Soccer Preview: Widefield vs. Pueblo Central
The Widefield Gladiators have the luxury of staying home for another game and will welcome the Pueblo Central Wildcats at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday. Widefield is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 5.4 goals per game this season.
Widefield's defense heads into the contest hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Saturday. They were the clear victor by a 10-0 margin over Pueblo East. The result was nothing new for the Gladiators, who have now won three games by four goals or more so far this season.
Their offense was hitting Pueblo East from everywhere, as six different players booted in a goal.
Trevin Stemler led that balanced group of strikers and accounted for two goals all by himself.
Meanwhile, Pueblo Central didn't have done well against Pueblo Centennial recently (they were 0-9 in their previous nine matchups), but they didn't let the past get in their way on Tuesday. Pueblo Central sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 1-0 victory over Pueblo Centennial. The score was all tied up 0-0 at the break, but the Wildcats were the better team in the second half.
Widefield's win bumped their record up to 4-1. As for Pueblo Central, the victory made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 4-1-1.
Widefield beat Pueblo Central by a goal in their previous meeting back in September of 2023, winning 2-1. Will Widefield repeat their success, or does Pueblo Central have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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