The Mountain Crest Mustangs are on the road again on Friday to play the West Field Longhorns at 7:00 p.m. Mountain Crest knows how to get goals on the board -- the squad has finished with four goal or more in their past four contests -- so hopefully West Field likes a good challenge.
Mountain Crest's defense heads into the game hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Tuesday. Everything went their way against Bear River as Mountain Crest made off with an 8-0 victory. The Mustangs' defense has been rock solid lately; the team hasn't given up a goal in their last four matchups.
Meanwhile, West Field managed to keep up with Green Canyon until halftime on Tuesday, but things quickly went downhill from there. West Field lost 7-1 to Green Canyon. While losing is never fun, the Longhorns can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Utah soccer rankings (they are ranked 45th, while Wolves are ranked fifth).
Mountain Crest's win was their fourth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 11-1. As for West Field, their loss dropped their record down to 6-8.
Mountain Crest skirted past West Field 2-1 in their previous matchup back in August. The rematch might be a little tougher for Mountain Crest 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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