The Westerville North Warriors will head out on the road to take on the Westland Cougars at 7:15 p.m. on Thursday. Westerville North is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 2.6 goals per game this season.
Westerville North is headed into the game having not lost since August 29 and will look to keep things rolling. They never let Watkins Memorial onto the board and left with a 2-0 victory on Thursday. That's two games straight that Westerville North has won by exactly two goals.
Abdoulaye Soumah and
Carter Smith scored both of Westerville North's goals, bringing their combined season tally to eight goals.
Meanwhile, Westland fell victim to Dublin Scioto and their airtight defense on Tuesday. They lost 4-0 to the Irish. While losing is never fun, the Cougars can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Ohio soccer rankings (they are ranked 311th, while the Irish are ranked 61st).
Westerville North is on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four matches, which provided a massive bump to their 4-2-4 record this season. As for Westland, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 1-4-2.
Everything went Westerville North's way against Westland when the teams last played back in August of 2021 as Westerville North made off with a 4-0 win. The rematch might be a little tougher for Westerville North since the squad 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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