Vanguard Academy Beethoven will head out on the road to face off against the Santa Maria Cougars on Friday. Neither of those teams managed to put together many goals in their previous contests, so the offenses might be a little more motivated than usual.
Last Tuesday, Vanguard Academy Beethoven kept a clean sheet against Vanguard Academy Rembrandt. They had just enough and edged the Spartans out 1-0. Vanguard Academy Beethoven's winning goal came courtesy of Alexavier Longoria.
Meanwhile, Santa Maria was not able to break out of their rough patch two weeks ago as the team picked up their third straight loss. They ended up on the wrong side of a tough 5-1 walloping at the hands of Hidalgo. While losing is never fun, Santa Maria can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas soccer rankings (they are ranked 774th, while Hidalgo is ranked 320th).
Vanguard Academy Beethoven's victory bumped their record up to 9-6-2. As for Santa Maria, their loss dropped their record down to 2-11.
Vanguard Academy Beethoven came out on top in a nail-biter against Santa Maria when the teams last played back in January, sneaking past 2-1. Does Vanguard Academy Beethoven have another victory up their sleeve, or will Santa Maria turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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