The St. Charles East Fighting Saints will be staying on the road on Thursday to face off against the Sycamore Spartans at 4:30 p.m.
St. Charles East lost 4-1 to Wheaton-Warrenville South on Tuesday. While losing is never fun, the Fighting Saints can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Illinois soccer rankings (they are ranked 212th, while the Tigers are ranked 86th).
St. Charles East's goal came courtesy of
Braden Arville, which was the first he's scored this season.
Meanwhile, Sycamore waltzed into their game on Wednesday with four straight wins... but they left with five. Their defense stepped up to hand the Golden Warriors a 4-0 shutout. That's two games straight that the Spartans have won by exactly four goals.
St. Charles East has been struggling recently as they've lost three of their last four matches, which put a noticeable dent in their 4-12-4 record this season. As for Sycamore, they pushed their record up to 15-6-1 with the victory, which was their third straight on the road.
Everything went St. Charles East's way against Sycamore in their previous matchup back in September of 2023, as St. Charles East made off with a 7-1 win. The rematch might be a little tougher for St. Charles East since the team won't have the home-pitch advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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