The Normal Community Ironmen will play host again on Saturday to welcome the East Moline United Panthers, where kickoff is scheduled at 4:00 p.m. Both come into the contest bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Normal Community is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Tuesday. They beat Minooka by a goal, winning 2-1.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask East Moline United). Their defense stepped up to hand Decatur Eisenhower a 9-0 shutout on Tuesday. The result was nothing new for East Moline United, who have now won ten matches by three goals or more so far this season.
Their offense was hitting Decatur Eisenhower from everywhere, as five different players booted in a goal.
Brodie King led that balanced group of strikers and accounted for four goals all by himself.
Normal Community pushed their record up to 14-6-5 with the win, which was their third straight at home. As for East Moline United, the victory was the fourth in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 15-4-1.
Normal Community was able to grind out a solid win over East Moline United in their previous meeting back in October of 2023, winning 2-0. Will Normal Community repeat their success, or does East Moline United have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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