The Litchfield Purple Panthers will venture away from home to challenge the Metro-East Lutheran Knights at 5:00 p.m. on Monday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Litchfield has three straight victories, Metro-East Lutheran has ten straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the pitch.
Litchfield will bounce into Monday's matchup after beating Carlinville, who they had gone 2-7 against in their nine prior meetings. The Purple Panthers never let the Cavaliers get on the board and left with a 1-0 win on Thursday. McKenna Harmon had the honor of scoring the game-winner for Litchfield.
Meanwhile, Friday just wasn't the day for Metro-East Lutheran's offense. They lost 10-0 to Father McGivney Catholic on Friday. While losing is never fun, Metro-East Lutheran can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Illinois soccer rankings (they are ranked 261st, while Father McGivney Catholic are ranked eighth).
Litchfield's victory bumped their record up to 7-2-2. As for Metro-East Lutheran, their defeat dropped their record down to 1-10.
Everything went Litchfield's way against Metro-East Lutheran when the teams last played back in April of 2024, as Litchfield made off with a 7-0 win. The rematch might be a little tougher for the Purple Panthers since the squad won't have the home-pitch advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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