Soccer Preview: Morton vs. Washington
The Morton Potters will face off against the Washington Panthers at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday. The teams are rolling into the game with opposing streaks: Morton has struggled recently with five defeats in a row, while Washington will arrive with seven straight victories.
Morton's offense might be in the hot seat on Saturday considering what happened against East Moline United on Thursday. They lost 3-0 to the Panthers. While losing is never fun, the Potters can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Illinois soccer rankings (they are ranked 233rd, while the Panthers are ranked 41st).
Meanwhile, it can be hard to translate regular season success to the playoffs, but Washington had no problem doing just that on Tuesday. Their defense stepped up to hand the Railsplitters a 9-0 shutout. The result was nothing new for the Panthers, who have now won 16 contests by three goals or more so far this season.
Their offense was hitting Lincoln from everywhere, as six different players booted in a goal.
Isaac Reetz led that balanced group of strikers and accounted for three goals all by himself.
Morton's loss dropped their record down to 6-15-1. As for Washington, they have been performing well recently as they've won 15 of their last 18 games, which provided a nice bump to their 20-4-1 record this season.
Morton might still be hurting after the 4-0 defeat they got from Washington in their previous matchup last Tuesday. Can Morton avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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