On Saturday Shepard will have to hit the road after three straight games at home. They will square off against the Andrew Thunderbolts at 11:30 a.m. Shepard is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 2.6 goals per game this season.
Andrew will have to contend with a Shepard squad hungry for a win, something the team hasn't seen since September 21. Shepard fell 3-1 to Reavis on Thursday. While losing is never fun, the Astros can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Illinois soccer rankings (they are ranked 204th, while the Rams are ranked 62nd).
Shepard's goal came courtesy of
Bryce Johns, who's now up to six this season.
Meanwhile, Andrew had already won three in a row and they went ahead and made it four on Tuesday. They came out on top against the Warriors by a score of 4-2. The high-flying offensive performance was a huge turnaround for the Thunderbolts considering their one-goal performance the contest before.
Shepard's defeat dropped their record down to 5-10-3. As for Andrew, they are on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 13-3 record this season.
Shepard might still be hurting after the 5-2 loss they got from Andrew in their previous meeting back in September of 2017. Can Shepard avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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