The Sandburg Eagles will head out to square off against the Lincoln-Way West Warriors at 5:00 p.m. on Thursday.
Sandburg's offense might be in the hot seat on Thursday considering what happened against Lincoln-Way East on Tuesday. They fell just short of the Griffins by a score of 1-0. While losing is never fun, the Eagles can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Illinois soccer rankings (they are ranked 217th, while the Griffins are ranked fifth).
Meanwhile, after failing to score in their last contest, Lincoln-Way West made sure to put some goals up on the board against Bradley-Bourbonnais on Tuesday. They came out on top against the Boilermakers by a score of 4-2.
Sandburg's defeat dropped their record down to 4-9. As for Lincoln-Way West, they have been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 7-3-2 record this season.
Sandburg was able to grind out a solid victory over Lincoln-Way West in their previous matchup back in September of 2023, winning 2-0. Will Sandburg repeat their success, or does Lincoln-Way West have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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