Soccer Preview: Fairview vs. Erie
The Fairview Knights will be staying on the road on Thursday to face off against the Erie Tigers at 6:00 p.m.
Fairview is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Colorado's top teams: Legacy, who was ranked ninth in their home state at the time (Fairview was ranked tenth). Fairview fell just short of Legacy by a score of 1-0 on Tuesday. The match was a 0-0 toss-up at halftime, but the Knights couldn't quite close it out.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Erie). They put the hurt on Prairie View with a sharp 8-1 victory last Tuesday. The Tigers might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won five contests by three goals or more this season.
They hit Prairie View with a three-pronged attack, as the team got scores from
Mason Guven (5),
Nathan Bigard (2), and
Reece Ficklin.
Fairview's loss dropped their record down to 5-3-3. As for Erie, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won three of their last four matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 6-3-1 record this season.
Fairview took their win against Erie in their previous meeting back in October of 2022 by a conclusive 5-1. Will Fairview repeat their success, or does Erie have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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