Soccer Preview: Taft vs. Payton College Prep
Taft is 0-6-1 against Payton College Prep since May of 2016 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Thursday. The Taft Eagles will head out on the road to challenge the Payton College Prep Grizzlies at 4:30 p.m. Both teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Taft can now show off seven landslide victories after their most recent contest on Monday. They never let Northside onto the board and left with a 5-0 victory. It was an even better day for Juliette Popelka as she scored four goals for her team.
Meanwhile, Payton College Prep came tearing into Tuesday's matchup with seven straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 2.3 goals) and they left with even more momentum. They put the hurt on the Wildcats with a sharp 5-0 win. Give Payton College Prep's defense some credit: that's the team's sixth straight shutout.
Taft pushed their record up to 9-7-1 with that victory, which was their sixth straight at home. As for Payton College Prep, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won nine of their last 11 games, which provided a massive bump to their 11-6-1 record this season.
Taft came up short against Payton College Prep in their previous meeting back in April, falling 2-0. Can Taft avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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