Soccer Game Preview: Longview vs. Mt. Pleasant

By Team Reports Feb 15, 2024, 3:08am

Preview: Longview vs. Mt. Pleasant

The Longview Lobos will head out on the road to take on the Mt. Pleasant Tigers at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Each of these teams will be battling to keep a six-game winning streak alive.

Last Tuesday, it was close, but Longview sidestepped Whitehouse for a 2-1 victory.

Meanwhile, Mt. Pleasant beat Tyler 3-1 on Tuesday. Given Mt. Pleasant's advantage in MaxPreps' Texas soccer rankings (they are ranked 116th, while Tyler is ranked 369th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.

Longview is on a roll lately: they've won eight of their last nine contests, which provided a nice bump to their 11-4 record this season. As for Mt. Pleasant, they pushed their record up to 10-3-2 with that win, which was their third straight on the road.

Longview took their win against Mt. Pleasant when the teams last played back in March of 2023 by a conclusive 3-0. Will Longview repeat their success, or does Mt. Pleasant have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.

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