Soccer Preview: St. Albans vs. Nitro
St. Albans and Nitro are an even 4-4-2 against one another since September of 2015, but likely not for long. The St. Albans Red Dragons will welcome the Nitro Wildcats at 6:00 p.m. on Monday. St. Albans' offense has struggled lately (the team hasn't scored more than a single goal for nine straight games), a trend the team is no doubt ready to end.
St. Albans managed to keep up with Woodrow Wilson until halftime last Thursday, but things quickly went downhill from there. St. Albans came up short against Woodrow Wilson, falling 6-0. While losing is never fun, the Red Dragons can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' West Virginia soccer rankings (they are ranked 50th, while the Flying Eagles are ranked first).
Meanwhile, Nitro waltzed into their matchup on Tuesday with three straight wins... but they left with four. They put the hurt on the Huskies with a sharp 4-1 win.
Nitro hit Hoover with a three-pronged attack, as the team got scores from
Terren Walker (2),
Maddox Cole, and
Bodie Jordan.
St. Albans' defeat dropped their record down to 3-11-2. As for Nitro, they pushed their record up to 7-10-1 with the victory, which was their third straight at home.
St. Albans skirted past Nitro 3-2 in their previous meeting back in August. Does St. Albans have another victory up their sleeve, or will Nitro turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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