The Manvel Mavericks will head out on the road to face off against the Dobie Longhorns at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Manvel has given up an average of 2.9 goals per game this season, so hopefully the team got some defensive drills in this week.
Manvel is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to five goals last Tuesday, they were much more limited against Dawson on Tuesday. They came up short against the Eagles, falling 8-1. While losing is never fun, the Mavericks can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas soccer rankings (they are ranked 483rd, while the Eagles are ranked 122nd).
Meanwhile, Dobie had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 5 goals) and they went ahead and made it three on Tuesday. They came out on top against the Yellowjackets by a score of 3-1. Three seems to be a good number for the Longhorns as the squad scooped up a win with the same number of goals in their previous game.
They hit Alvin with a three-pronged attack, as the team got scores from Mariah Santana, Priscilla Martinez, and Sofia Rodriguez.
Dobie now has a winning record of 10-9-3. As for Manvel, they dropped their record down to 6-11-4 with the defeat, which was their third straight at home.
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