Preview: Salado vs. China Spring
The Salado Eagles will head out on the road to face off against the China Spring Cougars at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Salado is looking to tack on another W to their six-game streak on the road.
Salado has not lost a match since January 5th, a trend which continued in their latest game on Friday. They walked away with a 3-1 win over Gatesville. The score was all tied up 1-1 at the break, but Salado was the better team in the second half.
They hit Gatesville with a three-pronged attack, as the team got scores from
Morgan Adams,
Thaddeus Heckman, and
Luke Anderson.
Meanwhile, China Spring's recent rough patch got a bit rougher on Saturday after their third straight defeat. They ended up on the wrong side of a tough 5-0 walloping at the hands of Stephenville. While losing is never fun, China Spring can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas soccer rankings (they are ranked 706th, while Stephenville is ranked 222nd).
Salado is on a roll lately: they've won 11 of their last 12 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 14-1-1 record this season. As for China Spring, their loss dropped their record down to 3-12.
Everything went Salado's way against China Spring in their previous matchup back in January as Salado made off with a 7-0 win. The rematch might be a little tougher for Salado since the squad won't have the home-pitch advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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