The Bloom Blazing Trojan will take on the Homewood-Flossmoor Vikings at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Bloom has five straight wins, Homewood-Flossmoor has seven straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the pitch.
Bloom is headed in fresh off scoring the most goals they have all season. They never let Crete-Monee get on the board and left with a 9-0 victory on Wednesday. The result was nothing new for Bloom, who have now won seven matches by six goals or more so far this season.
Their offense was hitting Crete-Monee from everywhere, as six different players booted in a goal. Zenaida Esquivel led that balanced group of strikers and accounted for two goals all by herself.
The home team had won the previous three meetings between Homewood-Flossmoor and Lincoln-Way East, and Lincoln-Way East kept the tradition alive. The Vikings lost 6-1 to the Griffins on Tuesday. While losing is never fun, Homewood-Flossmoor can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Illinois soccer rankings (they are ranked 229th, while Lincoln-Way East are ranked seventh).
Bloom pushed their record up to 14-2 with the win, which was their fourth straight on the road. Those road victories came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they scored 29 goals over those four games. As for Homewood-Flossmoor, their defeat dropped their record down to 2-9-1.
Bloom might still be hurting after the 7-0 loss they got from Homewood-Flossmoor in their previous matchup back in April of 2024. Will the Blazing Trojan have more luck at home instead of on the road? Come back here after the game to get an analysis of the match and other soccer content.
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