The Longview Lobos will challenge the Greenville Lions on Thursday. Both teams are coming into the game red-hot, with Longview sitting on 15 straight wins and Greenville on six.
It can be hard to translate regular season success to the playoffs, but Longview had no problem doing just that on Tuesday. They never let the Hornets onto the board and left with a 1-0 victory. Longview's defense has been rock solid lately; the team hasn't given up a goal in their last seven matchups.
Meanwhile, Greenville has not done well against Forney recently (they were 0-4 in their previous four matchups), but they didn't let the past get in their way on Tuesday. Greenville beat Forney by a goal, winning 2-1. Given Greenville's advantage in MaxPreps' Texas soccer rankings (they are ranked 139th, while Forney is ranked 348th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Longview has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 17 of their last 18 contests, which provided a nice bump to their 20-4 record this season. As for Greenville, their win bumped their record up to 14-4-2.
Longview came out on top in a nail-biter against Greenville in their previous matchup back in January of 2016, sneaking past 1-0. Will Longview repeat their success, or does Greenville have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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