Soccer Preview: Columbiana vs. United
Columbiana hasn't had much luck against United recently, but that could start to change on Monday. The Columbiana Clippers will be playing at home against the United Golden Eagles at 5:00 p.m. Columbiana is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 3.8 goals per game this season.
Columbiana is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to four goals on Monday, they were much more limited against Ursuline on Thursday. They lost 7-1 to the Fighting Irish. The Clippers were in a tough position after the first half, with the score already sitting at 4-1.
Their goal came courtesy of
Oliver Cuff, who's now up to eight this season.
Meanwhile, United had already won six in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 4.5 goals) and they went ahead and made it seven on Saturday. Their defense stepped up to hand the Mustangs an 8-0 shutout. The result was nothing new for the Golden Eagles, who have now won six matchups by four goals or more so far this season.
Columbiana's defeat dropped their record down to 7-5. As for United, they pushed their record up to 11-1 with the win, which was their fifth straight on the road.
Columbiana suffered a grim 5-1 defeat to United in their previous meeting on September 3rd. That contest was all but decided by halftime, at which point Columbiana was down 4-0.
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