Liberty and Independence are an even 4-4-2 against one another since March of 2019, but likely not for long. The Liberty Redhawks will head out on the road to challenge the Independence Knights at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
Friday just wasn't the day for Liberty's offense. They fell just short of Heritage by a score of 1-0. While losing is never fun, Liberty can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas soccer rankings (they are ranked 265th, while Heritage is ranked 23rd).
Meanwhile, Independence was not able to break out of their rough patch on Tuesday as the team picked up their fifth straight loss. They suffered a tough 3-0 defeat at the hands of Walnut Grove.
This is the second loss in a row for Liberty and nudges their season record down to 6-8-3. As for Independence, their defeat dropped their record down to 1-15-1.
Liberty took their win against Independence in their previous meeting on February 2nd by a conclusive 4-0. The rematch might be a little tougher for Liberty since the team 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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