Soccer Game Preview: Clear Spring vs. Catoctin

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Previous Games

09/23/24 - Home	1-2 L
09/18/23 - Away	3-1 W
09/03/22 - Home	3-1 W
09/24/19 - Home	5-0 W
09/11/18 - Home	3-0 W
+ 2 more games

Clear Spring is 6-1 against Catoctin since September of 2016 and they'll have a chance to extend that dominance on Monday. The Blazers will be playing in front of their home fans against the Cougars at 7:00 p.m. Clear Spring will aim to continue their three-game streak of scoring more goals each contest than the last.

Clear Spring is headed in fresh off scoring the most goals they have all season. Their defense stepped up to hand Boonsboro an 8-0 shutout on Wednesday. Give some credit to the fans of both teams: the last five times they've met, the home team has come away the winner.

Meanwhile, Thursday just wasn't the day for Catoctin's offense. They came up short against Brunswick on Thursday, falling 9-0. While losing is never fun, Catoctin can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Maryland soccer rankings (they are ranked 99th, while Brunswick are ranked 35th).

Clear Spring pushed their record up to 5-2 with the win, which was their fourth straight at home. The home victories came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they scored 21 goals over those four matches. As for Catoctin, their defeat dropped their record down to 2-4.