Lubbock is 0-10 against Monterey since March of 2019 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Tuesday. The Lubbock Westerners are on the road again and plays the Monterey Plainsmen at 7:00 p.m. on February 20th. Lubbock's offense has struggled lately (the team hasn't scored more than a single goal for five straight games), a trend the team is no doubt ready to end.
Lubbock fell victim to Wylie's stalwart defense on Tuesday and couldn't make it onto the board. They ended up on the wrong side of a tough 3-0 walloping at the hands of the Bulldogs. Lubbock has not had much luck with Wylie recently, as the team's come up short the last four times they've met.
Meanwhile, Monterey put another one in the bag on Tuesday to keep their undefeated season alive. They had just enough and edged Cooper out 2-1. Given Monterey's advantage in MaxPreps' Texas soccer rankings (they are ranked 50th, while Cooper is ranked 526th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Monterey was led to victory by the tag-team duo of
JT Tuttle and
Giovanni Cardenas, who scored both of Monterey's goals. The pair have combined for a total of 19 so far this season.
Lubbock dropped their record down to 1-8-2 with that loss, which was their third straight on the road. Those losses could be blamed on the team's offensive performance across that stretch, as they only scored one goal over those three matches. As for Monterey, their victory bumped their record up to 14-0-1.
Lubbock might still be hurting after the 10-1 defeat they got from Monterey in their previous matchup back in March of 2023. That matchup was all but decided by halftime, at which point Lubbock was down 4-1.
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