Soccer Preview: Salem vs. Howell
The Salem Rocks will be playing in front of their home fans against the Howell Highlanders at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Salem has three straight victories, Howell has nine straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
If Salem beats Howell with three goals on Thursday, it's going to be the team's new lucky number: they've won their past two matchups with that exact score. Salem came out on top against Plymouth by a score of 3-1 on Tuesday. Given Salem's advantage in MaxPreps' Michigan soccer rankings (they are ranked 34th, while Plymouth is ranked 107th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Friday just wasn't the day for Howell's offense. They fell just short of Grand Ledge by a score of 1-0 on Friday.
Salem's win bumped their record up to 8-2-4. As for Howell, their defeat dropped their record down to 0-9.
Everything went Salem's way against Howell in their previous meeting back in April as Salem made off with an 8-0 victory. Will Salem repeat their success, or does Howell have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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