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State Final Teams: Chicago (Brother Rice) | Chicago (Whitney Young) [Coop] | Elmhurst (York) | Frankfort (Lincoln-Way East) | Lincolnshire (Stevenson) | Naperville (North) | Palatine (H.S.) | Winnetka (New Trier)

Chicago (Whitney Young) [Coop] (24-5)


School Information

Name: Whitney Young Magnet High School
City: Chicago
County: Cook
Classification Enrollment: 2577
Nickname: Dolphins
Colors: Orange/Navy
Conference: Chicago Public
CEO, Chicago Public Schools: Pedro Martinez
Principal: Rickey Harris
Athletic Director: Chris Cassidy
Head Coach: Angelo Espinoza
Assistant Coaches: Gerald Winston, Arturo Magana
Athletic Trainer: Samuel Almendarez
Captains: Yahir Jimenez, Thomas Yu, Luka Spasic
Managers: Aiden Cawley, Chris Jimenez
Last Year's Advancement: Lost to Naperville (North), 17-9, in Third Place Game

Roster
No. Name Pos. Yr.
1 Efren Leanos GK-U Jr.
1A Aytron Talwar GK-U Fr.
2 Mateo Mendez U Sr.
3 Miguel Pintor D Sr.
4 Ryan Choi U Sr.
6 Paul Decaux D So.
7 Luka Spasic C Sr.
9 Ammon Simms U Jr.
10 Noah Dawson U Sr.
11 Yahir Jimenez D Jr.
12 Jacob Pomerantz U So.
13 Luis Arellano C So.
14 Ricky He U Sr.
15 Thomas Yu GK-U Jr.
16 Daniel Zakharov D So.
17 Ethan Lee U So.
18 Mauricio Carmona D Sr.
21 Xavier Santoyo D Jr.
23 Noah Tennenbaum D Sr.
24 Michael Acevedo U Fr.

Statistics 

  

 

Name
  Games
  Shots
  Goals
  Assists

 

 

  Michael Acevedo
   9 
   
  6
   

 

 

  Luis Arellano
   9 
   
  10
   

 

 

  Mauricio Carmona
   12 
   
  9
   

 

 

  Ryan Choi
   24 
   
  32
   

 

 

  Noah Dawson
   20 
   
  23
   

 

 

  Paul Decaux
   9 
   
  8
   

 

 

  Ricky He
   24 
   
  16
   

 

 

  Yahir Jimenez
   29 
   
  70
   

 

 

  Efren Leanos
   2 
  4
  3
  13

 

 

  Ethan Lee
   7 
   
  4
   

 

 

  Mateo Mendez
   22 
   
  22
  11

 

 

  Miguel Pintor
   27 
   
  27
  14

 

 

  Jacob Pomerantz
   7 
   
  5
   

 

 

  Xavier Santoyo
   12 
   
  8
   

 

 

  Ammon Simms
   5 
   
  2
   

 

 

  Luka Spasic
   27 
   
  42
   

 

 

  Aytron Talwar
   16 
  4
  1
  12

 

 

  Noah Tennenbaum
   20 
   
  20
   

 

 

  Thomas Yu
   28 
   
  45
   

 

 

  Daniel Zakharov
   7 
   
  4
   
 



  

 


Name
  Games
  Goals
  Avg.
  Saves

 

 

  Efren Leanos
  19
  87
  4.58
  159
  Y
   

 

 

  Aytron Talwar
  18
  104
  5.78
  115
  Y
   

 

 

  Thomas Yu
  2
  2
  1.00
  14
  Y
   
 






Scores




 

  Date
  Opponent
  W/L
  Own
  Opp

 

 

  3/11
  Chicago (Taft)
  W
   18 
   11 

 

 

  3/13
  Chicago (Curie)
  W
   21 
   8 

 

 

  Stevenson Quad
 

 

  3/15
  Palatine (Fremd)
  W
   11 
   7 

 

 

  3/15
  Lincolnshire (Stevenson)
  W
   12 
   8 

 

 

  3/15
  LaGrange (Lyons)
  W
   9 
   8 

 

 

  3/18
  New Lenox (Lincoln-Way West)
  W
   14 
   6 

 

 

  3/20
  Chicago (Goode STEM Academy)
  W
   15 
   10 

 

 

  York Invitational
 

 

  3/28
  Lincolnshire (Stevenson)
  L
   6 
   10 

 

 

  3/29
  Elmhurst (York)
  L
   3 
   16 

 

 

  3/29
  Chicago (St. Ignatius College Prep)
  W
   13 
   9 

 

 

  3/29
  St. Louis University (HS), MO
  W
   4 
   3 

 

 

  4/2
  Chicago (Amundsen)
  W
   16 
   9 

 

 

  4/7
  Chicago (Solorio Academy)
  W
   15 
   6 

 

 

  4/8
  Chicago (Lane)
  W
   10 
   8 

 

 

  Huskie Invite
 

 

  4/11
  Orland Park (Sandburg)
  W
   13 
   6 

 

 

  4/11
  St. Charles (North)
  W
   11 
   6 

 

 

  4/12
  Naperville (North)
  L
   8 
   11 

 

 

  4/12
  Lincolnshire (Stevenson)
  L
   9 
   12 

 

 

  4/14
  Chicago (Northside)
  W
   11 
   7 

 

 

  4/17
  Chicago (Jones)
  W
   16 
   7 

 

 

  4/23
  Chicago (St. Ignatius College Prep)
  W
   13 
   11 

 

 

  4/24
  Naperville (Central)
  L
   10 
   12 

 

 

  5/1
  Chicago (Brooks)
  W
   20 
   5 

 

 

  5/2
  Chicago (Kennedy)
  W
   12 
   8 

 

 

  5/3
  Chicago (Lane)
  W
   11 
   7 

 

 

  5/7
  Oak Park (O.P.-River Forest)
  W
   13 
   11 

 

 

  Chicago (Lane) Sectional
 

 

  5/15
  Chicago (Latin)
  W
   14 
   2 

 

 

  5/16
  Chicago (St. Ignatius College Prep)
  W
   14 
   7 

 

 

  5/17
  Chicago (Lane)
  W
   8 
   4

Head Coach Angelo Espinoza
Year W-L
Chicago (Whitney Young)
2019 26-4
2020 0-0
2021 21-4
2022 24-4 (2nd)
2023 17-9
2024 22-6 (4th)
2025 24-5
7 yrs. 134-32

Tournament History 

As CHICAGO (WHITNEY YOUNG)
2021        9   13  0-1 (21-5-0)   DNP  Angelo Espinoza
       L    9   13  Frankfort (Lincoln-Way East)
2022       11   13  2-1 (21-5-0)   2nd  Angelo Espinoza
       W   10    9  Elmhurst (York)
       W    7    4  Lincolnshire (Stevenson)
       L   11   13  Winnetka (New Trier)
2023        6   17  0-1 (14-10-0)  DNP  Angelo Espinoza
       L    6   17  Winnetka (New Trier)
2024        9   17  1-2 (23-8-0)   4th  Angelo Espinoza
       W   19   10  Palatine (Fremd)
       L    7   12  LaGrange (Lyons)
       L    9   17  Naperville (North)