Preview: Pittsburg vs. Pleasant Grove
The Pittsburg Pirates will be playing in front of their home fans against the Pleasant Grove Hawks at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Pittsburg has not lost a match since January 12th, a trend which continued in their latest game on Tuesday. Their defense stepped up to hand Liberty-Eylau a 8-0 shutout. Uriel Netro was a massive factor in the win, as he booted in three goals all by himself.
Meanwhile, Pleasant Grove had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 2.5 goals), and they went ahead and made it three on Tuesday. They were the clear victor by a 8-2 margin over Chapel Hill. Given Pleasant Grove's advantage in MaxPreps' Texas soccer rankings (they are ranked 261st, while Chapel Hill is ranked 703rd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Pittsburg has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last eight matches, which provided a nice bump to their 9-1-3 record this season. As for Pleasant Grove, they pushed their record up to 8-2 with that victory, which was their sixth straight at home.
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