Soccer Game Preview: Longmont Hits the Road

By Team Reports May 2, 2024, 5:24am

Soccer Preview: Longmont vs. Liberty Common

The Longmont Trojans will head out on the road to take on the Liberty Common Eagles at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.

Longmont's defense heads into the contest hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Tuesday. They put the hurt on Wellington with a sharp 7-0 victory. The win made it back-to-back victories for Longmont.

Their offense was hitting Wellington from everywhere, as five different players booted in a goal. Claire Sebring led that balanced group of strikers and accounted for two goals all by herself.

Meanwhile, Liberty Common made easy work of Sterling on Wednesday and carried off a 7-1 win. Given Liberty Common's advantage in MaxPreps' Colorado soccer rankings (they are ranked 91st, while Sterling is ranked 200th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.

Longmont has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won eight of their last nine matches, which provided a nice bump to their 9-4 record this season. As for Liberty Common, their victory bumped their record up to 8-5-1.

Longmont might still be hurting after the 12-2 loss they got from Liberty Common when the teams last played back in April of 2023. That matchup was all but decided by halftime, at which point Longmont was down 7-1.

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