Soccer Preview: Wakefield vs. Yorktown
Wakefield has been on the road for three straight, but on Thursday they'll finally head home. They will take on the Yorktown Patriots at 7:15 p.m. on Thursday. Wakefield is strutting in with some offensive muscle, as they've averaged 2.9 goals per game this season.
Last Tuesday, Wakefield didn't have quite enough to beat McLean and fell 2-1. While losing is never fun, Wakefield can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Virginia soccer rankings (they are ranked 97th, while McLean is ranked 17th).
Wakefield's goal came courtesy of
Andrew Soto, who's now up to three this season.
Meanwhile, Yorktown had just enough and edged Langley out 2-1 on Tuesday.
Wakefield's loss dropped their record down to 5-3-1. As for Yorktown, their win bumped their record up to 2-4-3.
Wakefield skirted past Yorktown 1-0 in their previous meeting back in May of 2023. Does Wakefield have another victory up their sleeve, or will Yorktown turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps