The St. Patrick Shamrocks will take on the Metea Valley Mustangs at 9:45 a.m. on Saturday. Neither squad made it on the board the last time they hit the pitch, so they've probably got a bit of extra motivation.
St. Patrick saw some tournament action on Friday. They fell just short of Normal West by a score of 2-1. While losing is never fun, St. Patrick can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Illinois soccer rankings (they are ranked 159th, while Normal West are ranked 17th).
Meanwhile, Metea Valley was not able to break out of their rough patch on Friday as the team picked up their third straight loss. They fell 2-0 to Peoria Notre Dame.
Metea Valley's defeat dropped their record down to 4-10. As for St. Patrick, their loss dropped their record down to 5-7.
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