Preview: Grapevine vs. Ryan
The Grapevine Mustangs will be playing in front of their home fans against the Ryan Raiders at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Both teams beat their previous opponents by a single goal, so this matchup might be just as contested.
Last Friday, it was close, but Grapevine sidestepped Birdville for a 3-2 win. Given Grapevine's advantage in MaxPreps' Texas soccer rankings (they are ranked 181st, while Birdville is ranked 536th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Grapevine hit Birdville with a three-pronged attack, as the team got scores from
Tanner Anstis,
Joely Garcia, and
Ian Hatton.
Meanwhile, Ryan had already won four in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 1.8 goals), and they went ahead and made it five on Friday. They never let Lake Dallas onto the board and left with a 1-0 victory. Give Ryan's defense some credit: that's the team's fourth straight shutout.
Grapevine is on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 9-4-7 record this season. As for Ryan, their victory bumped their record up to 12-2-3.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
