Soccer Preview: Homestead vs. Oshkosh West
The Homestead Highlanders will venture away from home to challenge the Oshkosh West Wildcats at 12:00 p.m. on Saturday. Homestead is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 3.1 goals per game this season.
Homestead took a loss when they played away from home on Saturday, but their home fans gave them all the motivation they needed on Tuesday. They put the hurt on Port Washington with a sharp 4-0 win. Given the Highlanders' advantage in MaxPreps' Wisconsin soccer rankings (they are ranked 36th, while the Pirates are ranked 168th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Homestead hit Port Washington with a four-pronged attack, as the team got scores from
Lukas Paul Boegel,
Bradley Benson,
Jack Bremenkamp, and
Josh Haberer.
Meanwhile, Oshkosh West entered their matchup against Neenah on Tuesday without any home losses, but there's a first time for everything. Oshkosh West fell just short of Neenah by a score of 2-1.
Homestead is on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four matches, which provided a nice bump to their 8-3-3 record this season. As for Oshkosh West, their loss dropped their record down to 6-2-2.
Homestead was able to grind out a solid victory over Oshkosh West when the teams last played back in October of 2023, winning 2-0. The rematch might be a little tougher for Homestead since the team won't have the home-pitch advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
