Maine East was not able to break out of their rough patch on Thursday as the team picked up their third straight defeat. They wound up on the wrong side of a rough 9-0 walloping at the hands of the Deerfield Warriors. While losing is never fun, Maine East can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Illinois soccer rankings (they are ranked 293rd, while Deerfield is ranked 47th).
Maine East's loss dropped their record down to 1-5. As for Deerfield, their win bumped their record up to 5-1-2.
Maine East will head out on the road to take on Northside at 4:30 p.m. on Friday. Northside's offense has struggled lately (the team hasn't scored more than a single goal for four straight games), a trend the team is no doubt ready to end. As for Deerfield, they will look to defend their home pitch on Saturday against Grayslake North at 2:15 p.m. Deerfield's defense has only allowed 0.2 goals per game this season, so Grayslake North's offense will have their work cut out for them.
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