DeSoto is 0-10 against Lake Ridge since February of 2019 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Tuesday. The DeSoto Eagles will head out on the road to challenge the Lake Ridge Eagles at 7:30 p.m.
For the first time since back in January, DeSoto was forced to settle for a draw on Friday. They and Mansfield Legacy finished up their match with a 2-2 draw. While a more conclusive result would've been nice, DeSoto got plenty of practice considering the match was the highest-scoring draw the team's played all season.
They avoided a loss thanks to
Peter Mbuthia and
Aumiel Laws, who posted both of DeSoto's goals. Those were goals were season-firsts for both players.
Meanwhile, Friday just wasn't the day for Lake Ridge's offense. They were the victim of a rough 4-0 defeat at the hands of Skyline on Friday. While losing is never fun, Lake Ridge can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas soccer rankings (they are ranked 398th, while Skyline is ranked 189th).
With that draw, DeSoto's record moves to 2-12-4. As for Lake Ridge, their loss dropped their record down to 5-11-2.
DeSoto might still be hurting after the 9-1 loss they got from Lake Ridge in their previous matchup on February 2nd. That game was all but decided by halftime, at which point DeSoto was down 4-0.
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