The Palatine Pirates will challenge the Hersey Huskies at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Neither Palatine nor Hersey posted many goals in their last games, so it might be the defenses that decide this one.
Palatine is likely headed into the match with a focus on the second half, which is when things went downhill against South Elgin on Thursday. Palatine took a 3-1 hit to the loss column at the hands of South Elgin. That's two games in a row now that Palatine has lost by exactly two goals.
Their goal came courtesy of
Jolee Waddington, who's now up to 16 this season.
Meanwhile, after a string of three wins, Hersey's good fortune finally ran out on Wednesday. They fell 3-1 to Barrington. While losing is never fun, Hersey can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Illinois soccer rankings (they are ranked 46th, while Barrington is ranked eighth).
Palatine dropped their record down to 7-8-1 with that loss, which was their third straight on the road. As for Hersey, their defeat dropped their record down to 12-8-1.
Palatine might still be hurting after the 4-1 loss they got from Hersey in their previous meeting back in April. Can Palatine avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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