The Amundsen Vikings are taking a road trip to face off against the Taft Eagles at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday. Amundsen is coming into the contest on a three-game losing streak.
Amundsen managed to keep up with Lane Tech until halftime on Monday, but things quickly went downhill from there. Amundsen came up short against Lane Tech, falling 3-0. While losing is never fun, the Vikings can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Illinois soccer rankings (they are ranked 247th, while the Champions are ranked 78th).
Taft fell on hard times earlier this season, but after back-to-back wins it seems like their luck might finally be changing. They came out on top against Juarez by a score of 3-1 on Tuesday. Taft's winning goal came courtesy of Max Gonzalez.
Amundsen's defeat dropped their record down to 4-4-2. As for Taft, their victory bumped their record up to 3-6-2.
Amundsen suffered a grim 8-0 defeat to Taft when the teams last played back in October of 2023. Can Amundsen avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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