Alief Hastings is 0-10 against Dawson since February of 2019 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Friday. The Alief Hastings Bears will head out on the road to face off against the Dawson Eagles at 7:30 p.m. The teams are rolling into the game with opposing streaks: Alief Hastings has struggled recently with five defeats in a row, while Dawson will arrive with three straight wins.
Alief Hastings fell victim to Pearland's stalwart defense on Tuesday and couldn't make it onto the board. They ended up on the wrong side of a tough 7-0 walloping at the hands of the Oilers. While losing is never fun, Alief Hastings can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas soccer rankings (they are ranked 565th, while Pearland is ranked 57th).
In what's become a running theme this season, Dawson gave their fans yet another huge win on Tuesday. Their defense stepped up to hand Alvin a 8-0 shutout. While fans of Dawson might be used to big wins, the eight-goal margin marked the team's biggest victory yet this season.
Their offense was hitting Alvin from everywhere, as five different players booted in a goal.
Alief Hastings' defeat was their third straight on the road, which dropped their record down to 4-9-2. That rough patch could be blamed on the team's offensive performance across that stretch, as they only scored zero goals over those three games. As for Dawson, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 11-3-1 record this season.
Alief Hastings might still be hurting after the 9-2 defeat they got from Dawson in their previous meeting back in January. That game was all but decided by halftime, at which point Alief Hastings was down 6-1.
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