The Normal Community Ironmen will be staying on the road on Tuesday to face off against the Urbana Tigers at 4:30 p.m. Given that the two teams suffered a loss in their last game, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this matchup.
Normal Community is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to five goals on Thursday, they were much more limited against Moline on Saturday. They fell just short of the Maroons by a score of 2-1. While losing is never fun, the Ironmen can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Illinois soccer rankings (they are ranked 78th, while the Maroons are ranked 18th).
Meanwhile, Urbana didn't have quite enough to beat Richwoods on Thursday and fell 3-2.
Anthony Becerril and
Lemex Ondongo scored both of Urbana's goals, bringing their combined season tally to ten goals.
Normal Community's defeat ended a three-game streak of away wins and brought them to 9-4-5. As for Urbana, they have been struggling recently as they've lost three of their last four games, which put a noticeable dent in their 9-6-1 record this season.
Normal Community took their victory against Urbana when the teams last played back in September of 2023 by a conclusive 4-0. The rematch might be a little tougher for Normal Community since the team 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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