The Zion-Benton Zee-Bees will be staying on the road on Thursday to face off against the Palatine Pirates at 7:00 p.m. Neither team made it on the board the last time they hit the pitch, so they've probably got a bit of extra motivation.
Zion-Benton's offense might be in the hot seat on Thursday considering what happened against Crystal Lake South on Tuesday. They took a 2-0 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Gators. While losing is never fun, the Zee-Bees can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Illinois soccer rankings (they are ranked 278th, while the Gators are ranked 130th).
Meanwhile, Palatine kept a clean sheet against Crystal Lake South on Wednesday. They beat the Gators by a goal, winning 1-0. That's two games straight that the Pirates have won by just one goal.
Their one-goal win came courtesy of
Joseph Molina Urbina, who's now up to two this season.
Zion-Benton now has a losing record at 1-2. As for Palatine, the win made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 2-1.
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