The Royal Falcons are taking a road trip to take on the Freeman Golden Eagles at 8:00 p.m. on Friday. Royal has given up an average of 3.6 goals per game this season, but Friday's game will give them a chance to turn things around.
Royal is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to six goals on Friday, they were much more limited against Sealy on Tuesday. They came up short against the Tigers, falling 6-1. While losing is never fun, Royal can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas soccer rankings (they are ranked 748th, while Sealy are ranked 306th).
Meanwhile, Freeman hasn't lost a match since January 10th, a trend which continued in their latest game on Tuesday. They never let Navasota get on the board and left with a 4-0 victory. Considering Freeman have won six contests by more than three goals this season, Tuesday's blowout was nothing new.
They hit Navasota with a three-pronged attack, as the team got scores from Jenesis Ridley (2), Gianna Kelly, and Mia Paiz.
Freeman has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won eight of their last nine matches. That's provided a massive bump to their 9-3-1 record this season. The wins came thanks in part to their defensive effort, having only given up four goals over those nine matchups. As for Royal, with the loss, they broke their three-match winning streak and moved their record to 4-10.
Royal suffered a grim 7-0 defeat to Freeman in their previous matchup back in January. Can the Falcons avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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