Soccer Game Preview: West on Home-Turf

By Team Reports Apr 28, 2024, 8:21am

Soccer Preview: West vs. Independent

West is 0-3 against Independent since April of 2022 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Tuesday. The West Pioneers have the luxury of staying home for another game and will welcome the Independent Panthers. Considering both teams were shutout in their prior games, the pair is probably coming into this one with something to prove.

West's offense might be in the hot seat on Tuesday considering what happened against Emporia on Thursday. They lost 10-0 to the Spartans. That's two games in a row now that West has lost by exactly ten goals.

Meanwhile, Independent also failed to score in their most recent game. They lost 6-0 to Life Prep on Friday. While losing is never fun, Independent can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Kansas soccer rankings (they are ranked 69th, while Life Prep is ranked 20th).

West's loss dropped their record down to 0-11. As for Independent, their defeat dropped their record down to 6-5-1.

West suffered a grim 8-0 defeat to Independent when the teams last played back in March. Will West have more luck at home instead of on the road? Check back here after the action for a full breakdown and analysis of the contest.

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