The Lincoln Railsplitters will face off against the Auburn Trojans at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday. Lincoln's offense has struggled lately (the team hasn't scored more than a single goal for five straight games), a trend the team is no doubt ready to end.
Thursday just wasn't the day for Lincoln's offense. They lost 9-0 to Springfield on Thursday. While losing is never fun, Lincoln can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Illinois soccer rankings (they are ranked 234th, while Springfield are ranked 12th).
Meanwhile, there's no place like home for Auburn, who bounced back after a loss on the road on Tuesday. Everything went their way against Olympia on Thursday as they made off with a 7-1 victory. The result was nothing new for Auburn, who have now won five matchups by three goals or more so far this season.
Auburn's win was their first in the conference, bumping their conference record up to 1-2 and their overall record up to 5-6. As for Lincoln, their loss dropped their record down to 3-9.
Lincoln was able to grind out a solid victory over Auburn in their previous meeting back in April of 2024, winning 2-0. Do the Railsplitters have another victory up their sleeve, or will the Trojans turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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