The Thunderbird Titans will head out on the road to face off against the Salpointe Catholic Lancers at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday. Thunderbird is looking to tack on another W to their eight-game streak on the road.
Thunderbird stacked a ninth blowout win onto their ever-increasing hoard on Tuesday. Everything went their way against American Leadership Academy - Gilbert North as Thunderbird made off with a 6-2 victory. Jack Trinh was a massive factor in the win, as he booted in four goals all by himself.
Meanwhile, Salpointe Catholic had already won five in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 5.2 goals), and they went ahead and made it six on Tuesday. They never let Saguaro onto the board and left with a 2-0 victory. Given Salpointe Catholic's advantage in MaxPreps' Arizona soccer rankings (they are ranked 11th, while Saguaro is ranked 86th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Thunderbird's win bumped their record up to 14-2. As for Salpointe Catholic, they are on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last nine matches, which somehow isn't as good as their 16-4-1 record this season.
Thunderbird might still be hurting after the 8-1 defeat they got from Salpointe Catholic in their previous meeting back in February of 2023. That match was all but decided by halftime, at which point Thunderbird was down 3-0.
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