The Wheeling Wildcats will take on the Hoffman Estates Hawks at 5:00 p.m. on Friday.
Wheeling is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to four goals on Thursday, they were much more limited against Prospect on Tuesday. They fell just short of the Knights by a score of 2-1. While losing is never fun, Wheeling can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Illinois soccer rankings (they are ranked 273rd, while Prospect are ranked 72nd).
Meanwhile, Hoffman Estates kept a clean sheet against Barrington on Tuesday. They walked away with a 2-0 win over the Fillies/Broncos. The game was the first time Hoffman Estates have beaten Barrington on their pitch since August 24, 2018.
Wheeling dropped their record down to 2-7-2 with the loss, which was their sixth straight on the road. As for Hoffman Estates, the victory got them back to even at 7-7-2.
Wheeling suffered a grim 5-1 defeat to Hoffman Estates in their previous matchup two weeks ago. Will the Wildcats have more luck at home instead of on the road? Come back here after the game to get an analysis of the match and other soccer content.
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