Soccer Preview: Clear Spring vs. Smithsburg
Clear Spring is 9-0-1 against Smithsburg since September of 2016, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Wednesday. The Clear Spring Blazers will be playing in front of their home fans against the Smithsburg Leopards at 7:15 p.m. Clear Spring's offense has struggled lately (the team hasn't scored more than a single goal for nine straight games), a trend the team is no doubt ready to end.
Clear Spring's offense might be in the hot seat on Wednesday considering what happened against Martinsburg on Saturday. They fell just short of the Bulldogs by a score of 1-0. While losing is never fun, the Blazers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' soccer rankings in their respective home states (they are ranked 207th in Maryland, while the Bulldogs are ranked 11th in West Virginia).
Meanwhile, Smithsburg has been struggling as of late, and they have yet to win a game this season. They fell just short of Francis Scott Key by a score of 3-2 on Saturday. While the Leopards didn't get the win, they did start the game off strong, beating the Eagles 2-0 in the first half.
Clear Spring's defeat dropped their record down to 3-10. As for Smithsburg, their loss dropped their record down to 0-11-2.
Clear Spring came out on top in a nail-biter against Smithsburg in their previous meeting last Tuesday, sneaking past 1-0. Will Clear Spring repeat their success, or does Smithsburg have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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