Hoffman Estates is on a five-game streak of home losses, Wheeling a four-game streak of away losses, but someone's luck is about to change. The Hoffman Estates Hawks will take on the Wheeling Wildcats at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Neither Hoffman Estates nor Wheeling posted many goals in their last games, so it might be the defenses that decide this one.
Hoffman Estates is likely headed into the matchup with a focus on the second half, which is when things went downhill against Conant on Saturday. Hoffman Estates fell just short of Conant by a score of 2-1. While losing is never fun, Hoffman Estates can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Illinois soccer rankings (they are ranked 286th, while Conant is ranked 110th).
Meanwhile, Wheeling fell victim to Rolling Meadows and their airtight defense on Friday. They lost 7-0 to the Mustangs.
Hoffman Estates' loss dropped their record down to 0-10-1. As for Wheeling, their defeat dropped their record down to 2-10-1.
Everything went Hoffman Estates' way against Wheeling in their previous meeting back in April of 2023 as Hoffman Estates made off with a 4-0 victory. Does Hoffman Estates have another victory up their sleeve, or will Wheeling turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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