Soccer Game Preview: Kirkwood vs. White House-Heritage

By Team Reports Apr 22, 2024, 2:06am

Soccer Preview: Kirkwood vs. White House-Heritage

The Kirkwood Cobras will be playing at home against the White House-Heritage Patriots at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Kirkwood is strutting in with some offensive muscle, as they've averaged 4.7 goals per game this season.

In what's become a running theme this season, Kirkwood gave their fans yet another huge win on Thursday. Their defense stepped up to hand Hillsboro a 3-0 shutout. Israel Ortiz had to tread lightly for part of the match after he was hit with a yellow card, but that was the only trouble Kirkwood got from the refs.

Kirkwood was led to victory by the tag-team duo of Luis Herrera and Jobreel (Chuy) Ortiz, who scored all three of Kirkwood's goals. The pair have combined for a total of 12 so far this season.

Meanwhile, after soaring to six goals the game before, White House-Heritage was a bit more limited in their contest on Thursday. They fell 2-0 to McGavock.

Kirkwood's victory bumped their record up to 8-2-1. As for White House-Heritage, their loss ended a three-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 5-7.

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