Union Grove is 0-3 against Brookfield East since June of 2021 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Thursday. The Union Grove Broncos will head out on the road to square off against the Brookfield East Spartans at 7:00 p.m. Both teams come into the match bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Union Grove will roll into the matchup after a wild two-game stretch: they only put up one goal on Saturday, then bounced right back against Burlington on Tuesday. Everything went Union Grove's way against Burlington as Union Grove made off with an 8-0 victory. The result was nothing new for Union Grove, who have now won five contests by eight goals or more so far this season.
Their offense was hitting Burlington from everywhere, as five different players booted in a goal.
Julia James led that balanced group of strikers and accounted for two goals all by herself.
Meanwhile, Brookfield East won against Menomonee Falls on Thursday with three goals and they decided to stick to that goal total again on Saturday. Brookfield East walked away with a 3-1 win over Neenah. Given Brookfield East's advantage in MaxPreps' Wisconsin soccer rankings (they are ranked 15th, while Neenah is ranked 76th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
The victory (which was Union Grove's third in a row) raised their record to 11-3-1. As for Brookfield East, their win was their fifth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 8-2.
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