Preview: South Houston vs. Pasadena
South Houston is 2-7 against Pasadena since March of 2016 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Friday. The South Houston Trojans will head out on the road to take on the Pasadena Eagles at 7:30 p.m. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
After a 7-1 finish the last time they played, South Houston and Deer Park decided to play a little more cautiously this time around. South Houston took a 2-0 hit to the loss column at the hands of Deer Park on Wednesday. While losing is never fun, South Houston can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas soccer rankings (they are ranked 406th, while Deer Park is ranked 89th).
Meanwhile, while it was all tied up 1-1 at halftime, Pasadena was not quite Sam Rayburn's equal in the second half on Tuesday. They fell just short of the Texans by a score of 2-1.
South Houston has not been sharp recently as the team has lost three of their last four matches, which put a noticeable dent in their 2-4-2 record this season. As for Pasadena, their defeat dropped their record down to 5-7-3.
South Houston skirted past Pasadena 6-5 in their previous matchup back in January. The rematch might be a little tougher for South Houston since the squad won't have the home-pitch advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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