Soccer Preview: Manual vs. DePue
The Manual Rams will look to defend their home pitch on Wednesday against the DePue Little Giants at 4:00 p.m. Manual is still on the hunt for that elusive first 'W'.
Manual's offense might be in the hot seat on Wednesday considering what happened against Normal Community on Monday. They wound up on the wrong side of a rough 9-0 walloping at the hands of the Ironmen. While losing is never fun, Manual can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Illinois soccer rankings (they are ranked 372nd, while Normal Community is ranked 27th).
Meanwhile, DePue came up short against Wilmington on Friday and fell 4-2. DePue has struggled against Wilmington recently, as their matchup on Friday was their fourth consecutive lost matchup.
Manual's loss dropped their record down to 0-7. As for DePue, their defeat dropped their record down to 1-4-1.
Manual suffered a grim 11-1 defeat to DePue when the teams last played back in March of 2023. That match was all but decided by halftime, at which point Manual was down 7-0.
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