The Mt. Carmel Golden Aces will start their season against the Richland County Tigers. Kickoff is scheduled at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday.
Richland County managed to keep up with Mattoon until halftime on Tuesday, but things quickly went downhill from there. Richland County lost 5-2 to Mattoon. While losing is never fun, the Tigers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Illinois soccer rankings (they are ranked 179th, while the Greenwave are ranked 27th).
This is the second loss in a row for Richland County and nudges their season record down to 1-2. As for Mt. Carmel, they've got a clean slate. Last year, they will be fighting an uphill battle after finishing 4-11.
Mt. Carmel suffered a grim 8-1 defeat to Richland County in their previous meeting back in September of 2023. Can Mt. Carmel avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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