Aledo has been on the road for four straight, but on Thursday they'll finally head home. They will take on the Midlothian Panthers at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
It can be hard to translate regular season success to the playoffs, but Aledo had no problem doing just that on Tuesday. Their defense stepped up to hand the Bulldogs a 7-0 shutout. Given Aledo's advantage in MaxPreps' Texas soccer rankings (they are ranked 171st, while Everman is ranked 524th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Aledo's offense was hitting Everman from everywhere, as six different players booted in a goal.
Allyson Weimer led that balanced group of strikers and accounted for two goals all by herself.
Meanwhile, Midlothian waltzed into their matchup on Tuesday with 20 straight wins... but they left with 21. They put the hurt on the Eagles with a sharp 4-0 win.
Aledo's victory bumped their record up to 11-8-3. As for Midlothian, their win bumped their record up to 22-2.
Aledo suffered a grim 8-1 defeat to Midlothian when the teams last played back in January. That game was all but decided by halftime, at which point Aledo was down 6-0.
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