Soccer Preview: Aurora West College Prep Academy vs. William Smith
Aurora West College Prep Academy has gone 9-0-1 against William Smith recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Monday. The Aurora West College Prep Academy Spartans will be playing in front of their home fans against the William Smith Eagles at 4:00 p.m. The two teams each escaped with close wins against their previous opponents.
Aurora West College Prep Academy is headed into the matchup having not lost since September 24 and will look to keep things rolling. They skirted past Loveland Classical 3-2. The Spartans found success even though the refs didn't miss a thing: three Aurora West College Prep Academy players were handed yellow cards.
They hit Loveland Classical with a three-pronged attack, as the team got scores from
Cristian Jimenez,
Alexis Hernandez, and
Alex Silva.
Meanwhile, William Smith kept a clean sheet against DMLK on Monday. They had just enough and edged the Panthers out 1-0. The score was all tied up 0-0 at the break, but the Eagles were the better team in the second half.
William Smith was without their leading scorer, Santiago Sosa Hernandez, in Monday's game. With Sosa Hernandez sidelined, William Smith had to make some big changes to the lineup. Three players hit the pitch for the first time this season: Ivan Perez, Alan Ballesteros Marquez, and Roberto Alfaro. Alfaro made the most of the opportunity, scoring a goal and five steals. A few more games like that and he might be seeing even more time going forward.
Aurora West College Prep Academy has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won four of their last five matches, which provided a nice bump to their 7-2-3 record this season. As for William Smith, their win bumped their record up to 6-4-3.
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