The Springfield Southeast Spartans will venture away from home to square off against the Pekin Dragons at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday. Springfield Southeast is no doubt hoping to put an end to a six-game streak of away losses.
Springfield Southeast is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to five goals on Monday, they were much more limited against Springfield on Thursday. They came up short against the Senators, falling 7-0. While losing is never fun, the Spartans can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Illinois soccer rankings (they are ranked 445th, while the Senators are ranked 98th).
Meanwhile, Pekin was not able to break out of their rough patch on Tuesday as the team picked up their fifth straight loss. They fell just short of Canton by a score of 1-0. The game was a 0-0 toss-up at halftime, but the Dragons couldn't quite close it out.
Springfield Southeast's defeat dropped their record down to 2-12. As for Pekin, their loss dropped their record down to 2-10-2.
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