Soccer Preview: Eagle vs. Meridian
Eagle has gone 10-0 against Meridian recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Monday. The Eagle Mustangs will welcome the Meridian Warriors at 7:30 p.m. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Eagle has three straight victories, Meridian has five straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the pitch.
Eagle is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Idaho's top teams: Mountain View, who was ranked third in their home state at the time (Eagle was ranked 14th). Eagle came out on top against Mountain View by a score of 3-1 on Saturday.
Meanwhile, Meridian fell victim to Mountain View and their airtight defense on Wednesday. They lost 6-0 to the Mavericks. While losing is never fun, the Warriors can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Idaho soccer rankings (they are ranked 57th, while the Mavericks are ranked third).
Eagle pushed their record up to 4-0-2 with that win, which was their third straight at home. As for Meridian, their defeat dropped their record down to 0-5.
Everything went Eagle's way against Meridian in their previous matchup back in September of 2023 as Eagle made off with a 4-0 victory. Will Eagle repeat their success, or does Meridian have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
