The Eagle Pass Eagles will head out on the road to face off against the United Longhorns at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Eagle Pass has six straight victories, United has four straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the pitch.
Eagle Pass proved they can win big on Tuesday (they won by three) and on Saturday they proved they can win the close ones too. They came out on top in a nail-biter against Alexander, sneaking past 3-2. Three seems to be a good number for Eagle Pass as the team scooped up a win with the same number of goals in their previous game.
Meanwhile, United's game on Friday was all tied up 0-0 at the half, but sadly for them it didn't stay that way. They took a 2-0 hit to the loss column at the hands of Medina Valley. The loss was a bit of a surprise, as United came into the match with a sizable advantage in MaxPreps' Texas soccer rankings (they are ranked 224th, while Medina Valley are ranked 449th).
United's loss dropped their record down to 12-9-1. As for Eagle Pass, their victory bumped their record up to 16-8-2.
Eagle Pass beat United 4-2 when the teams last played back in February. The rematch might be a little tougher for the Eagles 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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