Soccer Game Preview: Gunnison Leaves Home

By Team Reports Sep 17, 2024, 5:14am

Soccer Preview: Gunnison vs. Salida

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The Gunnison Cowboys's road trip will continue as they head out to face the Salida Spartans at 4:00 p.m. on Thursday. Gunnison is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 3.6 goals per game this season.

Gunnison is probably headed into the match with a chip on their shoulder considering Crested Butte just ended the team's three-game winning streak on Friday. They fell just short of the Titans by a score of 4-3. While losing is never fun, the Cowboys can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Colorado soccer rankings (they are ranked 85th, while the Titans are ranked eighth).

Meanwhile, after failing to score in their last contest, Salida made sure to put some goals up on the board against Lake County on Monday. Their defense stepped up to hand the Panthers a 5-0 shutout. The result was nothing new for the Spartans, who have now won three matchups by four goals or more so far this season.

Gunnison's defeat dropped their record down to 3-3. As for Salida, their win bumped their record up to 3-1-1.

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