The Lake Park Lancers will head out to square off against the Hoffman Estates Hawks at 10:45 a.m. on Saturday. Lake Park will be hoping to continue their three-game streak of scoring more goals each match than the last.
Lake Park is headed in fresh off scoring the most goals they have all season. They were the clear victor by an 8-3 margin over Batavia on Tuesday. The contest was pretty much decided by the half, when the score had already reached 5-2.
Meanwhile, Hoffman Estates has been on a difficult stretch since their win on August 30. They lost 4-0 to Rolling Meadows on Thursday. While losing is never fun, the Hawks can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Illinois soccer rankings (they are ranked 191st, while the Mustangs are ranked 40th).
Lake Park's first win this season bumped their record up to 1-3. As for Hoffman Estates, they now have a losing record at 2-3-2.
Lake Park took their victory against Hoffman Estates in their previous matchup back in August of 2022 by a conclusive 4-0. The rematch might be a little tougher for Lake Park 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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