The Eagle Mountain Knights will square off against the Springtown Porcupines at 5:30 p.m. on Friday. Eagle Mountain's offense has struggled lately (the team hasn't scored more than a single goal for six straight games), a trend the team is no doubt ready to end.
Eagle Mountain lost 6-1 to Decatur on Tuesday. While losing is never fun, the Knights can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas soccer rankings (they are ranked 727th, while the Eagles are ranked 85th).
Meanwhile, Springtown kept a clean sheet against Bowie on Tuesday. They put the hurt on the Jackrabbits with a sharp 6-0 victory. The high-scoring performance was a welcome turnaround for the Porcupines' offense, which had struggled in the games prior.
Springtown has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won three of their last four matches, which provided a massive bump to their 3-3-1 record this season. The wins came thanks to their defensive effort, having only given up one goal over those four contests. As for Eagle Mountain, their loss dropped their record down to 0-6.
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