The Mt. Pleasant Tigers are taking a road trip to square off against the Tyler Lions at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Both teams beat their previous opponents by a single goal, so this matchup might be just as contested.
Mt. Pleasant proved they can win big on Tuesday (they won by five) and on Friday they proved they can win the close ones too. They never let Nacogdoches get on the board and left with a 1-0 win. Mt. Pleasant haven't had any issues with Nacogdoches recently, as the game was their fourth consecutive victory against them.
Meanwhile, it was a proper cat-fight when Tyler challenged Texas on Friday. The Lions had just enough and edged out the Tigers 2-1. Given Tyler's advantage in MaxPreps' Texas soccer rankings (they are ranked 148th, while Texas are ranked 523rd) , the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Tyler's win bumped their record up to 10-5-1. As for Mt. Pleasant, their victory bumped their record up to 12-3-1.
Everything went Mt. Pleasant's way against Tyler in their previous matchup back in January, as Mt. Pleasant made off with a 3-0 win. The rematch might be a little tougher for the Tigers 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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