Morton senior Giovanni Alvarez, who led the Mustangs to their second straight Class 3A state tournament, is the Suburban Life boys soccer Player of the Year.

Here is the Suburban Life All-Area boys soccer team.

York junior Jose Herrera, who had two goals and an assist in a 4-0 win over Fremd in the Class 3A state championship game and a goal and an assist in a 3-2 semifinal win over Lockport in leading the Dukes to their first state soccer title, is the Suburban Life Athlete of the Week as voted on by readers. Read more about him in this Q&A with Sports Editor Joshua Welge.

Lockport, making its state finals debut, scored two short-handed goals to knock off Morton 2-1 in Saturday's Class 3A third-place game.

York scored two goals in each half to beat Fremd 4-0 in the Class 3A final and capture the first state soccer championship in school history.

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York faced Fremd during their boys Class 3A IHSA state soccer final at Hoffman Estates High School on Saturday, Nov. 6, 2021.

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Morton faced Lockport during their boys Class 3A IHSA state soccer third place match at Hoffman Estates High School on Saturday, Nov. 6, 2021.

'We had our chances' In a tense 80-minute thriller between two of the top teams in Class 3A soccer, Fremd beat Morton 1-0 in a state semifinal.

York built a three-goal lead and held off a furious Lockport rally in the second half for a 3-2 win in Friday's Class 3A state soccer semifinal.