The Palatine Pirates will challenge the Lake Zurich Bears at 12:00 p.m. on Saturday. Palatine will be strutting in after a win while Lake Zurich will be coming in after a defeat.
While Palatine's victory against Rolling Meadows wasn't quite the blowout it was the last time the pair played, they still came out on top. The Pirates never let the Mustangs get on the board and left with a 1-0 win on Thursday. The final result isn't all that surprising considering Palatine's considerable advantage in MaxPreps' Illinois soccer rankings (they are ranked 113th, while Rolling Meadows are ranked 233rd).
Palatine's one-goal win came courtesy of Tiao Rodriguez, who's now up to two this season.
Meanwhile, Lake Zurich didn't have quite enough to beat Zion-Benton on Friday and fell 3-2.
Lake Zurich's loss ended a three-match streak of away wins and brought them to 8-8-1. As for Palatine, they are on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four contests. That's provided a massive bump to their 7-8-1 record this season.
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