Soccer Game Preview: Fossil Ridge vs. Timber Creek

By Team Reports Feb 22, 2024, 2:05am

Preview: Fossil Ridge vs. Timber Creek

Fossil Ridge is 0-10 against Timber Creek since March of 2019 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Friday. The Fossil Ridge Panthers will head out on the road to square off against the Timber Creek Falcons at 6:30 p.m. Neither Fossil Ridge nor Timber Creek posted many goals in their last games, so it might be the defenses that decide this one.

Fossil Ridge was not able to break out of their rough patch last Tuesday as the team picked up their ninth straight loss. They were the victim of a tough 12-0 defeat at the hands of Southlake Carroll. While losing is never fun, Fossil Ridge can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas soccer rankings (they are ranked 417th, while Southlake Carroll is ranked first).

Meanwhile, Timber Creek unfortunately witnessed the end of their four-game winning streak on Wednesday. They fell just short of Byron Nelson by a score of 1-0.

Fossil Ridge's loss dropped their record down to 1-10-1. As for Timber Creek, their loss ended a three-game streak of away wins and brought them to 10-6-2.

Fossil Ridge might still be hurting after the 10-0 defeat they got from Timber Creek when the teams last played back in January. Can Fossil Ridge avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.

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