Soccer Preview: Matoaca vs. Petersburg
The Matoaca Warriors will look to defend their home pitch on Thursday against the Petersburg Crimson Wave at 5:30 p.m. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Matoaca has four straight wins, Petersburg has four straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
Matoaca is hoping to deliver their fans another blowout on Thursday, just like they did against Meadowbrook (and have done all season long). Matoaca's defense stepped up to hand Meadowbrook a 7-0 shutout on Tuesday. Matoaca's defense has been rock solid lately; the team hasn't given up a goal in their last four matchups.
Their offense was hitting Meadowbrook from everywhere, as five different players booted in a goal.
Rosie Cosgrove led that balanced group of strikers and accounted for two goals all by herself.
Meanwhile, Petersburg scored the most goals they've had all season last Monday, but it wasn't enough. They lost 10-2 to Lakeland. That's two games in a row now that Petersburg has lost by exactly eight goals.
Matoaca's victory bumped their record up to 9-1-1. As for Petersburg, their loss dropped their record down to 0-4-1.
Matoaca took their win against Petersburg in their previous meeting back in April by a conclusive 14-0. Does Matoaca have another victory up their sleeve, or will Petersburg turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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