Soccer Preview: Highland vs. Valencia
Highland has gone 8-0 against Valencia recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Tuesday. The Highland Hornets will be playing in front of their home fans against the Valencia Jaguars at 5:00 p.m. Highland will be looking to extend their current three-game winning streak.
Highland's defense heads into the match hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Thursday. They put the hurt on Grants with a sharp 10-0 win. Considering the Hornets have won eight games by more than two goals this season, Thursday's blowout was nothing new.
Meanwhile, Thursday just wasn't the day for Valencia's offense. They lost 6-0 to St. Pius X on Thursday. While losing is never fun, the Jaguars can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' New Mexico soccer rankings (they are ranked 51st, while the Sartans are ranked sixth).
Highland is on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 10-7-1 record this season. As for Valencia, their loss ended a three-game streak of away wins and brought them to 6-10-1.
Highland beat Valencia by a goal in their previous matchup two weeks ago, winning 2-1. Will Highland repeat their success, or does Valencia have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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