Soccer Game Preview: Colony vs. Lathrop

By Team Reports Apr 19, 2024, 8:38am

Soccer Preview: Colony vs. Lathrop

The Colony Knights will look to defend their home pitch on Friday against the Lathrop Malemutes at 5:00 p.m. Both teams come into the match bolstered by wins in their previous matches.

Colony is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Alaska's top teams: Eagle River, who was ranked sixth in their home state at the time (Colony was ranked fourth). Colony's defense stepped up to hand Eagle River a 2-0 shutout on Tuesday. Sammy Gerteisen had the honor of scoring the game-winner for Colony.

Meanwhile, after failing to score in their last matchup, Lathrop made sure to put some goals up on the board against Redington on Thursday. Everything went their way against the Huskies as they made off with a 7-0 win.

Colony now has a winning record of 4-3-1. As for Lathrop, the victory also got them back to even at 1-1.

Colony suffered a grim 3-0 defeat to Lathrop in their previous meeting back in May of 2023. Will Colony have more luck at home instead of on the road? Check MaxPreps after the match for a full breakdown of the game, commentary, and other soccer content.

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