The Capital Cougars's homestand will continue as they prepare to take on the Braxton County Eagles at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday.
Capital is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to five goals on Tuesday, they were much more limited against Cabell Midland on Thursday. They came up short against the Knights, falling 9-1. While losing is never fun, the Cougars can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' West Virginia soccer rankings (they are ranked 43rd, while the Knights are ranked ninth).
Capital's goal came courtesy of
Alex Kessell, who's now up to seven this season.
Meanwhile, Braxton County hasn't lost a match since August 21st, a trend which continued in their latest game on Saturday. They never let Williamstown onto the board and left with a 2-0 win.
Capital has been struggling recently as they've lost three of their last four games, which put a noticeable dent in their 4-7 record this season. As for Braxton County, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won four of their last five matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 6-1-2 record this season.
Capital was able to grind out a solid victory over Braxton County in their previous matchup back in August of 2017, winning 4-2. Will Capital repeat their success, or does Braxton County have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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