Soccer Game Preview: Shepard vs. Muchin College Prep

The Shepard Astros will take on the Muchin College Prep Mountain Lions in a tournament on Saturday. Shepard's offense has struggled lately (the team hasn't scored more than a single goal for five straight games), a trend the team is no doubt ready to end.

Shepard is likely headed into the game with a focus on the second half, which is when things went downhill against Oak Forest on Thursday. The Astros fell 2-0 to the Bengals. While losing is never fun, Shepard can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Illinois soccer rankings (they are ranked 269th, while Oak Forest are ranked 103rd).

Meanwhile, there was early excitement for Muchin College Prep after they claimed the first goal on Thursday, however, they wouldn't score again. They came up short against Mansueto, falling 6-1. The loss continues a trend for Muchin College Prep in their meetings with Mansueto: they've now lost eight in a row.

Muchin College Prep's defeat dropped their record down to 2-2-1. As for Shepard, their loss dropped their record down to 0-7-1.