The Blue Island Eisenhower Cardinals will venture away from home to face off against the Oak Lawn Spartans at 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday.
Blue Island Eisenhower is likely headed into the contest with a focus on the second half, which is when things went downhill against Lemont on Saturday. Blue Island Eisenhower fell just short of Lemont by a score of 1-0. While losing is never fun, the Cardinals can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Illinois soccer rankings (they are ranked 131st, while the Lemont HS are ranked 22nd).
Meanwhile, after failing to score in their last matchup, Oak Lawn made sure to put some goals up on the board against Argo on Thursday. They walked away with a 4-2 win over the Argonauts.
Tristan Kramarz and
Dylan Walsh scored all four of Oak Lawn's goals, bringing their combined season tally to 38 goals.
Blue Island Eisenhower's loss dropped their record down to 3-3-4. As for Oak Lawn, their victory bumped their record up to 9-4-1.
Blue Island Eisenhower skirted past Oak Lawn 2-1 when the teams last played back in September of 2023. The rematch might be a little tougher for Blue Island Eisenhower since the squad 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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