The Rifle Bears have the luxury of staying home for another game and will welcome the Fruita Monument Wildcats at 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Neither team made it on the board the last time they hit the pitch, so they've probably got a bit of extra motivation.
Fruita Monument is facing Rifle at the wrong time: Rifle suffered their first home loss of the season on Thursday and they're likely out for redemption. They fell just short of the Rams by a score of 2-1. The loss was the Bears' first of the season.
Meanwhile, Fruita Monument was not able to break out of their rough patch on Wednesday as the team picked up their third straight loss. They lost 5-1 to Montrose. While losing is never fun, the Wildcats can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Colorado soccer rankings (they are ranked 160th, while the Red Hawks are ranked 40th).
Fruita Monument's goal came courtesy of
William Mckeachnie, who's now up to two this season.
Having lost for the first time this season, Rifle fell to 3-1. As for Fruita Monument, their defeat dropped their record down to 0-3.
Rifle came out on top in a nail-biter against Fruita Monument when the teams last played back in September of 2023, sneaking past 2-1. Will Rifle repeat their success, or does Fruita Monument have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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