The Juarez-Lincoln Huskies will head out to challenge the Martin Tigers at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. Both teams beat their previous opponents by a single goal, so this matchup might be just as contested.
Martin will be up against a hot Juarez-Lincoln squad: the team just extended their winning streak to four. Juarez-Lincoln's defense stepped up to hand Nixon a 1-0 shutout on Tuesday. That's two games straight that the Huskies have won by just one goal.
Meanwhile, Martin had just enough and edged Palmview out 2-1 on Tuesday. Given the Tigers' advantage in MaxPreps' Texas soccer rankings (they are ranked 235th, while the Lobos are ranked 506th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Juarez-Lincoln pushed their record up to 6-3 with the victory, which was their fourth straight on the road. The wins came thanks in part to their defensive effort, having only given up one goal over those four matches. As for Martin, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won nine of their last 12 games, which provided a massive bump to their 9-4 record this season.
Juarez-Lincoln came up short against Martin in their previous meeting back in January, falling 3-1. Can Juarez-Lincoln avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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