The Utica Chieftains are taking a road trip to challenge the Anchor Bay Tars at 6:30 p.m. on Monday. Utica's offense has struggled lately (the team hasn't scored more than a single goal for four straight games), a trend the team is no doubt ready to end.
Thursday just wasn't the day for Utica's offense. They came up short against Romeo on Thursday, falling 5-0. While losing is never fun, Utica can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Michigan soccer rankings (they are ranked 131st, while Romeo are ranked 27th).
Meanwhile, Anchor Bay kept a clean sheet against Cousino on Friday. They skirted past the Patriots 1-0. The win made it back-to-back victories for Anchor Bay.
Anchor Bay's victory bumped their record up to 4-5-4. As for Utica, they now have a losing record of 7-8.
Everything went Utica's way against Anchor Bay when the teams last played on September 10th, as Utica made off with a 3-0 win. The rematch might be a little tougher for the Chieftains 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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