The Spain Park Jaguars are on the road again on Monday to play the Vestavia Hills Rebels at 4:00 p.m. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Spain Park is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Alabama's top teams: Chelsea, who was ranked 24th in their home state at the time (Spain Park was ranked first). Spain Park never let Chelsea onto the board and left with a 4-0 victory on Monday. Spain Park's defense has been rock solid lately; the team hasn't given up a goal in their last four matches.
Meanwhile, Vestavia Hills had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 5.5 goals), and they went ahead and made it three on Monday. Everything went their way against the Patriots as they made off with a 7-0 win. Given Vestavia Hills' advantage in MaxPreps' Alabama soccer rankings (they are ranked seventh, while Pike Road is ranked 70th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Spain Park's victory was their seventh straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 21-0. As for Vestavia Hills, their win bumped their record up to 14-5-1.
Everything went Spain Park's way against Vestavia Hills when the teams last played back in February as Spain Park made off with a 4-1 victory. The rematch might be a little tougher for Spain Park since the squad won't have the home-pitch advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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