The Ichabod Crane Riders are taking a road trip to face off against the Voorheesville Blackbirds at 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Ichabod Crane is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 2.5 goals per game this season.
Ichabod Crane is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to five goals two weeks ago, they were much more limited against Schalmont on Friday. They took a 3-1 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Sabres. The game got a bit rough at times, as the refs handed out a total of five yellow cards before it was all over.
Ichabod Crane's goal came courtesy of
Jesus Velasco, which was the first he's scored this season.
Meanwhile, Voorheesville had already won three in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 2.3 goals) and they went ahead and made it four on Thursday. Their defense stepped up to hand the Tigers a 3-0 shutout. Given the Blackbirds' advantage in MaxPreps' New York soccer rankings (they are ranked 50th, while the Tigers are ranked 238th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Ichabod Crane's loss dropped their record down to 2-2. As for Voorheesville, they pushed their record up to 4-1 with the victory, which was their third straight at home.
Everything went Ichabod Crane's way against Voorheesville in their previous meeting back in October of 2023 as Ichabod Crane made off with an 8-1 win. The rematch might be a little tougher for Ichabod Crane 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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