Freeport has been away from home for three games now, but on Saturday they'll finally make their return. They will host the Sterling Golden Warriors at 10:00 a.m. Sterling took a loss in their last matchup and will be looking to turn the tables on Freeport, who comes in off a win.
Freeport's defense heads into the game hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Thursday. Everything went their way against Winnebago as Freeport made off with a 5-0 victory. The high-flying offensive performance was a huge turnaround for the Pretzels considering their one-goal performance the contest before.
Meanwhile, after soaring to five goals the game before, Sterling was a bit more limited in their match on Tuesday. They fell just short of Galesburg by a score of 1-0. While losing is never fun, the Golden Warriors can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Illinois soccer rankings (they are ranked 254th, while the Silver Streaks are ranked 104th).
The win got Freeport back to even at 3-3. As for Sterling, they have been struggling recently as they've lost four of their last five matchups, which put a noticeable dent in their 4-6-1 record this season.
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