Soccer Preview: Monroe Area vs. Cedar Grove
The Monroe Area Purple Hurricanes will head out on the road to square off against the Cedar Grove Saints at 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Monroe Area is strutting in with some offensive muscle, as they've averaged 4.2 goals per game this season.
Monroe Area entered their tilt with Luella with two consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with three. They came out on top against the Lions by a score of 2-0 on Thursday. The score was all tied up 0-0 at the break, but Monroe Area was the better team in the second half.
They were led to victory by the tag-team duo of
Gabriel Portillo and
Krystian Portillo, who scored both of Monroe Area's goals. The pair have combined for a total of 19 so far this season.
Meanwhile, Cedar Grove pushed their score to zero the last time they played Stone Mountain, but on Saturday they couldn't quite do it again. Cedar Grove and Stone Mountain finished up their contest with a 1-1 draw. The result (or lack thereof) marked Cedar Grove's first draw of the season.
Monroe Area is on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven games, which provided a nice bump to their 10-5-1 record this season. As for Cedar Grove, their draw gives them a new season record of 5-6-1.
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