Soccer Preview: Palatine vs. Wheeling
The Palatine Pirates's road trip will continue as they head out to face the Wheeling Wildcats at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Both come into the matchup bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Last Tuesday, Palatine beat Rolling Meadows 3-1.
Meanwhile, Wheeling hadn't done well against Barrington recently (they were 2-7 in their previous nine matchups), but they didn't let the past get in their way on Tuesday. Wheeling had just enough and edged Barrington out 2-1. That's two games straight that the Wildcats have won by just one goal.
Cesar Rangel and
Rogelio Cisneros scored both of Wheeling's goals, bringing their combined season tally to seven goals.
Palatine is on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four contests, which provided a nice bump to their 10-7-3 record this season. As for Wheeling, the victory made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 9-4-2.
Palatine was able to grind out a solid win over Wheeling when the teams last played back in September, winning 4-2. Will Palatine repeat their success, or does Wheeling have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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