Soccer Preview: Midlothian vs. Manchester
The Midlothian Trojans will be playing at home against the Manchester Lancers at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Midlothian is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 3.5 goals per game this season.
In what's become a running theme this season, Midlothian gave their fans yet another huge win on Tuesday. They never let Huguenot onto the board and left with a 3-0 victory. Given Midlothian's advantage in MaxPreps' Virginia soccer rankings (they are ranked 24th, while Huguenot is ranked 171st), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Midlothian hit Huguenot with a three-pronged attack, as the team got scores from
Casey Royle,
Will Richter, and
Matthew Do.
Meanwhile, Tuesday just wasn't the day for Manchester's offense. They lost 6-0 to Cosby on Tuesday.
Midlothian has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven contests, which provided a nice bump to their 9-3-1 record this season. As for Manchester, their defeat ended a three-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 7-5-1.
Midlothian came out on top in a nail-biter against Manchester when the teams last played back in March, sneaking past 2-1. Will Midlothian repeat their success, or does Manchester have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
