Lamar is preparing for their first league matchup of the season on Thursday. They will host the Woodland Park Panthers at 4:30 p.m. Lamar will aim to continue their three-game streak of scoring more goals each game than the last.
Lamar is headed in fresh off scoring the most goals they have all season. Their defense stepped up to hand Trinidad a 10-0 shutout on Tuesday. The victory continues a trend for Lamar in their matchups with Trinidad: they've now won eight in a row.
Meanwhile, Woodland Park managed to keep up with Coronado until halftime on Tuesday, but things quickly went downhill from there. The Panthers came up short against the Cougars, falling 4-1. While losing is never fun, Woodland Park can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Colorado soccer rankings (they are ranked 143rd, while Coronado are ranked 21st).
Woodland Park's defeat dropped their record down to 1-3-2. As for Lamar, their win bumped their record up to 4-2-2.
Lamar couldn't quite get it done against Woodland Park when the teams last played back in May of 2022 as they fell 2-0. Can the Thunder avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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