Soccer Preview: Aspen vs. Grand Valley
Aspen has gone 7-0 against Grand Valley recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Saturday. The Aspen Skiers will venture away from home to face off against the Grand Valley Cardinals at 12:00 p.m. Aspen is no doubt hoping to put an end to a four-game streak of away losses.
Aspen is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to four goals on Tuesday, they were much more limited against Rifle on Thursday. They lost 3-0 to the Bears. While losing is never fun, the Skiers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Colorado soccer rankings (they are ranked 144th, while the Bears are ranked 32nd).
Meanwhile, after soaring to four goals the game before, Grand Valley was a bit more limited in their game on Friday. They fell just short of Ridgway by a score of 2-1.
Grand Valley's goal came courtesy of
Samuel Velasco, who's now up to three this season.
Aspen's loss dropped their record down to 5-8-1. As for Grand Valley, their defeat dropped their record down to 5-7-1.
Aspen took their win against Grand Valley in their previous meeting back in September by a conclusive 8-1. In that matchup, Aspen amassed a halftime lead of 4-0, an impressive feat they'll look to repeat on Saturday.
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