Soccer Game Preview: Norfolk vs. Omaha Westside

The Norfolk Panthers will venture away from home to take on the Omaha Westside Warriors at 12:00 p.m. on Saturday. Norfolk is coming into the match hot, having won their last three games.

Norfolk will roll into the contest after a wild two-game stretch: they only put up one goal on Friday, then bounced right back against Lincoln Northeast on Tuesday. The Panthers came out on top against the Rockets by a score of 5-3. Isidro Rosas had to tread lightly for part of the match after he was hit with a yellow card, but that was the only trouble Norfolk got from the refs.

Norfolk hit Lincoln Northeast with a four-pronged attack, as the team got scores from Omar Nava (2), Brayden Long, Rosas, and Santiago Lugo.

Meanwhile, there's no place like home for Omaha Westside, who bounced back after a loss on the road on Friday. Their defense stepped up to hand Elkhorn South a 2-0 shutout on Thursday. Eduardo Alvarez-Alonzo had to tread lightly for part of the match after he was hit with a yellow card, but that was the only trouble Omaha Westside got from the refs.

Norfolk's record now sits at 10-2. As for Omaha Westside, they now have a winning record of 5-4.