The Pekin Dragons will face off against the Springfield Southeast Spartans at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday. Pekin's offense has struggled lately (the team hasn't scored more than a single goal for five straight games), a trend the team is no doubt ready to end.
Pekin is likely headed into the game with a focus on the second half, which is when things went downhill against Canton on Tuesday. Pekin fell just short of Canton by a score of 1-0. That's two games in a row now that the Dragons have lost by just one goal.
Meanwhile, after soaring to five goals the game before, Springfield Southeast was a bit more limited in their match on Thursday. They came up short against Springfield, falling 7-0. While losing is never fun, the Spartans can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Illinois soccer rankings (they are ranked 445th, while the Senators are ranked 98th).
Pekin's defeat dropped their record down to 2-10-2. As for Springfield Southeast, their loss dropped their record down to 2-12.
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