Soccer Game Preview: Mountain Heritage vs. Mitchell

The Mountain Heritage Cougars will head out on the road to square off against the Mitchell Mountaineers at 6:30 p.m. on Monday. Mitchell has given up an average of 8.4 goals per game this season, but Monday's game will give them a chance to turn things around.

Coming off a road loss, Mountain Heritage was happy to be home on Wednesday where their crowd gave them all the motivation they needed. They walked away with a 3-1 win over Avery County.

Meanwhile, Mitchell was not able to break out of their rough patch on Monday as the team picked up their 14th straight loss. They lost 12-0 to Owen. While losing is never fun, Mitchell can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina soccer rankings (they are ranked 586th, while Owen are ranked 213th).

Mountain Heritage has now won three of their last four games at home. That's been a welcome lift for their 4-9-2 record this season. Those home victories were due in large part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they scored 13 goals over those four contests. As for Mitchell, their defeat dropped their record down to 0-14.