The Monterey Plainsmen will head out on the road to challenge the Abilene Eagles at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Monterey is currently enjoying a perfect season and no doubt want to keep things rolling.
Monterey put the finishing touches on their 11th blowout victory of the season on Tuesday. They were the clear victor by a 3-0 margin over Lubbock-Cooper. Monterey's defense has been rock solid lately; the team hasn't given up a goal in their last three matches.
They were led to victory by the tag-team duo of
JT Tuttle and
Frankie Diaz, who scored all three of Monterey's goals. The pair have combined for a total of 25 so far this season.
Meanwhile, Abilene has not lost a match since February 6th, a trend which continued in their latest game on Tuesday. They had just enough and edged Cooper out 2-1. Given Abilene's advantage in MaxPreps' Texas soccer rankings (they are ranked 161st, while Cooper is ranked 555th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Monterey pushed their record up to 17-0-1 with that win, which was their 11th straight at home. Those good results were due in large part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they scored 41 goals over those 11 matches. As for Abilene, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won four of their last five matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 12-4-2 record this season.
Everything went Monterey's way against Abilene in their previous meeting back in February as Monterey made off with a 4-0 victory. The rematch might be a little tougher for Monterey since the squad 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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