Soccer Preview: Coronado vs. Sunrise Mountain
The Coronado Cougars will face off against the Sunrise Mountain Miners at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Coronado has 22 straight wins, Sunrise Mountain has four straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the pitch.
Coronado is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Nevada's top teams: Palo Verde, who was ranked ninth in their home state at the time (Coronado was ranked first). Coronado's defense stepped up to hand Palo Verde a 7-0 shutout on Tuesday. Considering the Cougars have won 20 matchups by more than two goals this season, Tuesday's blowout was nothing new.
Their offense was hitting Palo Verde from everywhere, as five different players booted in a goal.
Ben Aronow led that balanced group of strikers and accounted for two goals all by himself.
Meanwhile, Sunrise Mountain lost 6-2 to Western on Wednesday.
Coronado pushed their record up to 22-0 with the victory, which was their ninth straight on the road. As for Sunrise Mountain, their loss dropped their record down to 3-13.
Coronado took their win against Sunrise Mountain when the teams last played back in September by a conclusive 6-2. Will Coronado repeat their success, or does Sunrise Mountain have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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