Stevens has enjoyed a five-game homestand but will soon have to dust off their road jerseys. They will square off against the Taft Raiders at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Neither of those teams managed to put together many goals in their previous contests, so the offenses might be a little more motivated than usual.
Friday just wasn't the day for Stevens' offense. Their rough 3-0 loss to Jay on Friday might stick with them for a while. While losing is never fun, Stevens can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas soccer rankings (they are ranked 594th, while Jay is ranked 93rd).
Taft has not done well against Warren recently (they were 0-8-1 in their previous nine matchups), but they didn't let the past get in their way on Tuesday. Taft never let Warren onto the board and left with a 1-0 victory. Jorge diego Ortega garcia had the honor of scoring the game-winner for Taft.
Stevens has been struggling recently as they've lost seven of their last eight matchups, which put a noticeable dent in their 2-15-2 record this season. As for Taft, their win bumped their record up to 12-9-1.
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