Soccer Preview: Hough vs. West Charlotte
Hough is 10-0 against West Charlotte since September of 2019, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Monday. The Hough Huskies will be playing at home against the West Charlotte Lions at 7:00 p.m. The timing is sure in Hough's favor as the squad sits on four straight wins at home while West Charlotte has been banged up by three consecutive losses on the road.
Hough's defense heads into the match hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Wednesday. They blew past West Mecklenburg 9-0. Considering the Huskies have won ten contests by more than two goals this season, Wednesday's blowout was nothing new.
Their offense was hitting West Mecklenburg from everywhere, as five different players booted in a goal.
Antonio Suarez led that balanced group of strikers and accounted for four goals all by himself.
Meanwhile, Wednesday just wasn't the day for West Charlotte's offense. They came up short against Hopewell on Wednesday, falling 9-0. While losing is never fun, the Lions can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina soccer rankings (they are ranked 512th, while the Titans are ranked 81st).
Hough is on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last eight matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 10-7-3 record this season. As for West Charlotte, their loss dropped their record down to 2-16-1.
Hough took their win against West Charlotte in their previous matchup back in September by a conclusive 9-0. Will Hough repeat their success, or does West Charlotte have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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