The Palatine Pirates will challenge the Elk Grove Grenadiers at 6:45 p.m. on Thursday.
Elk Grove is facing Palatine at the wrong time: Palatine suffered their first home loss of the season on Tuesday and they're likely out for redemption. They fell just short of the Mustangs by a score of 2-1. That's two games in a row now that the Pirates have lost by just one goal.
Meanwhile, Elk Grove entered their tilt with Fremd on Tuesday with six consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with seven. They came out on top against the Vikings by a score of 4-2. Given the Grenadiers' advantage in MaxPreps' Illinois soccer rankings (they are ranked 19th, while the Vikings are ranked 182nd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Elk Grove hit Fremd with a three-pronged attack, as the team got scores from
Daniel Boyazliev (2),
Kacper Jablonski, and
Kuba Chmielewski.
This is the second loss in a row for Palatine and nudges their season record down to 5-3-1. As for Elk Grove, they pushed their record up to 7-1 with that victory, which was their fifth straight at home.
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