The Emerson Mavericks will challenge the Centennial Titans at 7:30 p.m. on Friday.
Emerson is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to four goals on Friday, they were much more limited against Memorial on Tuesday. They fell just short of the Warriors by a score of 2-1. The matchup was a 0-0 toss-up at halftime, but the Mavericks couldn't quite close it out.
Emerson was without their leading scorer, John Pacheco, in Tuesday's game. With Pacheco sitting this one out, Raghav Prahbune got some extra time on the pitch (80 vs. his season average of 48).
Meanwhile, Centennial hasn't lost a match since January 2nd, a trend which continued in their latest game on Tuesday. They never let Lebanon Trail onto the board and left with a 2-0 win. Given the Titans' advantage in MaxPreps' Texas soccer rankings (they are ranked 38th, while the Trail Blazers are ranked 181st), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Centennial is also on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five contests, which provided a nice bump to their 6-1-2 record this season. The wins came thanks to their defensive effort, having only given up two goals over those five matches. As for Emerson, their defeat dropped their record down to 8-3.
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