Soccer Preview: Erie vs. Longmont
The Erie Tigers will head out on the road to square off against the Longmont Trojans at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, the two teams will really light up the scoreboard.
Erie is headed in fresh off scoring the most goals they have all season. They never let Mountain Range onto the board and left with a 4-0 win on Thursday. Given the Tigers' advantage in MaxPreps' Colorado soccer rankings (they are ranked 36th, while the Mustangs are ranked 135th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Erie hit Mountain Range with a three-pronged attack, as the team got scores from
Nathan Bigard (2),
Cael Ferrera, and
Leo Hinojosa.
Meanwhile, Longmont didn't have done well against Skyline recently (they were 0-6-1 in their previous seven matchups), but they didn't let the past get in their way on Friday. Everything went Longmont's way against Skyline as Longmont made off with a 4-0 victory. The win was just business as usual For the Trojans, who after four games remain undefeated this season.
The victory made it two in a row for Erie and bumps their season record up to 3-1. As for Longmont, their win bumped their record up to 4-0.
Everything went Erie's way against Longmont in their previous matchup back in September of 2021 as Erie made off with a 4-1 victory. In that matchup, Erie amassed a halftime lead of 3-0, an impressive feat they'll look to repeat on Tuesday.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
