The Fountain Inn Fury are taking a road trip to face off against the Westside Rams at 5:30 p.m. on Monday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Fountain Inn has three straight wins, Westside has three straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the pitch.
Fountain Inn had to skate by with only a one-goal margin when they last took the pitch, which might have inspired the ten-goal drubbing they dealt Southside on Thursday. The Fury's defense stepped up to hand the Tigers a 10-0 shutout. Fountain Inn's defense has been rock solid lately; the team hasn't given up a goal in their last three matchups.
Meanwhile, Westside fell victim to Wren and their airtight defense on Thursday. They lost 7-0 to the Hurricanes. While losing is never fun, Westside can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' South Carolina soccer rankings (they are ranked 165th, while Wren are ranked 39th).
Fountain Inn's victory bumped their record up to 10-4. As for Westside, their loss dropped their record down to 2-6.
Fountain Inn took their win against Westside when the teams last played last Thursday by a conclusive 6-0 score. The rematch might be a little tougher for the Fury since the team 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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