The Lubbock Westerners's recent rough patch got a bit rougher on Tuesday after their fifth straight defeat. Their rough 4-0 defeat to Monterey might stick with them for a while. While losing is never fun, Lubbock can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas soccer rankings (they are ranked 681st, while Monterey is ranked 54th).
Lubbock's defeat was their fourth straight on the road, which dropped their record down to 1-9-2. That rough patch could be blamed on the team's offensive performance across that stretch, as they only scored one goal over those four matchups. As for Monterey, the victory for they keeps them at an undefeated 15-0-1.
Lubbock will get a bit of extra time to process the loss as their next game is a ways off. They'll take on Lubbock-Cooper at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. As for Monterey, they will be playing at home against Coronado at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Monterey's defense has only allowed 0.1 goals per game this season, so Coronado's offense will have their work cut out for them.
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