Soccer Preview: Matoaca vs. Hopewell
Matoaca is 8-1-1 against Hopewell since May of 2017, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Thursday. The Matoaca Warriors are on the road again to play the Hopewell Blue Devils at 7:00 p.m. Matoaca is strutting in with some offensive muscle, as they've averaged 3.2 goals per game this season.
Matoaca scored the most goals they've had all season to find success on Tuesday. They blew past Petersburg 5-1. Perhaps unsurprisingly given the team's high-flying offense, the game also marked the team's biggest win of the season.
Matoaca hit Petersburg with a four-pronged attack, as the team got scores from
Fernando Mencias (2),
Dylan Smith,
Zach Bowers, and
Kenyon Kantiok.
Meanwhile, Hopewell has been struggling as of late, and they have yet to win a game this season. They suffered a tough 4-0 loss at the hands of Meadowbrook on Tuesday.
Matoaca pushed their record up to 4-0 with that victory, which was their fourth straight on the road. Those victories were due in large part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they scored 13 goals over those four contests. As for Hopewell, their defeat dropped their record down to 0-3-2.
Matoaca skirted past Hopewell 1-0 when the teams last played back in May of 2023. Will Matoaca repeat their success, or does Hopewell have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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