The La Marque Cougars will square off against the Almeta Crawford Chargers at 7:15 p.m. on Thursday. La Marque has a tough task ahead: they'll enter the match with four straight losses, while Almeta Crawford will come in with three straight wins.
Saturday just wasn't the day for La Marque's offense. They came up short against Fort Bend Willowridge on Saturday, falling 8-0. While losing is never fun, the Cougars can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas soccer rankings (they are ranked 732nd, while the Eagles are ranked 355th).
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Almeta Crawford). Their defense stepped up to hand Sweeny a 6-0 shutout on Saturday. Perhaps unsurprisingly given the team's high-flying offense, the game also marked the team's biggest victory of the season.
La Marque's defeat dropped their record down to 2-10. As for Almeta Crawford, their win bumped their record up to 3-5-2.
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