The Shepard Astros will be playing at home against the Tinley Park Titans at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. The two teams each escaped with close wins against their previous opponents.
Having struggled with eight defeats in a row, Shepard finally turned things around against Thornton Fractional North/Thornton Fractional South on Tuesday. Shepard had just enough and edged Thornton Fractional North/Thornton Fractional South out 2-1.
Meanwhile, Tinley Park came tearing into Tuesday's matchup with four straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 4.8 goals) and they left with even more momentum. They skirted past the Argonauts 4-3. Given Tinley Park's advantage in MaxPreps' Illinois soccer rankings (they are ranked 95th, while Argo is ranked 245th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Tinley Park hit Argo with a four-pronged attack, as the team got scores from
Kit Gormley,
Gracie Fitzgerald,
Addison Weed, and
Gianna Bulter.
Shepard made their fans wait, but they earned their first win of the season to make their record 1-8. As for Tinley Park, they pushed their record up to 8-1 with that win, which was their fifth straight on the road.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
