The Rochester Rockets will venture away from home to challenge the Edwardsville Tigers at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday. Rochester's offense has struggled lately (the team hasn't scored more than a single goal for three straight games), a trend the team is no doubt ready to end.
Rochester managed to keep up with Springfield until halftime on Thursday, but things quickly went downhill from there. Rochester lost 4-0 to Springfield.
Meanwhile, there was early excitement for Edwardsville after they claimed the first goal on Thursday, however, they wouldn't score again. They fell just short of Belleville West by a score of 2-1. 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 125th, while the Maroons are ranked 39th).
Rochester's loss dropped their record down to 10-9-1. As for Edwardsville, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 9-8-1.
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