The Denison Yellow Jackets will venture away from home to take on the Melissa Cardinals at 7:15 p.m. on Friday. Denison's offense has struggled lately (the team hasn't scored more than a single goal for seven straight games), a trend the team is no doubt ready to end.
Denison came up short against McKinney North on Tuesday, falling 6-1. While losing is never fun, the Yellow Jackets can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas soccer rankings (they are ranked 601st, while the Bulldogs are ranked 43rd).
While Melissa didn't have the best season last year (they finished 0-17-1), it's starting to look like those struggles are a thing of the past. They narrowly escaped with a win as the team sidled past Anna 2-1. The score was all tied up 0-0 at the break, but the Cardinals were the better team in the second half.
Denison's defeat dropped their record down to 3-7. As for Melissa, the victory made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 6-4.
Everything went Denison's way against Melissa when the teams last played back in March of 2024, as Denison made off with a 3-0 win. The rematch might be a little tougher for Denison 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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