Soccer Recap: Rich Township Takes a Loss + How To Watch

Rich Township came into their game on Tuesday off a hard-fought close win, but unfortunately suffered a serious change of fortune. They came up short against the Kankakee Kays, falling 9-0. While losing is never fun, Rich Township can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Illinois soccer rankings (they are ranked 364th, while Kankakee are ranked 102nd).

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Previous 5 Games

09/30/25 @ Kankakee	0-9
09/29/25 @ Reed-Custer	2-1
09/27/25 vs Fisher	1-1
09/27/25 vs Fisher/Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley	1-1
09/27/25 vs Herscher	0-3

The defeat snapped Rich Township's winning streak at three matches and leaves them with a 7-9 record. As for Kankakee, they have been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five matches. That's provided a nice bump to their 9-6 record this season.

Both teams will have to hit the road in their upcoming matchups. Rich Township will square off against Thornton at 6:15 p.m. on Thursday. As for Kankakee, they will face off against Bishop McNamara at 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday. Kankakee will be up against Bishop McNamara's rather soft defense (which has allowed 6.47 goals per contest), so fans could be in store for a big offensive performance.