Soccer Recap: Rockdale Takes a Tough Playoff Loss

It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact Rockdale can now relate to. They came up short against the Lorena Leopards on Friday, falling 3-0. While losing is never fun, Rockdale can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas soccer rankings (they are ranked 653rd, while Lorena are ranked 233rd).

Rockdale has also been struggling recently as they've lost four of their last five matches. That's put a noticeable dent in their 8-13-1 record this season. Lorena's victory bumped their record up to 15-4.

Rockdale does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Lorena, they will face off against Columbia on Monday. Lorena will need to watch out since Columbia has now posted at least four goals in their last three contests.