Soccer Preview: Marlin vs. Stafford
The Marlin Bulldogs will square off against the Stafford Spartans at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
With a playoff game on the line, Marlin rose to the challenge on Tuesday. They put the hurt on the Ducks with a sharp 5-2 victory. Considering Marlin has won nine games by more than two goals this season, Tuesday's blowout was nothing new.
They hit Taylor with a four-pronged attack, as the team got scores from
Irving Pecina (2),
Christopher Sanchez,
Eric Ramos-Diaz, and
Ezekiel Chavez.
Meanwhile, Stafford has not lost a match since January 18th, a trend which continued in their latest game on Tuesday. Their defense stepped up to hand Columbus a 4-0 shutout. Given Stafford's advantage in MaxPreps' Texas soccer rankings (they are ranked 315th, while Columbus is ranked 710th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
The win (which was Marlin's fifth in a row) raised their record to 13-9-1. Those good results were due in large part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they scored 21 goals over those five matchups. As for Stafford, they are on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last eight matches, which provided a nice bump to their 17-3-3 record this season.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
