The Unity Christian Knights will square off against the East Moline Christian Eagles at 5:00 p.m. on Thursday. Neither team made it on the board the last time they hit the pitch, so they've probably got a bit of extra motivation.
Unity Christian is likely headed into the matchup with a focus on the second half, which is when things went downhill against Tri-State Christian on Tuesday. The Knights fell just short of the Huskies by a score of 2-1. While losing is never fun, Unity Christian can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' soccer rankings in their respective home states (they are ranked 317th in Illinois, while Tri-State Christian are ranked 108th in Iowa).
Meanwhile, East Moline Christian was not able to break out of their rough patch on Tuesday as the team picked up their sixth straight loss. They lost 4-0 to Faith Christian.
East Moline Christian's defeat dropped their record down to 0-6. As for Unity Christian, they dropped their record down to 2-5 with the loss, which was their third straight at home.
Unity Christian beat East Moline Christian 2-0 in their previous meeting last Tuesday. Will the Knights repeat their success, or do the Eagles have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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