Oak Lawn has been on the road for two straight, but on Saturday they'll finally head home. They and the Kennedy Crusaders are set to duel. Oak Lawn is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 4 goals per game this season.
Oak Lawn's defense heads into the game hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Tuesday. They came out on top against Reavis by a score of 2-0. The result kept the Spartans happy, as they haven't lost a game since September 24th.
Tristan Kramarz and
Dylan Walsh scored both of Oak Lawn's goals, bringing their combined season tally to 43 goals.
Meanwhile, while it was all tied up 0-0 at halftime, Kennedy was not quite Lincoln Park's equal in the second half last Monday. They lost 4-0 to the Lions. While losing is never fun, the Crusaders can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Illinois soccer rankings (they are ranked 341st, while the Lions are ranked 102nd).
Oak Lawn is on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five contests, which provided a nice bump to their 12-4-2 record this season. As for Kennedy, their defeat was their fourth straight on the road, which dropped their record down to 3-9-1.
Everything went Oak Lawn's way against Kennedy when the teams last played back in September of 2023, as Oak Lawn made off with a 6-2 victory. Will Oak Lawn repeat their success, or does Kennedy have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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