The Joliet Central Steelmen's road trip will continue as they head out to face the Thornton Wildcats at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday. Joliet Central's last seven games have been decided by no more than a goal, so don't be surprised if it's a close one.
On Thursday, Joliet Central didn't have quite enough to beat Romeoville and fell 3-2. The Steelmen haven't had much luck with the Spartans recently, as the team's come up short the last four times they've met.
Meanwhile, Thornton managed to keep up with Bloom until halftime on Tuesday, but things quickly went downhill from there. Thornton came up short against Bloom, falling 3-0. While losing is never fun, the Wildcats can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Illinois soccer rankings (they are ranked 175th, while the Blazing Trojan are ranked 37th).
Joliet Central's loss dropped their record down to 5-9-3. As for Thornton, their defeat ended a three-game streak of away wins and brought them to 7-5-1.
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