The ALA - West Foothills Guardians will head out on the road to take on the Gilbert Christian Knights at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. ALA - West Foothills has a tough task ahead: they'll enter the game with five straight losses, while Gilbert Christian will come in with nine straight victories.
Tuesday just wasn't the day for ALA - West Foothills' offense. They came up short against Northwest Christian on Tuesday, falling 8-0. While losing is never fun, the Guardians can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Arizona soccer rankings (they are ranked 134th, while the Crusaders are ranked 49th).
Meanwhile, Gilbert Christian made easy work of Seton Catholic on Tuesday and carried off a 6-1 win. Considering the Knights have won ten matches by more than two goals this season, Tuesday's blowout was nothing new.
Their offense was hitting Seton Catholic from everywhere, as five different players booted in a goal. Noah Cooper led that balanced group of strikers and accounted for two goals all by himself.
Gilbert Christian pushed their record up to 13-3-1 with the victory, which was their fifth straight on the road. Those victories came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they scored 29 goals over those five contests. As for ALA - West Foothills, their defeat dropped their record down to 6-6-1.
ALA - West Foothills might still be hurting after the 7-0 loss they got from Gilbert Christian when the teams last played back in January. Can ALA - West Foothills avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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