Soccer Preview: Ottawa vs. LaSalle-Peru
After starting their season with three straight games on the road, Ottawa is finally coming home. They will host the LaSalle-Peru Cavaliers at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. Neither team made it on the board the last time they hit the pitch, so they've probably got a bit of extra motivation.
Ottawa's defense heads into the game hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Saturday. They skirted past Serena 1-0. Given the Pirates' advantage in MaxPreps' Illinois soccer rankings (they are ranked 21st, while the Huskers are ranked 109th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Ottawa's one-goal win came courtesy of
Jorge Lopez, who's now up to two this season.
Meanwhile, LaSalle-Peru's game on Saturday was all tied up 1-1 at the half, but sadly for them it didn't stay that way. They fell just short of Morris by a score of 2-1. The loss was the Cavaliers' first of the season.
Ottawa's win bumped their record up to 3-0. As for LaSalle-Peru, their defeat was their first of the season and makes their record 2-1.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
