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| 09/21/24 - Home | 1-0 W |
| 09/16/23 - Away | 2-2 T |
| 09/17/22 - Home | 2-1 W |
| 08/31/19 - Neutral | 0-1 L |
| 08/22/18 - Neutral | 1-0 W |
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Freeport and Sterling are an even 3-3-1 against one another since August of 2016, but likely not for long. The Pretzels will venture away from home to face off against the Golden Warriors at 6:45 p.m. on Thursday.
Freeport fell victim to Guilford and their airtight defense on Tuesday. They lost 3-0 to the Vikings. While losing is never fun, Freeport can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Illinois soccer rankings (they are ranked 223rd, while Guilford are ranked 17th).
Meanwhile, Sterling hadn't done well against Geneseo recently (they were 2-7 in their previous nine matchups), but they didn't let the past get in their way on Tuesday. The Golden Warriors walked away with a 5-3 victory over the Maple Leafs. The win made it back-to-back victories for Sterling.
This is the second loss in a row for Freeport and nudges their season record down to 6-6-2. As for Sterling, their win was their first in the conference, bumping their conference record up to 1-4 and their overall record up to 8-9.
Freeport came out on top in a nail-biter against Sterling when the teams last played back in September of 2024, sneaking past 1-0. The rematch might be a little tougher for the Pretzels since the team won't have the home-pitch advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
