Soccer Game Preview: Montrose on Home-Turf

By Team Reports Sep 18, 2024, 1:19am

Soccer Preview: Montrose vs. Holy Cross

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The Montrose Meteors will challenge the Holy Cross Crusaders at 5:00 p.m. on Thursday. Holy Cross took a loss in their last contest and will be looking to turn the tables on Montrose, who comes in off a win.

Montrose took a loss when they played away from home on Saturday, but their home fans gave them all the motivation they needed on Tuesday. They skirted past Carbondale Area 2-1. The win was a breath of fresh air for the Meteors as it put an end to their three-game losing streak.

Meanwhile, Holy Cross managed to keep up with Riverside until halftime on Tuesday, but things quickly went downhill from there. Holy Cross lost 5-1 to Riverside. Having soared to a lofty seven goals in the game before, the Crusaders couldn't push the score so high this time.

The victory got Montrose back to even at 4-4. As for Holy Cross, they dropped their record down to 3-3 with that loss, which was their third straight at home.

Montrose suffered a grim 6-1 defeat to Holy Cross in their previous meeting back in October of 2019. That matchup was all but decided by halftime, at which point Montrose was down 4-1.

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