The Leyden Eagles will take on the Rolling Meadows Mustangs at 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday. The two teams each escaped with close wins against their previous opponents.
Rolling Meadows will square off against a team with plenty of momentum: Leyden extended their winning streak to six on Thursday. The Eagles came within a single goal of losing the streak, but they secured a 3-2 W against Wheaton North. Given Leyden's advantage in MaxPreps' Illinois soccer rankings (they are ranked seventh, while Wheaton North are ranked 169th) , the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, with a playoff win on the line, Rolling Meadows rose to the challenge on Friday. They had just enough and edged out the Warriors 3-2. That's two games straight that Rolling Meadows have won by just one goal.
They hit Willowbrook with a three-pronged attack, as the team got scores from Emanuil Myrtollari, Tommy Jackman, and Konrad Tomczyk.
Leyden's win bumped their record up to 17-3-1. As for Rolling Meadows, their victory bumped their record up to 4-11-4.
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