Preview: St. Clair County vs. Southside
St. Clair County has enjoyed a four-game homestand but will soon have to dust off their road jerseys. They will challenge the Southside Panthers at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. St. Clair County's offense has struggled lately (the team hasn't scored more than a single goal for six straight games), a trend the team is no doubt ready to end.
St. Clair County fell victim to Lincoln's stalwart defense on Thursday and couldn't make it onto the board. Their rough 4-0 defeat to the Golden Bears might stick with them for a while. While losing is never fun, St. Clair County can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Alabama soccer rankings (they are ranked 126th, while Lincoln is ranked 38th).
Meanwhile, Southside put another one in the bag on Saturday to keep their undefeated season alive. Everything went their way against Gadsden City as Southside made off with a 4-1 win. Southside might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team's won eight matches by three goals or more this season.
They were led to victory by the tag-team duo of
Camren Thompson and
Alex Mullins, who scored all four of Southside's goals. The pair have combined for a total of 26 so far this season.
St. Clair County's loss dropped their record down to 1-6-1. As for Southside, their victory bumped their record up to 10-0-1.
St. Clair County might still be hurting after the 10-0 loss they got from Southside when the teams last played back in April of 2023. Can St. Clair County avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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