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin (CCIW) Interim HC: John Gosling
Current Record: 9-6-1 (4-3-1 CCIW) 2019 Finish: 10-4-4 (3-2-3 CCIW)
11 ALL-CCIW RECIPIENTS ON THE PITCH TONIGHT NORTH PARK REPRESENTATIVES
Peder Olsen Offensive POY, First Team Gustav Ericsson Defensive POY, First Team Jesse Anamoo First Team
Angel Barriga First Team Chrisitan Vaaland First Team Kristoffer Risnes Second Team WHEATON REPRESENTATIVES Silas Galvao First Team AJ Moyes First Team Hasten Biddlecome Second Team Justin Hill Second Team Joey Sopikiotis Second Team
LEAGUE LEADERS
2021 North Park Men's Soccer Roster
# Player Pos Ht Wt Yr Hometown/H.S./Previous School
3 Noel Holm M 5-8 140 Fr. Stockholm, Sweden / Sjölins / Jacksonville Univ 6 Osvaldo Espinoza M 5-9 160 Jr. Des Plaines, Ill. / Maine West
7 William Bostrom-Rydfjall D 6-2 180 So. Umea, Sweden / Dragonskolan 8 Johan Bjorck M/D 6-3 180 So. Stockholm, Sweden / Danderyds 9 Patrick Knap F 6-2 175 Jr. Chicago, Ill. / Taft
10 Ulrik Lund M 6-1 170 Sr. Sandnes, Norway / Wang Stavanger 12 Kristoffer Risnes D 5-8 140 Fr. Lyngdal, Norway / Eilert Sundt 13 Angel Barriga M 5-7 160 Jr. Bensenville, Ill. / Fenton
14 Christian Vaaland D 6-2 190 Fr. Rennesøy, Norway / WANG Toppidrett Stavanger 17 Erik Lundeen D/M 6-4 185 Jr. Aurora, Colo. / Aurora
18 Runar Berg-Domaas D 6-3 200 So. Nordby, Norway / Frogn 19 Miguel Moreno M 5-11 165 Jr. Elgin, Ill. / Larking
22 Jostein Blindheim D 6-0 160 Fr. Molde, Norway / Romsdal 23 Erik Bringman D 6-0 185 Fr. Halmstad, Sweden / Aspero 26 Alfred Sward GK 5-10 155 Fr. Strängnäs, Sweden / Thomas 27 Oskar Rydberg GK 6-1 170 Fr. Stockholm, Sweden / Tibble 30 Peder Olsen M 5-10 160 Sr. Larvik, Norway / Thor Heyerdahl 31 Jerry Sheikh F 5-7 185 Fr. Verdal, Norway / Verdal
33 Gavin Johnson F 6-2 180 Fr. Libertyville, Ill. / Libertyville 36 Gullame Gasparotto M 6-0 155 Fr. Belgium / St Benoit
38 Landon Johnson D 6-0 160 Fr. Libertyville, Ill. / Libertyville 39 Jesse Anamoo F/M 6-1 165 Fr. Accra, Ghana / Niles North
40 Gustav Ericsson M 5-10 150 Sr. Stockholm, Sweden / St. Eriks / U- San Diego 42 Tobias Lunde M 5-10 180 Fr. Rennesøy, Norway / St. Svithun
43 Georgi Kyosev M 5-10 150 Fr. Plovdiv, Bulgaria / Hoffman Estates 45 Cole Pauly D 6-2 155 Fr. Mundelein, Ill. / Mundelein
49 Isak Flo F 5-11 150 Fr. Ascot, United Kingdom
54 Oskar Safstrom M 5-9 140 Fr. Sundsvall, Sweden / Hedbergska 57 Willy Wickman F/M 5-8 160 Fr. Enköping, Sweden / Westerlundska 58 Isac Esfandyari D 6-2 170 Fr. Lund, Sweden / Polhemskolan 59 William De Carro M 6-2 185 Fr. Västerås, Sweden / Widénska
Head Coach: Kris Grahn (2nd season)
Assistant Coaches: Karsten Hahn, Ryan McNaughton, Sean Wilson
Pronunciations:
7. boss-strum, rude-feel 9. The ‘K’ is NOT silent 14. Rhymes with “Holland”
18. roo-nar, berg, doh-moss 22. Joe-steen, blind-haym 26. Rhymes with “sword”
27. RIDE-berg 30. “Peter” 36. Geeyum, gas-pa-RO-toe
39. uh-NAH-moo 42. lundy 43. Keeyo-sev
54. soff-strum 58. ess-fon-dee-ARR-ee 59. care-oh
2021 North Park Men's Soccer
North Park Combined Team Statistics (as of Oct 31, 2021) All games
RECORD: OVERALL HOME AWAY NEUTRAL
ALL GAMES 13-4 7-3 6-1 0-0
CONFERENCE 8-0 4-0 4-0 0-0
NON-CONFERENCE 5-4 3-3 2-1 0-0
Date Opponent Score Att.
09/01/21 at Lake Forest W 4-1 75
Sep 04 GREENVILLE W 5-0 170
Sep 08 LORAS W 5-0 109
Sep 11 at WashU L 2-3 100
09/14/21 at Knox W 4-0 50
Sep 17 #20 LUTHER W 1-0 35
Sep 19 #16 CHRISTOPHER NEWPORT L 0-1 35
Sep 22 HOPE (MI) L 1-2 83
* Sep 25 ILLINOIS WESLEYAN W 4-1 88
* Sep 29 #16 CARTHAGE W 4-0 140
* 10/02/21 at Elmhurst W 8-0 150
* 10/06/21 at Wheaton (IL) W 3-1 549
* 10/13/21 at Carroll (WI) W 4-0 162
* Oct 16 #14 NORTH CENTRAL (IL)Wot 2-1 250
* Oct 20 MILLIKIN W 2-0 105
Oct 23 #11 CHICAGO L 0-1 110
* 10/30/21 at Augustana (IL) W 7-1 88
TEAM STATISTICS NPU OPP
SHOT STATISTICS
Goals-Shot attempts 56-340 12-111
Goals scored per game 3.29 0.71
Shot pct. . 1 6 5 . 1 0 8
Shots on goal-Attempts 154-340 42-111
SOG pct. . 4 5 3 . 3 7 8
S h o t s / G a m e 20.0 6.5
CORNER KICKS 112 33
PENALTY KICKS 6-7 2-2
PENALTIES
Yellow cards 17 32
Red cards 0 6
ATTENDANCE
T o t a l 1125 1174
Dates/Avg Per Date 10/112 7/168
Neutral Site #/Avg 0/0
## Player gp g a pts sh sh% sog sog% gw pk-att 30 Olsen, Peder 17 15 7 37 59 . 2 5 4 30 . 5 0 8 6 4 - 5 39 Anamoo, Jesse 17 11 4 26 39 . 2 8 2 25 . 6 4 1 4 1 - 1 13 Barriga, Angel 17 5 7 17 42 . 1 1 9 18 . 4 2 9 1 0 - 0 59 de Carro, William 12 6 3 15 13 . 4 6 2 8 . 6 1 5 1 0 - 0 42 Lunde, Tobias 14 5 4 14 25 . 2 0 0 11 . 4 4 0 1 0 - 0 40 Ericsson, Gustav 17 2 8 12 31 . 0 6 5 9 . 2 9 0 0 0 - 0 9 Knap, Patrick 15 4 1 9 33 . 1 2 1 13 . 3 9 4 0 1 - 1 17 Lundeen, Erik 17 1 4 6 23 . 0 4 3 11 . 4 7 8 0 0 - 0 49 Flo, Isak 14 2 1 5 13 . 1 5 4 6 . 4 6 2 0 0 - 0 57 Wickman, Willy 6 1 1 3 4 . 2 5 0 2 . 5 0 0 0 0 - 0 54 Safstrom, Oskar 9 1 0 2 12 . 0 8 3 5 . 4 1 7 0 0 - 0 14 Vaaland, Christian 16 1 0 2 10 . 1 0 0 2 . 2 0 0 0 0 - 0 43 Kyosev, Georgi 6 1 0 2 6 . 1 6 7 2 . 3 3 3 0 0 - 0 23 Bringman, Erik 10 1 0 2 3 . 3 3 3 1 . 3 3 3 0 0 - 0 31 Sheikh, Jerry 5 0 2 2 2 . 0 0 0 1 . 5 0 0 0 0 - 0 12 Risnes, Kristoffer 17 0 1 1 7 . 0 0 0 2 . 2 8 6 0 0 - 0 22 Blindheim, Jostein 12 0 1 1 4 . 0 0 0 1 . 2 5 0 0 0 - 0 6 Espinoza, Osvaldo 11 0 0 0 6 . 0 0 0 2 . 3 3 3 0 0 - 0 58 Esfandyari, Isac 8 0 0 0 3 . 0 0 0 31.000 0 0 - 0 3 Holm, Noel 7 0 0 0 3 . 0 0 0 1 . 3 3 3 0 0 - 0 38 Johnson, Landon 3 0 0 0 1 . 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 7 Bostrom-Rydfjall, Wi 14 0 0 0 1 . 0 0 0 11.000 0 0 - 0 48 Bahombwa, Dom 1 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 47 Amezcua, Manuel 1 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 46 Gidlof, Linus 5 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 45 Pauly, Cole 7 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 37 Espinosa, Alejandro 1 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 36 Gasparotto, Gullame 2 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 33 Johnson, Gavin 2 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 32 Linares, Jeremy 1 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 27 Rydberg, Oskar 6 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 26 Sward, Alfred 15 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 16 Karlsoen, Sander 1 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 8 Bjorck, Johan 1 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 2 Secka, Abu 5 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 Total 17 56 44 156 340 . 1 6 5 154 . 4 5 3 13 6 - 7 Opponents 17 12 7 31 111 . 1 0 8 42 . 3 7 8 4 2 - 2
## Goalie GP Min. GA GAAvg Saves Pct W-L-T Sho 27 Rydberg, Oskar 5 219:55 1 0.41 1 . 5 0 0 2-0-0 1/1 26 Sward, Alfred 15 1310:32 11 0.76 27 . 7 1 1 7-4-0 6/1
Total 17 1530:27 12 0.71 28 . 7 0 0 9-4-0 7
Opponents 17 1530:27 56 3.29 100 . 6 4 1 4-8-0 2
Goals by Period 1st 2nd OT Total
North Park 20 35 1 56
Opponents 7 5 0 12
Shots by Period 1st 2nd OT Total
North Park 161 182 1 344
Opponents 56 51 0 107
Saves by Period 1st 2nd OT Total
North Park 12 16 0 28
Opponents 52 48 0 100
Corners by Period 1st 2nd OT Total
North Park 50 62 0 112
Opponents 20 13 0 33
Fouls by Period 1st 2nd OT Total
North Park 85 86 0 171
Opponents 86 88 0 174
NPU, as a team 12th in points per game (9.29) 9th in assists per game (2.71) 10th in goal differential (+44) 13th in goals per game (3.29) 13th in total assists (46) 12th in total goals (56) 11th in total points (158) Alfred Sward 35th in shutouts (6)
50th in GAA (0.755) Gustav Ericsson 42nd in total assists (8)
56th in assists per game (0.47) Peder Olsen 19th in total points (37)
24th in total goals (15) 24th in points per game (2.18) 33rd in goals per game (0.88)
NATIONAL STAT LEADERS
2021 Wheaton College Thunder Men’s Soccer Team
# Player Pos. Ht. Yr. Hometown/High School (Previous College)
0 Collin Groezinger GK 6-5 Fr. Carrollton, Texas/Trinity Christian Academy 1 #Hasten Biddlecome. GK 6-1 Sr. Kalamazoo, Mich./Portage Northern
2 Baker Avinger D 5-10 Jr. Nashville, Tenn./Christ Presbyterian Academy 3 Grant Roney M 6-1 Fr. Northfield, Minn./Northfield H.S. (Minn.) 4 Nathan Berg F 5-7 Fr. Lynden, Wash./Squaliucum
5 Kyle Schauer D 5-10 Fr. Wheaton, Ill./Wheaton North 6 Brock Seneff M 5-9 So. Orlando, Fla./Lake Highland Prep 7 Shane Kopplin M 5-8 Sr. Overland Park, Kan./Olathe East 8 Michael Martens M 5-8 Sr. Bensenville, Ill./Timothy Christian 9 Joey Sopikiotis F 5-11 Sr. Hoffman Estates, Ill./Hoffman Estates
10 #Ryan Melgar M 6-0 Sr. Portage, Mich/Portage Northern (Kalamazoo College) 12 Ben Ferraro M 5-11 Jr. Highlands Ranch, Colo./Rock Canyon
13 Michael Anthony D 6-1 So. Concord, N.C./Cox Mill
14 Michael Groza M 5-9 Jr. Highland Park, Ill./Christian Heritage Academy 15 Luke Engstrom M 6-0 Fr. Charlotte, N.C./Covenant Day School
16 Zakhar Zapolskyy F 6-1 Fr. Bullard, Texas./The Brook Hill School
17 Jack Jacquet M 6-0 So. Lawrenceville, Ga./Atlanta Christian (Gardner-Webb Univ.) 18 Alessandro D’Argento M 5-10 Jr. Wayne, Ill./South Elgin
19 Victor Choi M 5-9 Jr. Lansing, Kan./Lansing
20 Logan Russell D 6-0 Jr. Nassau, Bahamas/The McCallie School (Bowdoin College) 21 Damian Duda F 6-0 Gr. Riverhead, New York/McGann Mercy
22 Harrison Lee M 5-10 Jr. Fullerton, Calif./Sunny Hills (Biola University) 23 #Justin Hill D 6-1 Sr. Burlington, Iowa/Home school
24 Silas Galvao M 5-9 Sr. Houston, Texas/Home School 25 #AJ Moyes D 6-1 Sr. Davidson, N.C./Pine Lake Prep 26 Pryse Anderson F 6-4 Fr. Fort Worth, Texas/R.L. Paschal 29 Wes Bevard D 5-10 Jr. Orlando, Fla./Freedom
31 RJ Simmons GK 6-1 Jr. West Chicago, Ill./Wheaton Academy 32 Mason Escalante GK 5-10 So. Santa Cruz, Calif./Monte Vista Christian 34 Connor White D 6-0 Sr. Doylestown, Pa./Plumstead Christian 35 Christian Holland M 5-10 So. Delray Beach, Fla../Morristown West (Tenn.) 36 Drew Beamer D 6-2 Sr. Cranbury, N.J./Princeton
# - Denotes team captain
Interim Head Coach: John Gosling
Interim Assistant Coaches: Dylan Milkent and Elliot Borge Pronunciations
0: Groezinger: Grow-zinger 1: Biddlecome: Bid-el-comb 2: Avinger: Ah-vin-jer 3: Roney: Row-knee 8: Martens: Martins 7: Kopplin: Cope-len 9 Sopikiotis: So-pick-ee-otis 11: Moyes: rhymes with toys
16: Zakhar Zapolskyy: Za-car Za-pole-ski 17: Jacquet: Jack-et
18: Alessandro D’Argento: Al-ah-san-dro Dee-ahr-gent-oh 19: Bevard: Beh vahrd
24: Galvao: Gal-vow 26: Pryse: Price
32: Escalante: S-cul-ahn-tay
2021-22 Wheaton (IL) Men's Soccer Combined Statistics
All games
Page 1/1 as of Nov 03, 2021
Date Opponent Score Att.
09/01/2021 Hardin-Simmons W 2-0 517 09/04/2021 at Marian (WI) W 4-1 187
09/10/2021 MSOE W 6-0 1058
09/11/2021 Concordia Chicago L 0-1 300 09/22/2021 Chicago W 1-0 182
09/25/2021 Alma W 7-0 347
* 09/29/2021 Augustana (IL) W 2-0 247
* 10/02/2021 at Carroll (WI) Tot2 1-1 246
* 10/06/2021 North Park L 1-3 549
* 10/09/2021 Ill. Wesleyan Lot1 2-3 1243
* 10/13/2021 at Carthage Wot1 2-1 123 10/16/2021 at Ramapo L 1-2 120 10/19/2021 at Rutgers-Newark L 0-2 359
* 10/23/2021 Elmhurst W 1-0 633
* 10/27/2021 at North Central (IL) L 1-5 170
* 10/30/2021 at Millikin W 2-0 42 Team statistics
WHEIL OPP SHOT STATISTICS
Goals-Shot attempts 33-289 19-202 Goals scored per game 2.06 1.19
Shot pct. .114 .094
Shots on goal-Attempts 109-289 94-202
SOG pct. .377 .465
Shots/Game 18.1 12.6
Assists 24 13
GOAL BREAKDOWN
Total Goals 33 19
Penalty 6 1
Unassisted - -
Overtime 1 1
Goals scored average 2.06 1.19
CORNER KICKS 85 71
Goals off corners - -
PENALTY KICKS 6-7 1-2
OFFSIDES 31 31
PENALTIES
Fouls 163 209
Yellow cards 18 27
Red cards 1 1
ATTENDANCE
Total 5076 1247
Dates/Avg Per Date 9/564 7/178
Neutral Site #/Avg 0/0 -
Record Overall Home Away Neutral
All Games 9-6-1 6-3-0 3-3-1 0-0-0
Conference 4-3-1 2-2-0 2-1-1 0-0-0
Non-Conference 5-3-0 4-1-0 1-2-0 0-0-0
# Player GP G A PTS SH SH% SOG SOG% GWG PK-ATT 24 Galvao, Silas 16 9 4 22 32 .281 15 .469 1 5-6 18 D’Argento, Alessandro 16 6 1 13 30 .200 14 .467 4 1-1 8 Martens, Michael 16 5 1 11 34 .147 14 .412 1 0-0
25 Moyes, AJ 16 3 5 11 24 .125 8 .333 1 0-0
9 Sopikiotis, Joey 16 2 5 9 44 .045 15 .341 1 0-0 7 Kopplin, Shane 11 2 0 4 9 .222 3 .333 1 0-0 22 Lee, Harrison 13 1 2 4 9 .111 5 .556 0 0-0 26 Anderson, Pryse 13 1 1 3 6 .167 2 .333 0 0-0
3 Roney, Grant 3 1 1 3 3 .333 2 .667 0 0-0
17 Jacquet, Jack 16 1 0 2 17 .059 7 .412 0 0-0
29 Bevard, Wes 10 1 0 2 7 .143 3 .429 0 0-0
4 Berg, Nathan 3 1 0 2 2 .500 1 .500 0 0-0
36 Beamer , Drew 16 0 1 1 9 .000 1 .111 0 0-0
10 Melgar, Ryan 6 0 1 1 4 .000 3 .750 0 0-0
16 Zapolskyy, Zakhar 4 0 1 1 3 .000 0 .000 0 0-0 6 Seneff, Brock 15 0 1 1 2 .000 0 .000 0 0-0 14 Groza, Michael 13 0 0 0 26 .000 6 .231 0 0-0 12 Ferraro, Ben 11 0 0 0 7 .000 3 .429 0 0-0 23 Hill, Justin 16 0 0 0 6 .000 4 .667 0 0-0 2 Avinger, Baker 16 0 0 0 4 .000 0 .000 0 0-0 35 Holland, Christian 4 0 0 0 4 .000 2 .500 0 0-0 19 Choi, Victor 11 0 0 0 3 .000 0 .000 0 0-0 13 Anthony, Michael 2 0 0 0 2 .000 0 .000 0 0-0 20 Russell, Logan 4 0 0 0 1 .000 1 1.000 0 0-0 34 White, Connor 6 0 0 0 1 .000 0 .000 0 0-0 32 Escalante, Mason 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 0 0-0 5 Schauer, Kyle 5 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 0 0-0 1 Biddlecome, Hasten 15 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 0 0-0
21 Duda, Damian 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 0 0-0
Total 16 33 24 90 289 .114 109 .377 - 6-7 Opponents 16 19 13 51 202 .094 94 .465 - 1-2
## Goalie GP MIN. GA GAAVG SAVES PCT W-L-T SHO/CBO 32 Escalante, Mason 3 137:47 3 1.96 6 .667 0-1-0 0/1 1 Biddlecome, Hasten 15 1333:23 16 1.08 64 .800 9-5-1 6/1
TM TEAM - 00:00 0 0.00 5 1.000 0-0-0 1/0
Total 16 1471:10 19 1.16 75 .798 9-6-1 7
Opponents 16 1471:10 33 2.02 76 .697 6-9-1 2 Goals by Periods
Team 1st 2nd OT1 OT2 TOTAL
WHEIL 16 16 1 0 33
Opponents 5 13 1 0 19
Shots by Periods
Team 1st 2nd OT1 OT2 TOTAL
WHEIL 141 143 5 0 289
Opponents 103 94 4 1 202
Saves by Periods
Team 1st 2nd OT1 OT2 TOTAL
WHEIL 44 30 0 1 75
Opponents 37 38 1 0 76
Corners by Periods
Team 1st 2nd OT1 OT2 TOTAL
WHEIL 34 49 2 0 85
Opponents 23 46 2 0 71
Fouls by Periods
Team 1st 2nd OT1 OT2 TOTAL
WHEIL 75 84 3 1 163
Opponents 107 94 4 4 209