Soccer Preview: Evergreen Park vs. Blue Island Eisenhower
Evergreen Park is 0-8 against Blue Island Eisenhower since September of 2015 but things could change on Thursday. The Evergreen Park Mustangs will host the Blue Island Eisenhower Cardinals at 6:00 p.m. Neither squad made it on the board the last time they hit the pitch, so they've probably got a bit of extra motivation.
Evergreen Park came up short against Lemont on Thursday, falling 8-1. While losing is never fun, the Mustangs can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Illinois soccer rankings (they are ranked 373rd, while the Lemont HS are ranked 22nd).
Meanwhile, while it was all tied up 0-0 at halftime, Blue Island Eisenhower was not quite Oak Lawn's equal in the second half on Tuesday. They fell just short of the Spartans by a score of 1-0. That's two games in a row now that the Cardinals have lost by just one goal.
This is the second loss in a row for Evergreen Park and nudges their season record down to 3-9. As for Blue Island Eisenhower, they now have a losing record at 3-4-4.
Evergreen Park suffered a grim 9-0 defeat to Blue Island Eisenhower in their previous matchup back in October of 2023. Can Evergreen Park avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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