Soccer Preview: Timpanogos vs. Payson
Timpanogos has gone 3-0 against Payson recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Thursday. The Timpanogos Timberwolves are taking a road trip to square off against the Payson Lions at 7:00 p.m. Timpanogos is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 3.4 goals per game this season.
Timpanogos is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Utah's top teams: Mountain View, who was ranked 23rd in their home state at the time (Timpanogos was ranked 14th). Timpanogos blew past Mountain View 4-0 on Tuesday. The high-scoring effort was just what the Timberwolves needed considering they were shutout in their previous game.
They hit Mountain View with a three-pronged attack, as the team got scores from
Haley Hutchins (2),
Georgia King, and King.
Meanwhile, Payson's game on Tuesday was all tied up 1-1 at the half, but sadly for them it didn't stay that way. They fell just short of Orem by a score of 2-1. The Lions haven't had much luck with the Tigers recently, as the team's come up short the last seven times they've met.
Timpanogos pushed their record up to 9-2 with the victory, which was their sixth straight at home. As for Payson, their defeat dropped their record down to 3-9.
Everything went Timpanogos' way against Payson in their previous matchup on September 5th, as Timpanogos made off with an 8-0 win. The rematch might be a little tougher for Timpanogos since the team won't have the home-pitch advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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