Soccer Preview: Hillcrest vs. Northridge
Hillcrest is 1-9 against Northridge since March of 2018 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Tuesday. The Hillcrest Patriots have the luxury of staying home for another game and will welcome the Northridge Jaguars at 7:00 p.m. Considering both teams were shutout in their prior games, the pair is probably coming into this one with something to prove.
Thursday just wasn't the day for Hillcrest's offense. They wound up on the wrong side of a rough 5-0 walloping at the hands of Calera on Thursday. While losing is never fun, Hillcrest can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Alabama soccer rankings (they are ranked 147th, while Calera is ranked 30th).
Meanwhile, Northridge unfortunately witnessed the end of their five-game winning streak on Monday. Their tough 5-0 loss to Homewood might stick with them for a while. Northridge has not had much luck with Homewood recently, as the team's come up short the last six times they've met.
Hillcrest's defeat dropped their record down to 4-4-2. As for Northridge, their loss ended a three-game streak of away wins and brought them to 11-5-2.
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