The McLean Highlanders will be playing at home against the Herndon Hornets at 7:15 p.m. on Thursday. McLean is currently enjoying a perfect season and no doubt wants to keep things rolling.
If McLean beats Herndon with two goals on Thursday, it's going to be the team's new lucky number: they've won their past two games with that exact score. McLean sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 2-1 win over Wakefield on Tuesday. Given McLean's advantage in MaxPreps' Virginia soccer rankings (they are ranked 17th, while Wakefield is ranked 65th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Herndon had just enough and edged Langley out 2-1 on Thursday. That's two games straight that Herndon has won by just one goal.
They were led to victory by the tag-team duo of
Brendan Steiger and
Andy Hercules, who scored both of Herndon's goals. The pair have combined for a total of five so far this season.
McLean's victory was their fourth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 7-0-1. As for Herndon, they are on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 6-2 record this season.
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