Soccer Game Preview: Mountain Heritage vs. Owen

The Mountain Heritage Cougars will head out on the road to square off against the Owen Warhorses at 7:00 p.m. on Monday. Owen is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 4.2 goals per game this season.

It was a proper cat-fight when Mountain Heritage challenged Hendersonville on Wednesday. The Cougars took a 2-0 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Bearcats. The match was a 0-0 toss-up at halftime, but Mountain Heritage couldn't quite close it out.

Meanwhile, Owen had already won nine in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 6.6 goals) and they went ahead and made it 10 on Monday. They were the clear victors by a 5-0 margin over the Patriots. Give Owen's defense some credit: that's the team's seventh straight shutout.

The win improved Owen's record to 11-4-2. As for Mountain Heritage, they have now lost nine of their last 12 games at home. That's part of the reason why they have a 5-10-2 record this season.