The Dexter Tigers will square off against the Searsport Vikings at 4:00 p.m. on Wednesday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Dexter has five straight wins, Searsport has five straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the pitch.
While Dexter didn't have the best season last year (they finished 5-10), it's starting to look like those struggles are a thing of the past. They blew past George Stevens Academy 8-1 on Monday. Fans of the Tigers have seen this all before: every one of the games they've played this season has ended in a blowout of 3+ goal.
Meanwhile, Searsport scored the most goals they've had all season on Monday, but it wasn't enough. They came up short against Sumner, falling 5-2. While losing is never fun, the Vikings can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Maine soccer rankings (they are ranked 73rd, while the Tigers are ranked 14th).
Dexter's victory bumped their record up to 5-0. As for Searsport, their loss dropped their record down to 0-5.
Dexter was able to grind out a solid win over Searsport in their previous meeting back in September of 2019, winning 2-0. Will Dexter repeat their success, or does Searsport have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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