The Normal West Wildcats will take on the Peoria Notre Dame Irish at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday.
Normal West's offense might be in the hot seat on Thursday considering what happened against Glenwood on Tuesday. They fell 2-0 to the Titans. 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 126th, while the Titans are ranked 41st).
Meanwhile, Peoria Notre Dame came tearing into Tuesday's contest with four straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 7.5 goals) and they left with even more momentum. Their defense stepped up to hand the Maroons an 8-0 shutout. The result was nothing new for the Irish, who have now won 12 matchups by four goals or more so far this season.
Normal West's defeat ended a three-game streak of away wins and brought them to 12-10. As for Peoria Notre Dame, their win was their sixth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 16-1-1.
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