The Bloomington Purple Raiders will head out on the road to take on the Cornerstone Christian Cyclones at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday.
Bloomington's offense might be in the hot seat on Thursday considering what happened against Champaign Central on Tuesday. Their tough 6-0 loss to the Maroons might stick with them for a while. While losing is never fun, Bloomington can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Illinois soccer rankings (they are ranked 272nd, while Champaign Central is ranked 108th).
Meanwhile, Cornerstone Christian had to endure a six-game losing streak, but that streak is no more. They skirted past East Peoria 3-2.
Bloomington dropped their record down to 2-8-1 with that defeat, which was their fourth straight at home. As for Cornerstone Christian, their victory ended a four-game drought at home and bumped them up to 1-6.
Everything went Bloomington's way against Cornerstone Christian in their previous matchup back in April of 2023 as Bloomington made off with a 5-0 win. The rematch might be a little tougher for Bloomington 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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