The Morton Potters will take on the East Moline United Panthers at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. Morton's offense has struggled lately (the team hasn't scored more than a single goal for four straight games), a trend the team is no doubt ready to end.
Morton's offense might be in the hot seat on Thursday considering what happened against Washington on Tuesday. They came up short against the Panthers, falling 4-0. While losing is never fun, the Potters can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Illinois soccer rankings (they are ranked 228th, while the Panthers are ranked 13th).
Meanwhile, it was a proper cat-fight when East Moline United took on Normal West on Monday. East Moline United blew past Normal West 5-2. The Panthers might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won eight games by three goals or more this season.
They hit Normal West with a three-pronged attack, as the team got scores from
Brodie King (3),
Adrian Hughes, and
Carter Ramsey.
Morton's loss dropped their record down to 6-14-1. As for East Moline United, they have been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five matches, which provided a nice bump to their 13-4-1 record this season.
Morton came out on top in a nail-biter against East Moline United in their previous matchup back in August of 2022, sneaking past 2-1. Will Morton repeat their success, or does East Moline United have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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