Soccer Preview: Tinley Park vs. Shepard
The Tinley Park Titans will head out on the road to challenge the Shepard Astros at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. Tinley Park is looking to tack on another W to their five-game streak on the road.
If Shepard heads into halftime all tied up, they better play a good second half: that's when Tinley Park took over last week. Tinley Park had just enough and edged Argo out 4-3. Given Tinley Park's advantage in MaxPreps' Illinois soccer rankings (they are ranked 95th, while Argo is ranked 245th), the result on Tuesday wasn't entirely unexpected.
Tinley Park hit Argo with a four-pronged attack, as the team got scores from
Kit Gormley,
Gracie Fitzgerald,
Addison Weed, and
Gianna Bulter.
Meanwhile, Shepard had to endure an eight-game losing streak, but that streak is no more. They skirted past Thornton Fractional North/Thornton Fractional South 2-1.
Tinley Park's victory bumped their record up to 8-1. As for Shepard, their win ended a three-game drought at home and bumped them up to 1-8.
Tinley Park came out on top in a nail-biter against Shepard in their previous matchup back in April of 2023, sneaking past 1-0. The rematch might be a little tougher for Tinley Park 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
