The Woodgrove Wolverines will challenge the John Champe Knights at 7:30 p.m. on Monday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Woodgrove has three straight wins, John Champe has three straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the pitch.
While Woodgrove's victory against Broad Run wasn't quite the blowout it was the last time the pair played, they still came out on top. The Wolverines' defense stepped up to hand the Spartans a 1-0 shutout on Thursday. Give Woodgrove's defense some credit: that's the team's third straight shutout.
Meanwhile, while it was all tied up 0-0 at halftime, John Champe was not quite Loudoun County's equal in the second half on Thursday. They lost 3-0 to the Captains. While losing is never fun, John Champe can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Virginia soccer rankings (they are ranked 224th, while Loudoun County are ranked 23rd).
Woodgrove's win bumped their record up to 4-5. As for John Champe, their loss dropped their record down to 2-9.
Woodgrove was able to grind out a solid victory over John Champe when the teams last played two weeks ago, winning 2-0. Will the Wolverines repeat their success, or do the Knights have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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