The Denver North Vikings will head out on the road to square off against the Montbello Warriors at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Denver North has five straight wins, Montbello has 13 straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the pitch.
Denver North proved they can win big on Friday (they won by three) and on Tuesday they proved they can win the close ones too. They had just enough and edged out Northfield 2-1. The score was all tied up 1-1 at the break, but Denver North were the better team in the second half.
Pearl Phillips was the driving force of Denver North's attack as she scored both of Denver North's goals, bringing her season total up to 15 goals.
Meanwhile, Tuesday just wasn't the day for Montbello's offense. They lost 4-0 to Thomas Jefferson on Tuesday. While losing is never fun, Montbello can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Colorado soccer rankings (they are ranked 209th, while Thomas Jefferson are ranked 84th).
Denver North's victory was their seventh straight at home, which pushed their record up to 10-3-1. The home wins came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they scored 29 goals over those seven games. As for Montbello, their defeat dropped their record down to 0-13.
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