The College Park Cavaliers will square off against the Conroe Tigers at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Conroe will be up against a hot College Park team: the squad just extended their winning streak to five. College Park's defense stepped up to hand New Caney a 7-0 shutout on Monday. Given the Cavaliers' advantage in MaxPreps' Texas soccer rankings (they are ranked 85th, while the Eagles are ranked 657th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
College Park's offense was hitting New Caney from everywhere, as five different players booted in a goal. Rowan Simms led that balanced group of strikers and accounted for two goals all by himself.
Meanwhile, Conroe waltzed into their contest on Monday with three straight wins... but they left with four. They were the clear victor by a 3-0 margin over the Indians. The score was all tied up 0-0 at the break, but the Tigers were the better team in the second half.
College Park pushed their record up to 9-2-2 with the victory, which was their fourth straight at home. The wins came thanks in part to their defensive effort, having only given up one goal over those four games. As for Conroe, their win bumped their record up to 10-3-1.
Everything went College Park's way against Conroe when the teams last played back in January, as College Park made off with a 4-1 victory. In that match, College Park amassed a halftime lead of 4-0, an impressive feat they'll look to repeat on Thursday.
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