Soccer Preview: Grant Meets Beaverton

The Grant Generals will take on the Beaverton Beavers at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Beaverton is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 2.8 goals per game this season.

Beaverton will challenge a team with plenty of momentum: Grant extended their winning streak to three on Tuesday. The Generals never let Hood River Valley get on the board and left with a 5-0 victory. The contest marked Grant's most dominant win of the season so far.

Meanwhile, Beaverton had just enough and edged out La Salle 1-0 on Tuesday. Given Beaverton's advantage in MaxPreps' Oregon soccer rankings (they are ranked 29th, while La Salle are ranked 99th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.

Grant has now won 12 of their last 13 games at home. That gives them a 5-1 record this season. Those home victories came by way of their offensive performance across that stretch, as they scored 39 goals over those 13 matchups. As for Beaverton, they have now won six of their last seven games on the road. That gives them a 4-1-1 record this season.