The Centennial Chargers will square off against the Urbana Tigers at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. Centennial's offense has struggled lately (the team hasn't scored more than a single goal for three straight games), a trend the team is no doubt ready to end.
Centennial is likely headed into the matchup with a focus on the second half, which is when things went downhill against Normal University on Tuesday. The Chargers fell 2-0 to the Pioneers. While losing is never fun, Centennial can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Illinois soccer rankings (they are ranked 138th, while Normal University are ranked 31st).
Meanwhile, Urbana lost 4-1 to Champaign Central on Tuesday. Urbana have struggled against Champaign Central recently, as the game was their third consecutive lost meeting.
Urbana now has a losing record of 4-5. As for Centennial, their loss dropped their record down to 8-7-1.
Everything went Centennial's way against Urbana in their previous meeting back in May of 2024, as Centennial made off with a 3-0 win. Do the Chargers have another victory up their sleeve, or will the Tigers turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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