Ottawa and Sterling are an even 5-5 against one another since May of 2015, but likely not for long. The Ottawa Pirates are on the road again on Thursday to play the Sterling Golden Warriors at 6:00 p.m. Ottawa will be strutting in after a win while Sterling will be coming in after a defeat.
Ottawa is headed into the matchup fresh off scoring the most goals they have all season. They blew past Plano 8-1. The high-scoring effort was just what Ottawa needed considering they were shutout in their previous contest.
They hit Plano with a four-pronged attack, as the team got scores from
Chloe Carmona (3),
Taylor Brandt (3),
Kindley Moore, and
Sophia Falaney.
Meanwhile, Sterling was not able to break out of their rough patch last Tuesday as the team picked up their 14th straight loss. They lost 8-0 to Moline. While losing is never fun, Sterling can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Illinois soccer rankings (they are ranked 376th, while Moline is ranked 166th).
Ottawa's victory bumped their record up to 6-13-1. As for Sterling, their defeat dropped their record down to 1-18.
Ottawa took their win against Sterling in their previous matchup back in May of 2023 by a conclusive 4-1. The rematch might be a little tougher for Ottawa since the team won't have the home-pitch advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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