Soccer Preview: Monroe Area vs. Loganville
Monroe Area is 0-5 against Loganville since March of 2015 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Thursday. The Monroe Area Purple Hurricanes will head out on the road to challenge the Loganville Red Devils at 7:30 p.m. Neither Monroe Area nor Loganville posted many goals in their last games, so it might be the defenses that decide this one.
Monroe Area unfortunately witnessed the end of their three-game winning streak on Tuesday. Their rough 7-0 defeat to Hebron Christian might stick with them for a while. While losing is never fun, Monroe Area can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Georgia soccer rankings (they are ranked 229th, while Hebron Christian is ranked 46th).
Meanwhile, Loganville kept a clean sheet against St. Paul's Episcopal on Saturday. They beat the Saints by a goal, winning 1-0. That's two games straight that Loganville has won by just one goal.
Monroe Area's loss dropped their record down to 7-5-1. As for Loganville, the victory made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 4-8-2.
Monroe Area might still be hurting after the 6-0 defeat they got from Loganville in their previous meeting back in April of 2019. Can Monroe Area avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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