The Spring Woods Tigers are taking a road trip to face off against the Sterling Raiders at 12:00 p.m. on Saturday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Spring Woods has five straight wins, Sterling has ten straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the pitch.
Spring Woods proved they can win big on Friday (they won by eight) and on Wednesday they proved they can win the close ones too. They won by a goal and slipped past Madison 3-2.
Meanwhile, Friday just wasn't the day for Sterling's offense. They lost 4-0 to Westbury on Friday. While losing is never fun, the Raiders can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas soccer rankings (they are ranked 834th, while the Huskies are ranked 318th).
Spring Woods' victory was their seventh straight at home, which pushed their record up to 13-6. Those victories came thanks in part to their defensive effort, having only given up two goals over those seven games. As for Sterling, their loss dropped their record down to 0-10.
Spring Woods took their win against Sterling when the teams last played back in February by a conclusive 9-0. The rematch might be a little tougher for Spring Woods 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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