Soccer Preview: Plainfield South vs. Aurora East
The Plainfield South Cougars will venture away from home to face off against the Aurora East Tomcats at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday. Plainfield South's offense has struggled lately (the team hasn't scored more than a single goal for 13 straight games), a trend the team is no doubt ready to end.
Plainfield South's offense might be in the hot seat on Saturday considering what happened against Romeoville on Tuesday. They fell just short of the Spartans by a score of 1-0. While losing is never fun, the Cougars can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Illinois soccer rankings (they are ranked 300th, while the Spartans are ranked 58th).
Meanwhile, Aurora East hasn't lost a match since October 1st, a trend which continued in their latest game on Wednesday. They and Ridgewood finished up their game with a 3-3 draw. While a more conclusive result would've been nice, the Tomcats got plenty of practice considering the match was the highest-scoring draw the team's played all season.
Jay Umana and
Asbel Vazquez scored all three of Aurora East's goals, bringing their combined season tally to 30 goals.
Plainfield South's defeat dropped their record down to 1-16-1. Aurora East's draw gives them a new season record of 8-7-5.
Plainfield South might still be hurting after the 6-0 loss they got from Aurora East when the teams last played back in October of 2023. Can Plainfield South avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
