Soccer Preview: Coronado vs. Faith Lutheran
Coronado and Faith Lutheran are an even 4-4-2 against one another since October of 2021, but likely not for long. The Coronado Cougars will host the Faith Lutheran Crusaders at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday.
Coronado is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Nevada's top teams: Arbor View, who was ranked seventh in their home state at the time (Coronado was ranked fifth). Coronado fell just short of Arbor View by a score of 1-0 last Tuesday. The match was a 0-0 toss-up at halftime, but the Cougars couldn't quite close it out.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Faith Lutheran). They never let Cimarron-Memorial onto the board and left with an 8-0 victory on Tuesday. With that win, the Crusaders brought their scoring average up to 2.7 goals per game.
Their offense was hitting Cimarron-Memorial from everywhere, as six different players booted in a goal.
Briana Lee led that balanced group of strikers and accounted for two goals all by herself.
Coronado's defeat dropped their record down to 12-4-1. As for Faith Lutheran, they pushed their record up to 12-1-4 with the victory, which was their third straight at home.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
