Soccer Preview: Grand Junction vs. Palisade
Grand Junction has been on the road for two straight, but on Tuesday they'll finally head home. They will welcome the Palisade Bulldogs at 7:00 p.m. Grand Junction will be strutting in after a win while Palisade will be coming in after a defeat.
Grand Junction is headed into the game having not lost since September 5 and will look to keep things rolling. They walked away with a 3-1 victory over Grand Junction Central on Thursday. Given the Tigers' advantage in MaxPreps' Colorado soccer rankings (they are ranked 28th, while the Warriors are ranked 111th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Palisade lost 4-1 to Montrose on Thursday. The loss continues a trend for the Bulldogs in their matchups with the Red Hawks: they've now lost three in a row.
Grand Junction's win was their seventh straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 9-2-1. As for Palisade, their defeat dropped their record down to 4-10.
Grand Junction was able to grind out a solid victory over Palisade in their previous meeting back in September, winning 2-0. Will Grand Junction repeat their success, or does Palisade have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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