American Fork has gone 8-2 against Westlake recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Tuesday. The American Fork Cavemen will square off against the Westlake Thunder at 5:30 p.m. Westlake took a loss in their last contest and will be looking to turn the tables on American Fork, who comes in off a win.
American Fork is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Utah's top teams: Pleasant Grove, who was ranked 18th in their home state at the time (American Fork was ranked ninth). American Fork came out on top in a nail-biter against Pleasant Grove on Thursday, sneaking past 2-1. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Cavemen.
Meanwhile, Westlake was not able to break out of their rough patch on Thursday as the team picked up their 11th straight loss. They fell 2-0 to Lehi. While losing is never fun, the Thunder can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Utah soccer rankings (they are ranked 77th, while the Pioneers are ranked eighth).
American Fork is on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 8-3 record this season. As for Westlake, their defeat dropped their record down to 1-11.
Everything went American Fork's way against Westlake in their previous matchup back in August as American Fork made off with an 8-0 win. The rematch might be a little tougher for American Fork 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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