The Grand Island Islanders will be playing in front of their home fans against the Fremont Tigers at 11:00 a.m. in Saturday's first game. Neither of those teams managed to put together many goals in their previous contests, so the offenses might be a little more motivated than usual.
Thursday just wasn't the day for Grand Island's offense. They took a 2-0 hit to the loss column at the hands of Pius X on Thursday. The defeat unfortunately continues a disappointing trend for Grand Island in their matchups with Pius X: they've now lost three in a row.
Meanwhile, Fremont also failed to score in their most recent game. They fell just short of Norfolk by a score of 1-0 on Tuesday. While losing is never fun, Fremont can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Nebraska soccer rankings (they are ranked 41st, while Norfolk is ranked tenth).
Grand Island's loss dropped their record down to 5-5. As for Fremont, their defeat was their fourth straight at home, which dropped their record down to 4-7.
Grand Island took their victory against Fremont when the teams last played back in April of 2023 by a conclusive 5-1. Does Grand Island have another victory up their sleeve, or will Fremont turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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