Soccer Preview: Shepard vs. Bloom
The Shepard Astros will square off against the Bloom Blazing Trojan at 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Shepard is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 2.7 goals per game this season.
Bloom is hoping to do what Marist couldn't on Wednesday: put an end to Shepard's winning streak, which now stands at three games. Shepard walked away with a 3-1 victory over Marist.
Shepard hit Marist with a three-pronged attack, as the team got scores from
Dimitri Latka,
Danny McGovern, and
Filip Zawodniak.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Bloom). Their defense stepped up to hand Rich Township a 9-0 shutout on Thursday. The Blazing Trojan might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won nine contests by three goals or more this season.
Shepard's win bumped their record up to 8-10-3. As for Bloom, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won ten of their last 11 matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 15-5 record this season.
Shepard suffered a grim 3-0 defeat to Bloom when the teams last played back in October of 2023. Can Shepard avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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