The Appleton East Patriots will head out to take on the Kaukauna Galloping Ghosts at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Appleton East's offense has struggled lately (the team hasn't scored more than a single goal for five straight games), a trend the team is no doubt ready to end.
Appleton East fell victim to Kimberly and their airtight defense on Thursday. They lost 8-0 to the Papermakers. While losing is never fun, Appleton East can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Wisconsin soccer rankings (they are ranked 130th, while Kimberly are ranked 17th).
Meanwhile, Kaukauna had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 2 goals) and they went ahead and made it three on Friday. They came within a single goal of losing the streak, but they secured a 1-0 W against the Cardinals. That's two games straight that Kaukauna have won by just one goal.
Kaukauna's victory bumped their record up to 8-6. As for Appleton East, their loss dropped their record down to 2-11-2.
Appleton East came out on top in a nail-biter against Kaukauna in their previous matchup back in May of 2023, sneaking past 1-0. Will the Patriots repeat their success, or do the Galloping Ghosts have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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