Soccer Preview: Fountain-Fort Carson vs. Coronado
The Fountain-Fort Carson Trojans will challenge the Coronado Cougars at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Coronado took a loss in their last match and will be looking to turn the tables on Fountain-Fort Carson, who comes in off a win.
Fountain-Fort Carson will bounce into Thursday's game after beating Discovery Canyon, who they hadn't topped in four consecutive meetings. Fountain-Fort Carson walked away with a 2-0 victory over Discovery Canyon on Tuesday. Given the Trojans' advantage in MaxPreps' Colorado soccer rankings (they are ranked 34th, while the Thunder are ranked 144th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Coronado didn't have quite enough to beat Woodland Park on Monday and fell 2-1. The game got a bit rough at times, as the refs handed out a total of three yellow cards before it was all over: the Cougars' Harrison Aker and the Panthers' Nick Thime and Silas Koelewijn were all carded.
Coronado's goal came courtesy of
Landon Strutz, who's now up to three this season.
The win for Fountain-Fort Carson keeps them at an undefeated 7-0-1. As for Coronado, their loss dropped their record down to 3-2-2.
Fountain-Fort Carson beat Coronado by a goal in their previous matchup back in September of 2023, winning 1-0. The rematch might be a little tougher for Fountain-Fort Carson since the squad won't have the home-pitch advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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