Soccer Game Preview: South Aiken vs. Airport

By Team Reports Mar 12, 2024, 2:18am

Preview: South Aiken vs. Airport

South Aiken is 9-1 against Airport since March of 2018, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Tuesday. The South Aiken Thoroughbreds will be playing at home against the Airport Eagles at 7:00 p.m. Neither South Aiken nor Airport posted many goals in their last games, so it might be the defenses that decide this one.

On Monday, South Aiken didn't have quite enough to beat Greenbrier and fell 2-1. While losing is never fun, South Aiken can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' soccer rankings in their respective home states (they are ranked 71st in South Carolina, while Greenbrier is ranked 17th in Georgia).

Meanwhile, Airport was not able to break out of their rough patch on Friday as the team picked up their fifth straight loss. They were the victim of a tough 5-1 loss at the hands of Midland Valley. The game was a 1-1 toss-up at halftime, but Airport couldn't quite close it out.

South Aiken's loss dropped their record down to 1-4-1. Airport's season is starting to look like last year's as the team currently sits at a 1-5 record this season.

Everything went South Aiken's way against Airport when the teams last played back in March of 2023 as South Aiken made off with a 5-0 victory. Will South Aiken repeat their success, or does Airport have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.

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