The Homestead Highlanders are on the road again on Friday to play the De Pere Redbirds at 6:30 p.m. Keep an eye on the score for this one: the two teams posted some lofty goal totals in their previous games.
Homestead is headed in fresh off scoring the most goals they have all season. Their defense stepped up to hand West Bend East an 8-0 shutout on Tuesday. Given the Highlanders' advantage in MaxPreps' Wisconsin soccer rankings (they are ranked 37th, while the Suns are ranked 214th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Homestead's offense was hitting West Bend East from everywhere, as six different players booted in a goal.
Jacob Armstrong led that balanced group of strikers and accounted for two goals all by himself.
Meanwhile, De Pere had already won three in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 3.7 goals) and they went ahead and made it four on Tuesday. They blew past the Jaguars 8-1. That looming 8-1 mark stands out as the most commanding margin for the Redbirds yet this season.
Homestead has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won three of their last four matches, which provided a nice bump to their 5-2-1 record this season. As for De Pere, the victory got them back to even at 5-5.
Everything went Homestead's way against De Pere in their previous matchup back in September of 2023 as Homestead made off with an 8-0 win. The rematch might be a little tougher for Homestead 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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