Soccer Preview: Landstown vs. Western Branch
Landstown has enjoyed the comforts of home their last four games, but now they'll head out on the road. They will challenge the Western Branch Bruins at 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Landstown is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 4.1 goals per game this season.
Landstown is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Thursday. They never let Grassfield onto the board and left with a 2-0 win. Landstown's defense has been rock solid lately; the team hasn't given up a goal in their last eight matches.
Jace McSwain was the driving force of Landstown's attack as he scored both of Landstown's goals, his season total up to 17 goals.
Meanwhile, Western Branch's game on Wednesday was all tied up 1-1 at the half, but luckily for them it didn't stay that way. They came out on top in a nail-biter against Meadowbrook and snuck past 2-1.
Landstown pushed their record up to 16-1 with that victory, which was their sixth straight at home. As for Western Branch, their win bumped their record up to 9-6-2.
Everything went Landstown's way against Western Branch in their previous meeting back in March as Landstown made off with a 4-0 victory. The rematch might be a little tougher for Landstown since the team 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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