Lakeridge’s Rafa Loyo named TRL’s best

The senior midfielder is named Three Rivers League Player of the Year for 2023.

The Three Rivers League was the best.

The boys soccer teams from the TRL proved that in spades in 2023, with Lakeridge winning the Class 6A state championship, Lake Oswego reaching the semifinals and West Linn the quarterfinals.

And that means that the 2023 Three Rivers League boys soccer all-stars are the best of the best, a group led this year by TRL Player of the Year Rafa Loyo (a senior midfielder) and Coach of the Year Fraser Morrison of Lake Oswego.

In total, Lakeridge and West Linn each landed five players on the all-TRL first team, while Lake Oswego had three first-teamers.

Three Rivers League Boys Soccer

First Team — Goalkeeper: Dane Whipple, sr., Lakeridge. Defenders: Karson Kosik, sr., Lakeridge; Luca Ridgewell, sr., Lake Oswego; Sohaib Bouika El-Haddad Kaddour, sr., West Linn; Quinn Gates, so., West Linn. Midfielders: Rafa Loyo, sr., Lakeridge; Rollo van Driesche, sr., Lakeridge; Bryson Quintero, jr., Lake Oswego; Mason Bradley, jr., West Linn; Gabe Valdes, sr., West Linn. Forwards: Mauricio Loyo, sr., Lakeridge; Evan Huber, sr., Lake Oswego; Isaac Babalai, so., West Linn.

Player of the Year — Rafa Loyo, Lakeridge

Coach of the Year — Fraser Morrison, Lake Oswego

Second Team — Goalkeeper: Aidan Ferreiro-Bartko, sr., West Linn. Defenders: Westley Watts, jr., Lakeridge; Colson Rumrey, sr., West Linn; Luke Lidington, jr., Lake Oswego; Everett Caspell, jr., Tualatin; Owen Frazier, sr., Lakeridge. Midfielders: Niko Lampros, sr.., Lakeridge; Oliver Hamilton, jr., Oregon City; Tristan Peia, so., West Linn; Max Reckerman, sr., Lake Oswego; Edgar Espino-Gerado, sr., Tualatin. Forwards: Johnny Rivera-Delao, sr., Tualatin; Jacob Real, sr., Lakeridge; Grant Deuel, jr., Oregon City.

Honorable Mention — Goalkeeper: Julian Ochoa, jr., Tigard; Jesus Curiel, jr., Oregon City; Jared Villa, sr., Tualatin. Defenders: Pedro Perez, sr., Tigard; Spencer Lovell, sr., Lakeridge; Eli Beauchamp, sr., Lake Oswego; Abraham Serrano, jr., Tigard. Midfielders: Ramiro (Junior) Vargas, jr., Tigard; Haaken Retzlaff, sr., West Linn; Zane Naser, sr., Tigard; Angel Marquez, jr., Tualatin; Ulises Trujillo, fr., Tigard. Forwards: Jeb Scipio del Campo, sr., Lake Oswego; Bryce Stewart, sr., Lake Oswego; Matthew Maldonado, sr., Lakeridge; Khoa Dinh, sr., Oregon City; Jack Isackson, sr., Lake Oswego; Elijah McMahan, sr., Tigard.