The Highland Bulldogs will head out on the road to take on the Metro-East Lutheran Knights at 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday. 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.
Highland's offense might be in the hot seat on Tuesday considering what happened against Jersey on Friday. They fell just short of the Panthers by a score of 1-0. Highland has now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Meanwhile, Metro-East Lutheran was not able to break out of their rough patch on Thursday as the team picked up their fourth straight loss. They lost 9-0 to Father McGivney Catholic. While losing is never fun, Metro-East Lutheran can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Illinois soccer rankings (they are ranked 393rd, while Father McGivney Catholic is ranked 68th).
Highland now has a losing record at 9-10. As for Metro-East Lutheran, their defeat dropped their record down to 1-16-2.
Everything went Highland's way against Metro-East Lutheran when the teams last played back in March of 2023 as Highland made off with a 7-4 victory. The rematch might be a little tougher for Highland 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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