Soccer Preview: Grand Junction Central vs. Fruita Monument
On Tuesday Grand Junction Central will have to hit the road after four straight games at home. They will challenge the Fruita Monument Wildcats at 7:30 p.m. Neither squad made it on the board the last time they hit the pitch, so they've probably got a bit of extra motivation.
Grand Junction Central's offense might be in the hot seat on Tuesday considering what happened against Durango on Friday. They fell 2-0 to the Demons. While losing is never fun, the Warriors can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Colorado soccer rankings (they are ranked 110th, while the Demons are ranked 34th).
Meanwhile, Fruita Monument was not able to break out of their rough patch on Saturday as the team picked up their tenth straight loss. They lost 7-1 to Steamboat Springs. Things were pretty much settled by the half as the Wildcats were already down 5-0.
Their goal came courtesy of
William Mckeachnie, who's now up to four this season.
Grand Junction Central now has a losing record at 5-6-1. As for Fruita Monument, their defeat dropped their record down to 0-10.
Everything went Grand Junction Central's way against Fruita Monument in their previous matchup back in September, as Grand Junction Central made off with a 5-0 win. The rematch might be a little tougher for Grand Junction Central since the team won't have the home-pitch advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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