Olympia couldn't capitalize on their home-pitch advantage in their season opener. They lost 9-0 to the Bloomington Purple Raiders on Thursday. While losing is never fun, the Spartans can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Illinois soccer rankings (they are ranked 276th, while the Purple Raiders are ranked 82nd).
The win (which was Bloomington's third in a row) raised their record to 3-0.
Olympia will head out to square off against Manual at 4:30 p.m. on Monday. Olympia has given up an average of 9 goals per game this season, so hopefully the team got some defensive drills in this week. As for Bloomington, they will challenge Limestone at 10:10 a.m. on Saturday.
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