Soccer Preview: Waterloo vs. Barberton
Waterloo has enjoyed the comforts of home their last three games, but now they'll head out on the road. They will head out to take on the Barberton Magics at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday. Waterloo is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 4.1 goals per game this season.
Waterloo will roll into the contest after a wild two-game stretch: they didn't score any goals last Thursday, then bounced right back against Brookfield on Thursday. Waterloo put the hurt on Brookfield with a sharp 8-1 victory. Considering the Vikings have won three games by more than two goals this season, Thursday's blowout was nothing new.
Their offense was hitting Brookfield from everywhere, as five different players booted in a goal.
Julia Boyle led that balanced group of strikers and accounted for three goals all by herself.
Meanwhile, Wednesday just wasn't the day for Barberton's offense. They lost 5-0 to Highland on Wednesday. While losing is never fun, the Magics can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Ohio soccer rankings (they are ranked 314th, while the Hornets are ranked fourth).
Waterloo's win bumped their record up to 6-1-1. As for Barberton, their defeat dropped their record down to 4-4-1.
Waterloo might still be hurting after the 7-0 loss they got from Barberton when the teams last played back in October of 2017. Can Waterloo avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
