After three games on the road, Homewood-Flossmoor is heading back home. They will host the Thornton Wildcats at 6:15 p.m. on Tuesday. Neither squad made it on the board the last time they hit the pitch, so they've probably got a bit of extra motivation.
Homewood-Flossmoor's offense might be in the hot seat on Tuesday considering what happened against Thornton Fractional North/Thornton Fractional South on Wednesday. They took a 2-0 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Meteors. While losing is never fun, the Vikings can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Illinois soccer rankings (they are ranked 343rd, while the Meteors are ranked 146th).
Meanwhile, Thornton entered their matchup against Bloom on Saturday without any home losses, but there's a first time for everything. Thornton fell 3-1 to Bloom. The loss continues a trend for the Wildcats in their matchups with the Blazing Trojan: they've now lost five in a row.
Homewood-Flossmoor's defeat dropped their record down to 1-3. As for Thornton, their loss dropped their record down to an identical 1-3.
Homewood-Flossmoor came out on top in a nail-biter against Thornton when the teams last played two weeks ago, sneaking past 4-3. Will Homewood-Flossmoor repeat their success, or does Thornton have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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