Soccer Preview: Moon Area vs. Taylor Allderdice
Moon Area has enjoyed a five-game homestand but will soon have to dust off their road jerseys. They will take on the Taylor Allderdice Dragons at 7:00 p.m. on Saturday. Moon Area is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 5 goals per game this season.
Moon Area is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Tuesday. They came out on top in a nail-biter against Lampeter-Strasburg , sneaking past 2-1. The score was all tied up 1-1 at the break, but the Tigers were the better team in the second half.
Aedan Costa and
Billy Sprott scored both of Moon Area's goals, bringing their combined season tally to 25 goals.
Meanwhile, Taylor Allderdice came tearing into Tuesday's contest with three straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 2.7 goals) and they left with even more momentum. They never let the Lancers onto the board and left with a 1-0 win. That's two games straight that the Dragons have won by just one goal.
Taylor Allderdice has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won eight of their last nine matches, which provided a nice bump to their 14-4-1 record this season. Those good results were due in large part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they scored 36 goals over those nine matchups. As for Moon Area, they pushed their record up to 24-0 with the victory, which was their 11th straight at home.
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