The Rock Island Rocks will head out on the road to take on the Dixon Dukes & Duchesses at 4:30 p.m. on Friday. Rock Island's offense has struggled lately (the team hasn't scored more than a single goal for seven straight games), a trend the team is no doubt ready to end.
Rock Island fell victim to East Moline United and their airtight defense on Tuesday. Their tough 3-0 defeat to the Panthers might stick with them for a while. While losing is never fun, Rock Island can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Illinois soccer rankings (they are ranked 279th, while East Moline United is ranked 50th).
Meanwhile, Dixon kept a clean sheet against North Boone on Tuesday. They came out on top in a nail-biter against the Vikings and snuck past 1-0. The win made it back-to-back victories for Dixon.
Their one-goal win came courtesy of
Katie Simpson, which was the first she's scored this season.
Rock Island's loss dropped their record down to 0-7. As for Dixon, they have been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four contests, which provided a massive bump to their 5-5 record this season.
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