Soccer Preview: Sidwell Friends vs. Jackson-Reed
Sidwell Friends has been on the road for six straight, but on Friday they'll finally head home. They will welcome the Jackson-Reed Tigers at 4:15 p.m. Both come into the match bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Sidwell Friends is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another highly-ranked state team: St. Andrew's Episcopal, who was ranked seventh at the time (Sidwell Friends was ranked fifth). Sidwell Friends had just enough and edged St. Andrew's Episcopal out 2-1. Two seems to be a good number for the Quakers as the squad scooped up a victory with the same number of goals in their previous game.
Isaac Wright was the driving force of Sidwell Friends' attack as he scored both of Sidwell Friends' goals, bringing his season total up to two goals.
Meanwhile, after low-scoring totals in their previous three contests, Jackson-Reed brought some dynamite into their most recent game. They never let McKinley Tech onto the board and left with a 10-0 win on Monday. The victory was a breath of fresh air for the Tigers as it put an end to their three-game losing streak.
Sidwell Friends is on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five contests, which provided a massive bump to their 4-4 record this season. As for Jackson-Reed, the win also got them back to even at 4-4.
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