Soccer Preview: Horizon vs. Longmont
The Horizon Hawks are taking a road trip to take on the Longmont Trojans at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday. Both teams are coming into the matchup red-hot, with Horizon sitting on three straight wins and Longmont on seven.
Horizon's defense heads into the match hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Tuesday. They blew past Northglenn 3-0. The Hawks better thank their lucky stars for the performance of Nolan Fuerst, as he scored every single goal for his team.
Meanwhile, Longmont's game on Tuesday was close up to the half, which is when they kicked things up a notch. They put the hurt on Windsor with a sharp 4-1 victory. Given the Trojans' advantage in MaxPreps' Colorado soccer rankings (they are ranked tenth, while the Wizards are ranked 111th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Horizon has been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five contests, which provided a nice bump to their 4-2-1 record this season. As for Longmont, their win was their third straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 7-0.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
