Soccer Game Recap: Monticello Comes Up Short

By Team Reports Sep 17, 2024, 2:27pm

Soccer Recap: Monticello vs. Urbana

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Monticello lost against Urbana back in September of 2023, and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Monday. The Monticello Sages came up short against the Urbana Tigers, falling 5-1. While losing is never fun, the Sages can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Illinois soccer rankings (they are ranked 438th, while the Tigers are ranked 39th).

Monticello's defeat dropped their record down to 2-8. As for Urbana, the win was the fifth in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 7-2.

Monticello will be staying on the road on Tuesday to face off against Rantoul at 4:30 p.m. Rantoul is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 2.6 goals per game this season. As for Urbana, they will host Bloomington at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Urbana knows how to get goals on the board -- the squad has finished with four goal or more in their past three contests -- so hopefully Bloomington likes a good challenge.

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