Soccer Game Preview: Gulf Shores vs. Northridge

The Gulf Shores Dolphins will take on the Northridge Jaguars at 12:00 p.m. on Saturday. The squads are rolling into the game with opposing streaks: Gulf Shores has struggled recently with four losses in a row, while Northridge will arrive with three straight wins.

Gulf Shores is likely headed into the game with a focus on the second half, which is when things went downhill against Guntersville on Thursday. Gulf Shores fell just short of Guntersville by a score of 1-0. While losing is never fun, Gulf Shores can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Alabama soccer rankings (they are ranked 146th, while Guntersville are ranked 32nd).

Meanwhile, Northridge kept a clean sheet against Paul W. Bryant on Wednesday. They blew past the Stampede 10-0. Northridge might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won four matches by three goals or more this season.

Gulf Shores' defeat dropped their record down to 4-12-2. As for Northridge, their victory bumped their record up to 9-1-1.