Soccer Game Preview: Cape Elizabeth Plays at Home

By Team Reports Sep 9, 2024, 2:17am

Soccer Preview: Cape Elizabeth vs. Lake Region

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Cape Elizabeth is 6-0 against Lake Region since October of 2015, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Tuesday. The Cape Elizabeth Capers will be defending their home-pitch for the first time this season they go up against the Lake Region Lakers at 6:00 p.m. Both come into the contest bolstered by wins in their previous matches.

Cape Elizabeth is coming home in high spirits after they had to open their season on the road against South Portland. Cape Elizabeth never let South Portland onto the board and left with a 1-0 win last Saturday.

Meanwhile, Lake Region had already won three in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 2.7 goals), and they went ahead and made it four on Saturday. They came out on top against the Warriors by a score of 3-1. The score was all tied up 1-1 at the break, but the Lakers were the better team in the second half.

Justen McCubrey, who's played more minutes than anyone else on the Lake Region squad sat out for Saturday's game. With McCubrey sidelined, Caleb Coombs got his first action of the season.

Everything went Cape Elizabeth's way against Lake Region in their previous matchup back in September of 2023 as Cape Elizabeth made off with a 9-1 victory. Does Cape Elizabeth have another victory up their sleeve, or will Lake Region turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.

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