Mendota senior forward Johan Cortez said the team learned a lot from watching film of the Trojans loss to Moline on Tuesday.

“We watched the film the next day and saw a lot of flaws in how we played,” Cortez said. “We weren’t shifting or moving as a team and left too much open space in the middle of the field.”

On Saturday during the 30th Streator Boys Soccer Invitational, Cortez and his teammates made the needed adjustments.

Mendota (4-1) opened the event with an 8-1 win over the host Bulldogs. The Trojans then slipped past Bartonville Limestone 3-2 before completing the undefeated day with a 3-0 shutout against Bloomington High School.

“Coming into today the focus for us was to clean that up and I feel like we did,” said Cortez, who finished the tournament with four goals and five

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