The Allen East Mustangs will face off against the Botkins Trojans at 5:00 p.m. on Thursday.
Allen East is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to nine goals last Monday, they were much more limited against Kalida on Thursday. They came up short against the Wildcats, falling 4-0. While losing is never fun, the Mustangs can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Ohio soccer rankings (they are ranked 354th, while the Wildcats are ranked 138th).
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Botkins). Their defense stepped up to hand Spencerville a 5-0 shutout on Monday. The result was nothing new for the Trojans, who have now won four matches by three goals or more so far this season.
Allen East's loss dropped their record down to 5-7-1. As for Botkins, they are on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four games, which provided a nice bump to their 5-7-1 record this season.
Allen East might still be hurting after the 8-4 defeat they got from Botkins in their previous matchup back in October of 2023. Will Allen East have more luck at home instead of on the road? Come back here after the game to get an analysis of the match and other soccer content.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
