Soccer Preview: Lamar vs. Fountain Valley
The Lamar Thunder will challenge the Fountain Valley Danes at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Fountain Valley better have a healthy lead at halftime, because if last week is any indication, that's when Lamar really get things going. Lamar's defense stepped up to hand James Irwin a 3-0 shutout on Saturday.
Meanwhile, Fountain Valley waltzed into their game on Tuesday with five straight wins... but they left with six. Everything went their way against the Scorpions as they made off with a 3-0 win. Given the Danes' advantage in MaxPreps' Colorado soccer rankings (they are ranked 67th, while the Scorpions are ranked 215th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Lamar pushed their record up to 6-4-1 with the victory, which was their fourth straight on the road. As for Fountain Valley, their win bumped their record up to 8-1-1.
Lamar skirted past Fountain Valley 4-3 when the teams last played back in October of 2017. Does Lamar have another victory up their sleeve, or will Fountain Valley turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
