Soccer Preview: A Rolling Gladstone Meets a Wounded Molalla

The Gladstone Gladiators will take on the Molalla Indians at 6:00 p.m. on Monday. Gladstone will be strutting in after a victory, while Molalla will be coming in after a defeat.

Gladstone's defense heads into the match hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Thursday. They put the hurt on Madras with a sharp 3-0 win. The result was nothing new for Gladstone, who have now won four contests by three goals or more so far this season.

Meanwhile, after some red-hot attacks on offense in their last two games, Molalla finally came back down to earth on Thursday. They lost 5-1 to The Dalles. While losing is never fun, Molalla can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Oregon soccer rankings (they are ranked 64th, while The Dalles are ranked 15th).

Gladstone has been on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five matchups. That run has powered them to a 5-2-1 record this season. Those victories were made possible by their offensive performance across that stretch, as they scored 17 goals over those five contests. As for Molalla, their loss ended a three-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 6-3.