Soccer Preview: Monarch vs. Legacy
Monarch is 2-7 against Legacy since October of 2015 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Thursday. The Monarch Coyotes have the luxury of staying home for another game and will welcome the Legacy Lightning at 6:00 p.m. Neither team made it on the board the last time they hit the pitch, so they've probably got a bit of extra motivation.
Monarch is likely headed into the game with a focus on the second half, which is when things went downhill against Chatfield on Saturday. Monarch fell just short of Chatfield by a score of 1-0.
Meanwhile, Legacy had already won six in a row and they went ahead and made it seven on Tuesday. They never let the Knights onto the board and left with a 1-0 win. The Lightning's winning goal came courtesy of Mason Gray.
Monarch's defeat dropped their record down to 5-5. As for Legacy, they pushed their record up to 8-3 with the victory, which was their sixth straight at home.
Monarch might still be hurting after the 4-1 loss they got from Legacy in their previous meeting back in September of 2023. That contest was all but decided by halftime, at which point Monarch was down 3-0.
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