Soccer Preview: Homestead vs. Warsaw
Homestead is 2-8 against Warsaw since October of 2017 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Wednesday. The Homestead Spartans will venture away from home to face off against the Warsaw Tigers at 7:15 p.m. Homestead is looking to tack on another W to their three-game streak on the road.
Homestead is probably headed into the contest with a chip on their shoulder considering Cathedral just ended the team's three-game winning streak on Saturday. They came up short against the Fighting Irish, falling 4-0. While losing is never fun, the Spartans can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Indiana soccer rankings (they are ranked 45th, while the Fighting Irish are ranked eighth).
Meanwhile, Warsaw came tearing into Tuesday's match with three straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 5.7 goals) and they left with even more momentum. Their defense stepped up to hand the Panthers a 7-0 shutout. The Tigers' defense has been rock solid lately; the team hasn't given up a goal in their last three matchups.
Homestead's defeat dropped their record down to 5-3-2. As for Warsaw, their win bumped their record up to 8-1-1.
Homestead suffered a grim 3-0 defeat to Warsaw when the teams last played back in October of 2023. Can Homestead avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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