The Heritage Coyotes will venture away from home to take on the Independence Knights at 7:15 p.m. on Friday. Heritage will be strutting in after a win while Independence will be coming in after a loss.
Heritage is headed into the game having not lost since January 21 and will look to keep things rolling. They sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 1-0 victory over Emerson on Thursday. The score was all tied up 0-0 at the break, but the Coyotes were the better team in the second half.
Their one-goal win came courtesy of Ethan Rangel, who's now up to three this season.
Meanwhile, Independence has been on a difficult stretch since their win on January 14. They lost 3-0 to Centennial on Thursday. 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 471st, while the Titans are ranked 20th).
Heritage pushed their record up to 7-3 with the win, which was their third straight at home. Those victories came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they scored eight goals over those three matchups. As for Independence, their defeat dropped their record down to 2-9.
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