The Taylorville Tornadoes will face off against the MacArthur Generals at 4:30 p.m. on Monday. Taylorville's offense has struggled lately (the team hasn't scored more than a single goal for 13 straight games), a trend the team is no doubt ready to end.
Taylorville fell victim to Litchfield and their airtight defense on Wednesday. They lost 9-0 to the Purple Panthers. While losing is never fun, Taylorville can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Illinois soccer rankings (they are ranked 476th, while Litchfield are ranked 185th).
Meanwhile, MacArthur came up short against Glenwood on Thursday, falling 11-1. MacArthur have struggled against Glenwood recently, as the game was their sixth consecutive lost matchup.
MacArthur's loss dropped their record down to 7-10-2. As for Taylorville, their defeat dropped their record down to 1-16.
Taylorville might still be hurting after the 9-3 loss they got from MacArthur in their previous meeting back in October of 2019. That matchup was all but decided by halftime, at which point the Tornadoes were down 6-2.
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