The Houston Academy Raiders will square off against the Highland Home Flying Squadron at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Houston Academy has six straight victories, Highland Home has six straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the pitch.
Houston Academy's defense heads into the matchup hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Tuesday. Everything went their way against Barbour County as they made off with a 10-0 win. Houston Academy might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won 16 contests by three goals or more this season.
Their offense was hitting Barbour County from everywhere, as five different players booted in a goal. Nate Selig led that balanced group of strikers and accounted for four goals all by himself.
Meanwhile, Highland Home managed to keep up with Long until halftime on Monday, but things quickly went downhill from there. The Flying Squadron lost 3-0 to the Rebels.
Houston Academy pushed their record up to 19-4 with the victory, which was their eighth straight on the road. Those road wins came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they scored 58 goals over those eight games. As for Highland Home, their loss dropped their record down to 1-9.
Houston Academy took their victory against Highland Home in their previous matchup back in March by a conclusive 10-0 score. Do the Raiders have another victory up their sleeve, or will the Flying Squadron turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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