Soccer Game Preview: Waukegan on Home-Turf

By Team Reports Sep 11, 2024, 3:44am

Soccer Preview: Waukegan vs. Lake Zurich

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Waukegan has been on the road for three straight, but on Thursday they'll finally head home. They will host the Lake Zurich Bears at 4:45 p.m.

Lake Zurich will have to contend with a Waukegan squad hungry for a win, something the team hasn't seen since August 29. Waukegan fell 2-0 to Cristo Rey St. Martin on Monday. While losing is never fun, the Bulldogs can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Illinois soccer rankings (they are ranked 359th, while the CRSM are ranked 68th).

Meanwhile, after failing to score in their last match, Lake Zurich made sure to put some goals up on the board against Conant on Saturday. They put the hurt on the Cougars with a sharp 5-2 victory.

Lake Zurich hit Conant with a three-pronged attack, as the team got scores from Matthew Bergfeld (2), Kuba Rytel (2), and Caden Wits.

Waukegan's loss dropped their record down to 1-4-1. As for Lake Zurich, they now have a winning record of 2-1-2.

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