Soccer Preview: Pace Academy vs. Midtown
The Pace Academy Knights will be staying on the road on Tuesday to face off against the Midtown Knights at 5:30 p.m. Pace Academy is strutting in with some offensive muscle, as they've averaged 6.2 goals per game this season.
Pace Academy's game last Thursday was all tied up 2-2 at the half, but sadly for them it didn't stay that way. They fell just short of Lovett by a score of 4-3. Pace Academy has not had much luck with Lovett recently, as the team's come up short the last six times they've met.
Pace Academy hit Lovett with a three-pronged attack, as the team got scores from
Harper Auchincloss,
Drew Martin, and
Alexa Ibarra.
Meanwhile, Midtown entered their tilt with Lithia Springs with seven consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with eight. Their defense stepped up to hand the Lions a 10-0 shutout last Thursday. The result was nothing new for Midtown, who have now won nine matches by four goals or more so far this season.
Pace Academy's defeat ended a four-game streak of away wins and brought them to 10-4-1. As for Midtown, their win was their fifth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 10-2-1.
Pace Academy might still be hurting after the 4-0 loss they got from Midtown when the teams last played back in February of 2018. Can Pace Academy avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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