The Tuscaloosa County Wildcats will take on the Prattville Lions at 5:00 p.m. on Friday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Tuscaloosa County has four straight victories, Prattville has six straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the pitch.
Tuscaloosa County's defense heads into the game hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Tuesday. They blew past Central 10-0. The result was nothing new for Tuscaloosa County, who have now won seven matches by three goals or more so far this season.
Their offense was hitting Central from everywhere, as five different players booted in a goal. Carolina Alvarez led that balanced group of strikers and accounted for three goals all by herself.
Meanwhile, Prattville fell victim to Thompson and their airtight defense on Tuesday. They lost 4-0 to the Warriors. While losing is never fun, Prattville can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Alabama soccer rankings (they are ranked 78th, while Thompson are ranked 17th).
Tuscaloosa County's win was their third straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 10-3. Those road victories came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they scored 23 goals over those three contests. As for Prattville, their loss dropped their record down to 4-12-1.
Tuscaloosa County skirted past Prattville 3-2 in their previous matchup on Friday. Will the Wildcats repeat their success, or do the Lions have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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