Soccer Preview: Timberline vs. Mountain View
Timberline has gone 8-2 against Mountain View recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Saturday. The Timberline Wolves will venture away from home to take on the Mountain View Mavericks at 12:00 p.m.
Timberline is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Idaho's top teams: Bishop Kelly, who was ranked fifth in their home state at the time (Timberline was ranked 18th). Timberline took a 2-0 hit to the loss column at the hands of Bishop Kelly on Thursday. That's two games in a row now that Wolves have lost by exactly two goals.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Mountain View). They blew past Capital 7-3 on Tuesday. Considering the Mavericks have won three matches by more than three goals this season, Tuesday's blowout was nothing new.
They hit Capital with a four-pronged attack, as the team got scores from
Gerard Alimasi (3),
Amjed Salim (2), and
Landon Frei.
Timberline's loss dropped their record down to 3-3-3. As for Mountain View, the win was the third in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 5-3-2.
Timberline beat Mountain View by a goal when the teams last played back in September of 2023, winning 2-1. Does Timberline have another victory up their sleeve, or will Mountain View turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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