Soccer Preview: Cloverleaf vs. Woodridge
Cloverleaf has been on the road for four straight, but on Tuesday they'll finally head home. They will host the Woodridge Bulldogs at 5:00 p.m. Cloverleaf is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 4.7 goals per game this season.
Woodridge better have a healthy lead at halftime, because if last week is any indication, that's when Cloverleaf really get things going. Cloverleaf never let Springfield onto the board and left with a 3-0 victory on Thursday. The result was nothing new for the Colts, who have now won five games by three goals or more so far this season.
Branson Pavlik and
Joe Armogida scored all three of Cloverleaf's goals, bringing their combined season tally to six goals.
Meanwhile, Woodridge was not able to break out of their rough patch on Thursday as the team picked up their eighth straight defeat. They lost 5-0 to Field. While losing is never fun, the Bulldogs can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Ohio soccer rankings (they are ranked 572nd, while the Falcons are ranked 65th).
Cloverleaf is on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven contests, which somehow isn't as good as their 9-1-1 record this season. As for Woodridge, their loss dropped their record down to 0-8.
Everything went Cloverleaf's way against Woodridge when the teams last played back in September of 2023 as Cloverleaf made off with a 5-0 win. Will Cloverleaf repeat their success, or does Woodridge have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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