Shepard and Blue Island Eisenhower are an even 4-4-1 against one another since October of 2015, but likely not for long. The Shepard Astros are on the road again on Thursday to play the Blue Island Eisenhower Cardinals at 6:00 p.m. Shepard is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 2.7 goals per game this season.
Shepard will roll into the contest after a wild two-game stretch: they only put up one goal on Monday, then bounced right back against Evergreen Park on Tuesday. Shepard was the clear victor by a 7-1 margin over Evergreen Park. With the Astros ahead 5-0 at the half, the game was all but over already.
Their offense was hitting Evergreen Park from everywhere, as five different players booted in a goal.
Dimitri Latka led that balanced group of strikers and accounted for two goals all by himself.
Meanwhile, Tuesday just wasn't the day for Blue Island Eisenhower's offense. They lost 8-0 to Argo on Tuesday. While losing is never fun, the Cardinals can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Illinois soccer rankings (they are ranked 127th, while the Argonauts are ranked 43rd).
Shepard's win bumped their record up to 4-5-1. As for Blue Island Eisenhower, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 2-2-3.
Shepard came up short against Blue Island Eisenhower in their previous meeting back in October of 2023, falling 2-0. Can Shepard avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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