The Lyons Lions have the luxury of staying home for another game and will welcome the Argo Argonauts at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. Argo took a loss in their last match and will be looking to turn the tables on Lyons, who comes in off a win.
Lyons' defense heads into the game hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Wednesday. They came out on top against Oak Park-River Forest by a score of 2-0. Give Lyons' defense some credit: that's the team's fifth straight shutout.
Meanwhile, Argo was not able to break out of their rough patch on Wednesday as the team picked up their fourth straight defeat. They took a 2-0 hit to the loss column at the hands of Berwyn/Cicero Morton. While losing is never fun, Argo can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Illinois soccer rankings (they are ranked 185th, while Berwyn/Cicero Morton are ranked eighth).
Lyons' victory was their 14th straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 16-0-1. Those wins came by way of their offensive performance across that stretch, as they scored 54 goals over those 14 contests. As for Argo, their loss dropped their record down to 7-13-3.
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