Soccer Preview: Air Academy vs. Discovery Canyon
Air Academy is 9-0 against Discovery Canyon since October of 2015, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Thursday. The Air Academy Kadets will welcome the Discovery Canyon Thunder at 6:00 p.m. The timing is sure in Air Academy's favor as the squad sits on five straight wins at home while Discovery Canyon has been banged up by six consecutive losses on the road.
Air Academy is headed into the matchup without a loss and will look to keep things rolling. They never let Lewis-Palmer onto the board and left with a 2-0 win on Tuesday. Given the Kadets' advantage in MaxPreps' Colorado soccer rankings (they are ranked eighth, while the Rangers are ranked 124th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Ben Brown and
Andrew Foster scored both of Air Academy's goals, bringing their combined season tally to 22 goals.
Meanwhile, Discovery Canyon entered their contest against Lewis-Palmer on Thursday without any home losses, but there's a first time for everything. Discovery Canyon came up short against Lewis-Palmer, falling 5-0. The match was a close 1-0 at the break, but unfortunately for the Thunder it sure didn't stay that way.
Air Academy's victory bumped their record up to 10-0-2. As for Discovery Canyon, their loss dropped their record down to 4-7-1.
Air Academy took their win against Discovery Canyon in their previous meeting back in October of 2023 by a conclusive 6-0. Will Air Academy repeat their success, or does Discovery Canyon have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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