The Pelham Panthers will take on the Gardendale Rockets at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Pelham has given up an average of 3.4 goals per game this season, but Tuesday's game will give them a chance to turn things around.
Pelham is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to six goals two weeks ago, they were much more limited against Chelsea last Thursday. They came up short against the Hornets, falling 6-0. While losing is never fun, Pelham can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Alabama soccer rankings (they are ranked 91st, while Chelsea are ranked 12th).
Meanwhile, Gardendale had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 6 goals) and they went ahead and made it three last Friday. Their defense stepped up to hand the Colonels a 7-0 shutout. Considering Gardendale have won six matches by more than three goals this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.
Their offense was hitting Woodlawn from everywhere, as five different players booted in a goal. Tindel Holsomback led that balanced group of strikers and accounted for three goals all by herself.
Gardendale's win was their third straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 8-4-1. The victories came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they scored 23 goals over those three contests. As for Pelham, their loss dropped their record down to 5-9-2.
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