Mesa Ridge hasn't had much luck against Coronado recently, but that could start to change on Tuesday. The Mesa Ridge Grizzlies' road trip will continue as they head out to face the Coronado Cougars at 7:00 p.m.
Mesa Ridge is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to seven goals on Tuesday, they were much more limited against Canon City on Thursday. They fell just short of the Tigers by a score of 1-0. The shutout was out of character for the Grizzlies seeing as the last time the team failed to score was back in September.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Coronado). They blew past Palmer 5-0 on Thursday. Given the Cougars' advantage in MaxPreps' Colorado soccer rankings (they are ranked 82nd, while the Terrors are ranked 209th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Coronado's offense was hitting Palmer from everywhere, as five different players booted in a goal.
Mesa Ridge's defeat dropped their record down to 4-6-3. As for Coronado, their victory was their third straight at home, which pushed their record up to 7-4-2.
Mesa Ridge came up short against Coronado when the teams last played back in October of 2023, falling 2-0. Can Mesa Ridge avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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