Soccer Game Preview: Fountain Inn vs. Southside

The Fountain Inn Fury will head out on the road to square off against the Southside Tigers at 7:00 p.m. on Monday.

Fountain Inn is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to five goals last Monday, they were much more limited against Wren last Thursday. They fell 2-0 to the Hurricanes. While losing is never fun, the Fury can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' South Carolina soccer rankings (they are ranked 111th, while the Hurricanes are ranked 17th).

Meanwhile, after failing to score in their last matchup, Southside made sure to put some goals up on the board against Laurens last Thursday. They were the clear victor by a 5-1 margin over the Raiders. The result was nothing new for the Tigers, who have now won three contests by three goals or more so far this season.

They hit Laurens with a four-pronged attack, as the team got scores from JUAN ACOSTA (2), JULIAN HERRERA, OSCAR MOTA, and ANTHONEY BEDOLLA.

Fountain Inn's loss dropped their record down to 2-5. As for Southside, the win (which was their third in a row) raised their record to 5-1.

Fountain Inn suffered a grim 3-0 defeat to Southside in their previous meeting back in April of 2024. Can Fountain Inn avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.