The Liberty Lions will take on the Shadow Ridge Stallions at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, both will really light up the scoreboard.
On Wednesday, Liberty earned a 5-3 win over O'Connor. Given the Lions' advantage in MaxPreps' Arizona soccer rankings (they are ranked fifth, while the Eagles are ranked 70th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Shadow Ridge had already won three in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 2.3 goals) and they went ahead and made it four on Wednesday. Their defense stepped up to hand the Dragons a 4-0 shutout. The Stallions might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won five contests by three goals or more this season.
They hit West Point with a three-pronged attack, as the team got scores from Nathan Johansen (2), Sebastian Torkhan, and Logan Henley.
Shadow Ridge's victory was their third straight at home, which pushed their record up to 9-5-2. Those victories came thanks to their defensive effort, having only given up zero goals over those three matches. As for Liberty, they have been performing well recently as they've won ten of their last 12 games, which provided a nice bump to their 13-3 record this season.
Liberty suffered a grim 3-0 defeat to Shadow Ridge in their previous matchup back in January of 2024. Will Liberty have more luck at home instead of on the road? Come back here after the game to get an analysis of the match and other soccer content.
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