The Mexico Bulldogs will square off against the Moberly Spartans at 6:40 p.m. on Monday. Mexico's offense has struggled lately (the team hasn't scored more than a single goal for seven straight games), a trend the team is no doubt ready to end.
Mexico's offense might be in the hot seat on Monday considering what happened against Hannibal on Thursday. They lost 8-0 to the Pirates. While losing is never fun, the Bulldogs can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Missouri soccer rankings (they are ranked 174th, while the Pirates are ranked 25th).
Meanwhile, after failing to score in their last game, Moberly made sure to put some goals up on the board against Smithton on Wednesday. They never let the Tigers onto the board and left with an 8-0 victory. Considering the Spartans have won seven matchups by more than four goals this season, Wednesday's blowout was nothing new.
Their offense was hitting Smithton from everywhere, as six different players booted in a goal.
Gabe Runde led that balanced group of strikers and accounted for two goals all by himself.
Mexico's defeat dropped their record down to 5-11. As for Moberly, their win bumped their record up to 10-11-1.
Mexico suffered a grim 8-0 defeat to Moberly when the teams last played back in September. Can Mexico avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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