Soccer Preview: Urbana vs. Bloomington
The Urbana Tigers will face off against the Bloomington Purple Raiders at 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Urbana will be looking to extend their current five-game winning streak.
If Urbana beats Bloomington with five goals on Tuesday, it's going to be the squad's new lucky number: they've won their past two games with that exact score. Urbana was the clear victor by a 5-1 margin over Monticello on Monday. The Tigers might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won three matchups by four goals or more this season.
Meanwhile, while it was all tied up 0-0 at halftime, Bloomington was not quite Metamora's equal in the second half on Saturday. They fell just short of the Redbirds by a score of 2-1. Having soared to a lofty eight goals in the game before, the Purple Raiders couldn't push the score so high this time.
Urbana's win bumped their record up to 7-2. As for Bloomington, they have been struggling recently as they've lost seven of their last nine matches, which put a noticeable dent in their 6-7 record this season.
Urbana took their victory against Bloomington in their previous meeting back in September of 2023 by a conclusive 4-1. Will Urbana repeat their success, or does Bloomington have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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