Highland Park is 1-6 against Niles North since September of 2015 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Tuesday. The Highland Park Giants are on the road again to play the Niles North Vikings at 7:00 p.m. Neither squad made it on the board the last time they hit the pitch, so they've probably got a bit of extra motivation.
Highland Park lost 5-1 to Glenbrook North on Thursday. While losing is never fun, the Giants can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Illinois soccer rankings (they are ranked 291st, while the Spartans are ranked 68th).
Meanwhile, Niles North has been on a difficult stretch since their win on the sixth. They fell just short of Taft by a score of 2-1 on Monday. That's two games in a row now that the Vikings have lost by just one goal.
Highland Park's loss dropped their record down to 2-5. As for Niles North, their defeat dropped their record down to 3-2-4.
Highland Park suffered a grim 9-1 defeat to Niles North in their previous meeting back in September of 2023. That game was all but decided by halftime, at which point Highland Park was down 5-1.
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