Soccer Game Preview: Ketchikan Hits the Road

By Team Reports May 7, 2024, 5:49am

Soccer Preview: Ketchikan vs. Juneau-Douglas

Ketchikan is 0-9-1 against Juneau-Douglas since April of 2022 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Friday. The Ketchikan Kings are on the road again to play the Juneau-Douglas Crimson Bears at 5:00 p.m.

Ketchikan is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Alaska's top teams: Kenai Central, who was ranked sixth in their home state at the time (Ketchikan was ranked 14th). Ketchikan lost 3-0 to Kenai Central on Saturday.

Meanwhile, Juneau-Douglas has not lost a match yet, a trend which continued in their latest game on Friday. They were the clear victor by a 6-0 margin over Thunder Mountain. Considering Juneau-Douglas has won six games by more than three goals this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.

They hit Thunder Mountain with a four-pronged attack, as the team got scores from Parker Boman (2), Peyton Wheeler (2), Cadence Plummer, and Milina Mazon.

Ketchikan's loss dropped their record down to 2-4-2. As for Juneau-Douglas, their win bumped their record up to 7-0-1.

Ketchikan came up short against Juneau-Douglas when the teams last played back in April, falling 2-0. Can Ketchikan avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.

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