Soccer Preview: Montgomery Academy vs. Guntersville
The Montgomery Academy Eagles are on the road again on Friday to play the Guntersville Wildcats at 5:30 p.m. Montgomery Academy is strutting in with some offensive muscle, as they've averaged 4.8 goals per game this season.
Montgomery Academy's game on Thursday was all tied up 3-3 at the half, but sadly for them it didn't stay that way. They fell just short of Oak Mountain by a score of 5-4. While losing is never fun, Montgomery Academy can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Alabama soccer rankings (they are ranked 29th, while Oak Mountain is ranked first).
Montgomery Academy hit Oak Mountain with a three-pronged attack, as the team got scores from
William Brewer Welch (2),
Luis Rubio, and
Jacob Stubblefield.
Meanwhile, Guntersville came tearing into Thursday's matchup with 13 straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 3.2 goals) and they left with even more momentum. They skirted past the Pirates 3-2. That's two games straight that Guntersville has won by just one goal.
Montgomery Academy's defeat dropped their record down to 8-5-1. As for Guntersville, they pushed their record up to 18-1-1 with that win, which was their ninth straight on the road.
Montgomery Academy was able to grind out a solid victory over Guntersville in their previous meeting back in March of 2021, winning 2-0. Will Montgomery Academy repeat their success, or does Guntersville have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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