Preview: Columbia vs. Cross Keys
Columbia is 0-5 against Cross Keys since February of 2015 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Thursday. The Columbia Eagles will head out on the road to take on the Cross Keys Indians at 8:00 p.m. Neither of those teams managed to put together many goals in their previous contests, so the offenses might be a little more motivated than usual.
Columbia fell victim to Towers' stalwart defense on Monday and couldn't make it onto the board. They were the victim of a rough 10-0 loss at the hands of the Titans. That's two games in a row now that Columbia has lost by exactly ten goals.
Meanwhile, Cross Keys entered their tilt with Clarkston with two consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with three. Cross Keys never let Clarkston onto the board and left with a 1-0 victory on Friday. Given Cross Keys' advantage in MaxPreps' Georgia soccer rankings (they are ranked 39th, while Clarkston is ranked 133rd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
This is the second loss in a row for Columbia and nudges their season record down to 0-2. As for Cross Keys, they pushed their record up to 4-1-1 with that victory, which was their third straight at home.
Columbia suffered a grim 10-0 defeat to Cross Keys when the teams last played back in March of 2019. Can Columbia avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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