Ridgewood is 0-7-1 against Wheaton Academy since October of 2015 but things could change on Thursday. The Ridgewood Rebels and the Wheaton Academy Warriors are set to duel.
Ridgewood's offense might be in the hot seat on Thursday considering what happened against Riverside-Brookfield on Friday. They came up short against the Bulldogs, falling 4-0. While losing is never fun, the Rebels can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Illinois soccer rankings (they are ranked 263rd, while the Bulldogs are ranked 110th).
Meanwhile, there's no place like home for Wheaton Academy, who bounced back after a loss on the road on Friday. Their defense stepped up to hand Bishop McNamara a 9-0 shutout on Tuesday. Considering the Warriors have won 13 matchups by more than two goals this season, Tuesday's blowout was nothing new.
Their offense was hitting Bishop McNamara from everywhere, as five different players booted in a goal.
Cuyler Finnegan led that balanced group of strikers and accounted for three goals all by himself.
This is the second loss in a row for Ridgewood and nudges their season record down to 4-9-3. As for Wheaton Academy, their win bumped their record up to 15-3.
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