The Plainfield East Bengals will venture away from home to challenge the Naperville Central Redhawks at 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Both come into the match bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Plainfield East can't be too worried about heading out to take on Naperville Central: they just beat Minooka at home, who had been dominant on their own pitch up to that point. The Bengals beat the Indians by a goal, winning 2-1. The win was all the more spectacular given Plainfield East's disadvantage in MaxPreps' Illinois soccer rankings (they are ranked 216th, while Minooka are ranked 13th).
Tristan Rosas and Jairo Gomez scored both of Plainfield East's goals, bringing their combined season tally to four goals.
Meanwhile, Naperville Central waltzed into their matchup on Tuesday with three straight wins... but they left with four. Everything went their way against the Warriors as they made off with a 4-1 victory. Considering Naperville Central have won nine contests by more than two goals this season, Tuesday's blowout was nothing new.
Plainfield East's record is now 7-13. As for Naperville Central, their record now sits at 13-2-1.
Plainfield East suffered a grim 3-0 defeat to Naperville Central in their previous meeting back in October of 2022. Can the Bengals avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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