Soccer Preview: LaBrae vs. Waterloo
LaBrae has gone 3-0 against Waterloo recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Thursday. The LaBrae Vikings will venture away from home to take on the Waterloo Vikings at 5:00 p.m. LaBrae has a tough task ahead: they'll enter the matchup with three straight losses, while Waterloo will come in with three straight victories.
LaBrae's offense might be in the hot seat on Thursday considering what happened against Harding on Monday. They lost 7-0 to the Raiders. While losing is never fun, the Vikings can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Ohio soccer rankings (they are ranked 476th, while the Raiders are ranked 204th).
Meanwhile, Waterloo made easy work of Garfield on Monday and carried off an 8-1 win. The result was nothing new for the Vikings, who have now won four games by three goals or more so far this season.
Their offense was hitting Garfield from everywhere, as five different players booted in a goal.
Alexis Henry led that balanced group of strikers and accounted for three goals all by herself.
LaBrae's defeat dropped their record down to 2-7-1. As for Waterloo, they are on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six contests, which somehow isn't as good as their 8-1-1 record this season.
LaBrae took their victory against Waterloo in their previous meeting back in August of 2020 by a conclusive 8-0. The rematch might be a little tougher for LaBrae since the squad won't have the home-pitch advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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