Soccer Preview: Wheeling Park vs. Parkersburg
Wheeling Park has enjoyed a six-game homestand but will soon have to dust off their road jerseys. They will square off against the Parkersburg Big Reds at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday. Wheeling Park knows how to get goals on the board -- the team has finished with four goals or more in their past three matches -- so hopefully Parkersburg likes a good challenge.
Wheeling Park is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of West Virginia's top teams: Washington, who was ranked 17th in their home state at the time (Wheeling Park was ranked third). Everything went Wheeling Park's way against Washington on Saturday as Wheeling Park made off with a 5-1 victory. Wheeling Park might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won 11 matchups by three goals or more this season.
They hit Washington with a three-pronged attack, as the team got scores from
Wilson Hanna (3),
Tresz Mcleod, and
Aiden Mccroskey.
Meanwhile, Parkersburg has been on a difficult stretch since their win on the first. They lost 6-0 to Morgantown on Tuesday.
Wheeling Park pushed their record up to 15-3 with the win, which was their tenth straight at home. As for Parkersburg, their loss dropped their record down to 4-9-5.
Wheeling Park suffered a grim 4-0 defeat to Parkersburg when the teams last played back in October of 2023. Can Wheeling Park avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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