The Salina Central Mustangs will head out on the road to take on the Andover Trojans on Tuesday. Salina Central's offense has struggled lately (the team hasn't scored more than a single goal for nine straight games), a trend the team is no doubt ready to end.
Salina Central fell victim to Goddard and their airtight defense on Thursday. Their tough 10-0 defeat to the Lions might stick with them for a while. While losing is never fun, Salina Central can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Kansas soccer rankings (they are ranked 70th, while Goddard is ranked 18th).
Meanwhile, Andover came tearing into Thursday's contest with six straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 5.3 goals) and they left with even more momentum. They never let the Railroaders onto the board and left with a 7-0 win. Considering Andover has won four games by more than six goals this season, Thursday's blowout was nothing new.
Salina Central's loss dropped their record down to 0-7-2. As for Andover, their victory was their fourth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 7-1.
Salina Central might still be hurting after the 9-1 defeat they got from Andover in their previous matchup back in April of 2023. That matchup was all but decided by halftime, at which point Salina Central was down 5-0.
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