The Weed Cougars are taking a road trip to take on the Fall River Bulldogs at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday. Weed is no doubt hoping to put an end to a three-game streak of away losses.
Weed's offense might be in the hot seat on Thursday considering what happened against Tulelake on Tuesday. They came up short against the Honkers, falling 6-0. While losing is never fun, the Cougars can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California soccer rankings (they are ranked 68th, while the Honkers are ranked 18th).
Meanwhile, Fall River entered their match against Modoc on Monday without any home losses, but there's a first time for everything. While the 1-1 score might suggest a draw, it was Modoc who was credited with the win. Modoc got it done in the shootout by posting three goals to Fall River's two. It was the first time this season that the Bulldogs let down their fans at home.
Their goal came courtesy of
Ulisses Alvarez, who's now up to 21 this season.
Weed's loss dropped their record down to 5-9. As for Fall River, their defeat ended a six-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 14-3.
Weed skirted past Fall River 1-0 when the teams last played back in September. The rematch might be a little tougher for Weed since the squad won't have the home-pitch advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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