Soccer Preview: Maple Mountain vs. Spanish Fork
On Tuesday Maple Mountain will have to hit the road after three straight games at home. They will venture away from home to challenge the Spanish Fork Dons at 7:00 p.m. Maple Mountain will be strutting in after a win while Spanish Fork will be coming in after a loss.
If Spanish Fork heads into halftime all tied up, they better play a good second half: that's when Maple Mountain took over last week. Maple Mountain came out on top in a nail-biter against Salem Hills on Thursday, sneaking past 1-0. The Golden Eagles wouldn't have won without Sierra Jacobson, who scored the game-winner.
Meanwhile, Spanish Fork was not able to break out of their rough patch on Thursday as the team picked up their third straight defeat. They fell just short of Timpview by a score of 1-0. The matchup was a 0-0 toss-up at halftime, but the Dons couldn't quite close it out.
Maple Mountain has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won eight of their last nine games, which provided a massive bump to their 8-4 record this season. As for Spanish Fork, their loss dropped their record down to 4-10.
Maple Mountain skirted past Spanish Fork 1-0 in their previous meeting back in August. The rematch might be a little tougher for Maple Mountain 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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