Soccer Preview: Homestead vs. Wauwatosa East
After three games on the road, Homestead is heading back home. They will welcome the Wauwatosa East Red Raiders at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Homestead is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 3.1 goals per game this season.
Homestead's defense heads into the matchup hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Tuesday. They were the clear victor by an 8-0 margin over West Bend East. The high-scoring effort was just what the Highlanders needed considering they were shutout in their previous game.
Their offense was hitting West Bend East from everywhere, as six different players booted in a goal.
Jacob Armstrong led that balanced group of strikers and accounted for two goals all by himself.
Meanwhile, Saturday just wasn't the day for Wauwatosa East's offense. They came up short against St. Charles North on Saturday, falling 4-0. The loss was the Red Raiders' first of the season.
Homestead is on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four contests, which provided a nice bump to their 5-2-1 record this season. As for Wauwatosa East, their defeat was their first of the season and makes their record 2-1-2.
Homestead came out on top in a nail-biter against Wauwatosa East in their previous matchup back in September of 2023, sneaking past 1-0. Will Homestead repeat their success, or does Wauwatosa East have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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