The Searsport Vikings will head out to square off against the Dexter Tigers at 4:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Searsport has a tough task ahead: they'll enter the match with five straight losses, while Dexter will come in with five straight victories.
Searsport is headed in fresh off scoring the most goals they have all season. They came up short against Sumner on Monday, falling 5-2. While losing is never fun, the Vikings can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Maine soccer rankings (they are ranked 73rd, while the Tigers are ranked 14th).
While Dexter didn't have the best season last year (they finished 5-10), it's starting to look like those struggles are a thing of the past. Everything went their way against George Stevens Academy on Monday as Dexter made off with an 8-1 win. Fans of the Tigers have seen this all before: every one of the games they've played this season has ended in a blowout of 3+ goal.
Searsport's defeat dropped their record down to 0-5. As for Dexter, their victory bumped their record up to 5-0.
Searsport came up short against Dexter in their previous matchup back in September of 2019, falling 2-0. Can Searsport avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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