Soccer Preview: Mountain Ridge vs. Northern
Mountain Ridge is 10-0 against Northern since October of 2019, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Tuesday. The Mountain Ridge Miners will welcome the Northern Huskies at 7:00 p.m. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Mountain Ridge has six straight victories, Northern has four straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the pitch.
Mountain Ridge's defense heads into the contest hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Thursday. They sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 1-0 win over Southern. Charlie Simpson had the honor of scoring the game-winner for the Miners.
Meanwhile, Northern scored the most goals they've had all season on Thursday, but it wasn't enough. They fell just short of Calvary Christian Academy by a score of 3-2. While losing is never fun, the Huskies can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Maryland soccer rankings (they are ranked 173rd, while the are ranked 49th).
Mountain Ridge pushed their record up to 6-0 with the victory, which was their third straight on the road. As for Northern, their defeat dropped their record down to 0-4.
Everything went Mountain Ridge's way against Northern in their previous matchup last Tuesday as Mountain Ridge made off with a 5-0 win. Will Mountain Ridge repeat their success, or does Northern have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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