Soccer Preview: Mountain Ridge vs. Bingham
Mountain Ridge has been away from home for five games now, but on Thursday they'll finally make their return. They will host the Bingham Miners at 3:30 p.m. Mountain Ridge is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 3 goals per game this season.
Mountain Ridge is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Utah's top teams: Herriman, who was ranked 12th in their home state at the time (Mountain Ridge was ranked second). Mountain Ridge was the clear victor by a 7-3 margin over Herriman on Tuesday. With the Sentinels ahead 4-0 at the half, the game was all but over already.
Their offense was hitting Herriman from everywhere, as six different players booted in a goal.
Myka Peck led that balanced group of strikers and accounted for two goals all by herself.
Meanwhile, Bingham kept a clean sheet against Salt Lake Academy on Tuesday. They came out on top against the Griffins by a score of 2-0. The score was all tied up 0-0 at the break, but the Miners were the better team in the second half.
Mountain Ridge pushed their record up to 7-0 with that win, which was their sixth straight on the road. As for Bingham, their victory bumped their record up to 3-4.
Mountain Ridge beat Bingham by a goal in their previous meeting back in September of 2023, winning 2-1. Will Mountain Ridge repeat their success, or does Bingham have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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