Soccer Preview: Herndon vs. McLean
The Herndon Hornets will be playing at home against the McLean Highlanders at 6:30 p.m. on Friday. Both teams are coming into the contest red-hot, with Herndon sitting on eight straight wins and McLean on five.
Herndon can now show off five landslide victories after their most recent game on Wednesday. Their defense stepped up to hand Washington-Liberty a 5-0 shutout. The high-flying offensive performance was a huge turnaround for Herndon considering their one-goal performance the match before.
They hit Washington-Liberty with a four-pronged attack, as the team got scores from
Bilal Hawa (2),
Ulices Rodriguez,
Luis Fuentes, and
Nikola Djokic.
Meanwhile, McLean won against George C. Marshall on Monday with two goals and they decided to stick to that goal total again on Wednesday. McLean came out on top in a nail-biter against Yorktown and snuck past 2-1. Given McLean's advantage in MaxPreps' Virginia soccer rankings (they are ranked 40th, while Yorktown is ranked 128th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Herndon's victory was their fourth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 12-2. As for McLean, their win bumped their record up to 12-1-2.
Herndon came out on top in a nail-biter against McLean when the teams last played back in April, sneaking past 3-2. Will Herndon repeat their success, or does McLean have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
