The Wylie Pirates will head out on the road to square off against the South Garland Titans at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Wylie is coming into the contest hot, having won their last four games.
On Tuesday, Wylie kept a clean sheet against Garland. They walked away with a 2-0 win over the Owls. Given Wylie's advantage in MaxPreps' Texas soccer rankings (they are ranked 37th, while Garland is ranked 223rd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Wylie was led to victory by the tag-team duo of
Jacob Booty and
Osato Enabulele, who scored both of Wylie's goals. The pair have combined for a total of 20 so far this season.
Meanwhile, while it was all tied up 1-1 at halftime, South Garland was not quite Garland's equal in the second half on Friday. They fell just short of the Owls by a score of 2-1. The defeat unfortunately continues a disappointing trend for South Garland in their matchups with Garland: they've now lost four in a row.
Wylie has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won ten of their last 11 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 14-2 record this season. As for South Garland, their loss dropped their record down to 3-7-5.
Wylie took their victory against South Garland in their previous matchup back in January by a conclusive 4-1. The rematch might be a little tougher for Wylie 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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