The Louisville Royals will venture away from home to face off against the Harvard-Westlake Wolverines at 5:15 p.m. on Friday. Louisville's offense has struggled lately (the team hasn't scored more than a single goal for 11 straight games), a trend the team is no doubt ready to end.
Louisville fell victim to Notre Dame (SO) and their airtight defense on Wednesday. They lost 9-0 to the Knights. While losing is never fun, the Royals can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California soccer rankings (they are ranked 628th, while the Knights are ranked 12th).
Meanwhile, Harvard-Westlake came tearing into Wednesday's contest with three straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 2.7 goals) and they left with even more momentum. Their defense stepped up to hand the Sailors a 6-0 shutout.
Harvard-Westlake has been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six games, which lines up perfectly with their 12-2-1 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they scored 18 goals over those six matches. As for Louisville, their loss dropped their record down to 2-12.
Louisville might still be hurting after the 5-1 defeat they got from Harvard-Westlake in their previous meeting two weeks ago. Can Louisville avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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