Mathews has enjoyed the comforts of home their last three games, but now they'll head out on the road. They will challenge the Middlesex Chargers at 7:30 p.m. on Monday. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
Mathews is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to four goals on Monday, they were much more limited against West Point on Wednesday. They wound up with the same score they had in their last game (4-0), but sadly the team found themselves on the wrong side of the score this time. While losing is never fun, they can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Virginia soccer rankings (they are ranked 185th, while West Point is ranked 11th).
Meanwhile, Middlesex suffered a rough 4-1 loss at the hands of King & Queen Central on Wednesday. Both teams had to tread carefully at times as the refs weren't afraid to hand out yellow cards: Ichi Layne was handed one for Middlesex, while King & Queen Central got theirs courtesy of Jaden Custalow.
Middlesex's goal came courtesy of
Nathan Powell, which was the first he's scored this season.
Mathews now has a losing record at 4-5. As for Middlesex, their defeat dropped their record down to 7-4.
Mathews came up short against Middlesex in their previous matchup back in May of 2023, falling 3-1. Can Mathews avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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