Soccer Game Preview: Ballard vs. Seattle Prep

The Ballard Beavers are taking a road trip to challenge the Seattle Prep Panthers at 4:00 p.m. on Thursday. Seattle Prep is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 2.5 goals per game this season.

On Tuesday, Ballard narrowly escaped with a win as the squad sidled past Ingraham 2-1. The victory made it back-to-back wins for Ballard.

Meanwhile, Seattle Prep kept a clean sheet against West Seattle on Tuesday. They put the hurt on West Seattle with a sharp 5-0 victory. Given Seattle Prep's advantage in MaxPreps' Washington soccer rankings (they are ranked 11th, while West Seattle are ranked 90th), the win wasn't entirely unexpected.

Ballard has now won four of their last five games at home. Despite that, they're 5-5 this season. As for Seattle Prep, their win bumped their record up to 10-2-1.