Soccer Preview: Maiden vs. West Lincoln
Maiden is 9-0-1 against West Lincoln since October of 2018, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Monday. The Maiden Blue Devils will be playing in front of their home fans against the West Lincoln Rebels at 5:00 p.m. Having both just faced considerable losses, both teams are looking to turn things around.
Maiden is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to four goals on Wednesday, they were much more limited against Lincolnton on Thursday. They came up short against Wolves, falling 10-1. Things were pretty much settled by the half as the Blue Devils were already down 4-1.
Meanwhile, West Lincoln was not able to break out of their rough patch on Wednesday as the team picked up their fourth straight defeat. They lost 8-1 to Bandys. While losing is never fun, the Rebels can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina soccer rankings (they are ranked 488th, while the Trojans are ranked 220th).
West Lincoln's goal came courtesy of
Gregorio Soto-Aguilar, which was the first he's scored this season.
Maiden has been struggling recently as they've lost five of their last six games, which put a noticeable dent in their 6-7-2 record this season. As for West Lincoln, their loss dropped their record down to 2-9-2.
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