Soccer Preview: Thornton vs. Homewood-Flossmoor
The Thornton Wildcats will venture away from home to square off against the Homewood-Flossmoor Vikings at 6:15 p.m. on Tuesday. Neither squad made it on the board the last time they hit the pitch, so they've probably got a bit of extra motivation.
Thornton will head out to face Homewood-Flossmoor after giving up their first home loss of the season on Saturday. Thornton fell 3-1 to Bloom. The Wildcats haven't had much luck with the Blazing Trojan recently, as the team's come up short the last four times they've met.
Meanwhile, Homewood-Flossmoor fell victim to Thornton Fractional North/Thornton Fractional South and their airtight defense on Wednesday. They took a 2-0 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Meteors. While losing is never fun, the Vikings can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Illinois soccer rankings (they are ranked 343rd, while the Meteors are ranked 146th).
Thornton's defeat dropped their record down to 1-3. As for Homewood-Flossmoor, this is the second loss in a row for them and also nudges their season record down to 1-3.
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