Soccer Game Preview: Northwest vs. Union

The Northwest Lions will head out on the road to take on the Union Wildcats on Saturday. Northwest's offense has struggled lately (the team hasn't scored more than a single goal for ten straight games), a trend the team is no doubt ready to end.

Northwest came into their game on Tuesday off a hard-fought close win, but unfortunately suffered a serious change of fortune. They came up short against Ladue Horton Watkins, falling 7-0.

Meanwhile, Wednesday just wasn't the day for Union's offense. They fell just short of Capital City by a score of 1-0 on Wednesday.

Northwest's defeat dropped their record down to 8-10-1. As for Union, their loss dropped their record down to 6-11.

Northwest suffered a grim 4-1 defeat to Union in their previous meeting back in April of 2019. Can the Lions avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.