The Caprock Longhorns will head out on the road to face off against the Lubbock-Cooper Pirates at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Caprock is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 2.8 goals per game this season.
Caprock had to skate by with only a one-goal margin when they last took the pitch, which might have inspired the four-goal drubbing they dealt Amarillo on Tuesday. The Longhorns never let the Sandies get on the board and left with a 4-0 win. Given Caprock's advantage in MaxPreps' Texas soccer rankings (they are ranked 70th, while Amarillo are ranked 533rd) , the win wasn't entirely unexpected.
Caprock hit Amarillo with a four-pronged attack, as the team got scores from Luis Davila, Salvador Flores, Mario Haro, and Alfredo Haro.
Meanwhile, Lubbock-Cooper managed to keep up with Plainview until halftime on Tuesday, but things quickly went downhill from there. The Pirates lost 3-0 to the Bulldogs. Having soared to a lofty four goals in the game before, Lubbock-Cooper's shutout was a dramatic turnaround.
Lubbock-Cooper's loss dropped their record down to 6-8-2. As for Caprock, their victory bumped their record up to 13-0-4.
Caprock beat Lubbock-Cooper 2-0 in their previous meeting back in January. The rematch might be a little tougher for the Longhorns 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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