The West Chicago Wildcats will be staying on the road on Friday to face off against the Geneva Vikings at 4:30 p.m. West Chicago is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 2.5 goals per game this season.
West Chicago is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Tuesday. They never let York onto the board and left with a 5-0 victory. Five seems to be a good number for the Wildcats as the team scooped up a win with the same number of goals in their previous game.
Their offense was hitting York from everywhere, as five different players booted in a goal.
Meanwhile, Geneva hasn't lost a match since September 28th, a trend which continued in their latest game on Tuesday. They walked away with a 3-1 victory over Glenbard East. Given the Vikings' advantage in MaxPreps' Illinois soccer rankings (they are ranked 49th, while the Rams are ranked 199th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
West Chicago is on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 11-8-2 record this season. As for Geneva, their win bumped their record up to 11-4-4.
West Chicago beat Geneva by a goal when the teams last played back in August of 2016, winning 1-0. The rematch might be a little tougher for West Chicago since the squad won't have the home-pitch advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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