Soccer Game Preview: Woods Cross vs. Bountiful

The Woods Cross Wildcats are taking a road trip to square off against the Bountiful Redhawks at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Woods Cross has a tough task ahead: they'll enter the contest with five straight losses, while Bountiful will come in with three straight wins.

Woods Cross is likely headed into the matchup with a focus on the second half, which is when things went downhill against Skyline on Tuesday. The Wildcats took a 2-0 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Eagles. While losing is never fun, Woods Cross can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Utah soccer rankings (they are ranked 69th, while Skyline are ranked 20th).

Meanwhile, Bountiful kept a clean sheet against Brighton on Tuesday. They beat the Bengals by a goal, winning 1-0. That's two games straight that Bountiful have won by just one goal.

Woods Cross' defeat dropped their record down to 3-10. As for Bountiful, their victory bumped their record up to 9-4.