Grand Saline is 0-3 against Athens since January of 2023 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Tuesday. The Grand Saline Indians are on the road again and plays the Athens Hornets at 5:30 p.m. on February 20th. Grand Saline's offense has struggled lately (the team hasn't scored more than a single goal for 11 straight games), a trend the team is no doubt ready to end.
Grand Saline fell victim to Brownsboro's stalwart defense on Tuesday and couldn't make it onto the board. They ended up on the wrong side of a tough 14-0 walloping at the hands of the Bears. Grand Saline has not had much luck with Brownsboro recently, as the team's come up short the last three times they've met.
Meanwhile, Athens beat Chapel Hill 3-1 on Friday. Given Athens' advantage in MaxPreps' Texas soccer rankings (they are ranked 199th, while Chapel Hill is ranked 451st), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Grand Saline dropped their record down to 0-11 with that loss, which was their seventh straight on the road. That rough patch could be blamed on the team's offensive performance across that stretch, as they only scored two goals over those seven matchups. As for Athens, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won seven of their last eight contests, which provided a nice bump to their 12-3-3 record this season.
Grand Saline suffered a grim 11-0 defeat to Athens in their previous meeting back in January. Can Grand Saline avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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