Soccer Preview: Legacy vs. ThunderRidge
The Legacy Lightning will look to defend their home pitch on Friday against the ThunderRidge Grizzlies at 5:00 p.m. Legacy will have to bring their A-game into this one, as they are staring down a pretty big deficit in the MaxPreps Colorado Rankings (they are ranked 33rd, while ThunderRidge is ranked fifth).
On Thursday, neither Legacy nor Rocky Mountain could gain the upper hand so the two teams had to settle for a 1-1 draw.
Legacy's goal came courtesy of
Haylee Pletcher, who's now up to five this season.
Meanwhile, ThunderRidge can now show off six landslide victories after their most recent match on Wednesday. Their defense stepped up to hand Ponderosa a 3-0 shutout. Three seems to be a good number for ThunderRidge as the squad scooped up a victory with the same number of goals in their previous game.
With that draw, Legacy's record moves to 6-3-4. As for ThunderRidge, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won four of their last five contests, which provided a nice bump to their 9-2-2 record this season.
Legacy might still be hurting after the 4-1 loss they got from ThunderRidge in their previous matchup back in April of 2023. Will Legacy have more luck at home instead of on the road? Check MaxPreps after the action for a full breakdown of the game and more soccer content.
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