Soccer Game Preview: Pinkston vs. Conrad

The Pinkston Vikings will take on the Conrad Chargers at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday. Pinkston is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 3.1 goals per game this season.

Pinkston will roll into the matchup after a wild two-game stretch: they only put up one goal on Saturday, then bounced right back against Madison on Monday. Everything went Pinkston's way against Madison as Pinkston made off with a 9-1 victory. The Vikings haven't had any issues with the Trojans recently, as the game was their eighth consecutive win against them.

Pinkston's offense was hitting Madison from everywhere, as five different players booted in a goal. Jose Joel Rangel led that balanced group of strikers and accounted for five goals all by himself.

Meanwhile, Conrad entered their tilt with Lincoln on Monday with two consecutive wins , and they'll enter their next game with three. They came within a single goal of losing the streak, but they secured a 2-1 W against the Tigers. Given the Chargers' advantage in MaxPreps' Texas soccer rankings (they are ranked 250th, while the Tigers are ranked 693rd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.

Conrad's victory was their third straight at home, which pushed their record up to 13-2. As for Pinkston, their win bumped their record up to 7-5.

Pinkston came up short against Conrad in their previous meeting back in January, falling 3-1. Will Pinkston have more luck at home instead of on the road? Check MaxPreps after the action for a full breakdown of the game and more soccer content.