Rolling Meadows is 6-0 against Wheeling since April of 2016, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Friday. The Rolling Meadows Mustangs will head out on the road to challenge the Wheeling Wildcats at 5:00 p.m. Neither of those teams managed to put together many goals in their previous contests, so the offenses might be a little more motivated than usual.
Rolling Meadows is likely headed into the game with a focus on the second half, which is when things went downhill against Palatine on Wednesday. Rolling Meadows' tough 5-1 defeat to Palatine might stick with them for a while.
Meanwhile, Wheeling was not able to break out of their rough patch on Wednesday as the team picked up their fifth straight loss. They might be feeling deja-vu: they lost 8-0 to Schaumburg, which was the same score (and result) they got the week prior. While losing is never fun, Wheeling can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Illinois soccer rankings (they are ranked 288th, while Schaumburg is ranked 58th).
Rolling Meadows' defeat dropped their record down to 4-7-3. As for Wheeling, their loss dropped their record down to 2-9-1.
Rolling Meadows took their victory against Wheeling in their previous matchup back in April of 2023 by a conclusive 9-0. The rematch might be a little tougher for Rolling Meadows 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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