ECNL Girls Texas Conference – Three teams to watch on week five

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The club soccer season continues at full pace and we're already heading into the fifth week of play. A lot has already happened, but there's still plenty to take place and Prep Soccer will continue to follow all the action as it develops.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The Texas Conference of the ECNL Girls League is going to have another busy week, with matches going on across the states of Texas, Oklahoma and Colorado. As we prepare to follow the exciting encounters that are going to take place, here are three sides to keep an eye on over the next few days:</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Challenge SC G07</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>After four matches in Colorado, Challenge are ready for their first home match of the season, against the Dallas Texans, on Saturday. The team from Houston got solid results on the road as, after dropping their season-opener to Real Colorado National, got to beat the Colorado Rapids, the Real Colorado Athletic and Pride SC with ten goals scored and just one conceded. [player_tooltip player_id='87119' first='Brandie' last='Musser'] has been in fine form between the posts and has been getting great protection from a backline anchored by [player_tooltip player_id='26931' first='Kira' last='Schkade'] at center back and [player_tooltip player_id='26458' first='Andrea' last='Delgado'] at outside back. In midfield, Haley "Halo" Pazahanick and [player_tooltip player_id='27139' first='Olivia' last='Feagin'] are excellent on both sides of the ball and give Challenge a very intense rhythm. New addition [player_tooltip player_id='154865' first='Jayme' last='Bialik'] has been on fire on top, leading a powerful offense that also counts on [player_tooltip player_id='159000' first='Melanie' last='Lagor'], [player_tooltip player_id='26498' first='Ashtyn' last='Magnuson'] and [player_tooltip player_id='27079' first='Melanie' last='Oldner'].</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:embed {"url":"https://x.com/Challenge07ECNL/status/1690466807637848064?s=20","type":"rich","providerNameSlug":"twitter","responsive":true} --> <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"> https://x.com/Challenge07ECNL/status/1690466807637848064?s=20 </div></figure> <!-- /wp:embed --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Pride SC G08</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The team from Colorado is still looking for its first win in the season, after getting three ties and three losses in its first matches. Pride will have two opportunities to do it this week, playing on the road against the Colorado Rapids on Saturday and Real Colorado National on Sunday. Pride have more talent than their results are showing as the team features two solid and reliable players in the backline in Olivia Wilson and Aaliyah Mancia, have the dynamic presences of Emma Naftanel and Erin Coulter at the midfield and can create problems for opponents with Brooklynn Pollmiller, Carly Sharratt and Shaylee Cohen up front.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:image {"id":99629,"sizeSlug":"large","linkDestination":"none"} --> <figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img src="https://prepsoccer.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/8/2023/02/IMG_2305.jpg?w=1024" alt="" class="wp-image-99629" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Pride SC 08 vs. Classics Elite 08</figcaption></figure> <!-- /wp:image --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>DKSC G08</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The team from the Dallas area defeated strong FC Dallas and Dallas Texans teams in its first two matches, but then fell to Sting Dallas Black. They will have two opportunities to get back to winning ways this weekend, going on the road against Tulsa SC and OK Energy FC on Saturday and Sunday, respectively. [player_tooltip player_id='27269' first='Suzette' last='Orta'] is a strong goalkeeper, who provides DKSC with great stability between the posts. Their defense is led by physical center back Aj Jaquay and outside back [player_tooltip player_id='26922' first='Kenzi' last='Coffman'], who's excellent in set pieces. [player_tooltip player_id='26501' first='Audrey' last='Anderson'] and [player_tooltip player_id='158441' first='Sloane' last='Boswell'] patrol the midfield and have tremendous quality to connect forward passes and find dangerous and skilled forwards [player_tooltip player_id='112739' first='Audrey' last='Gilbert'] and [player_tooltip player_id='27203' first='Riley' last='Lovern'] in a good position to score.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:embed {"url":"https://www.instagram.com/p/Cwd1ZYsr8KZ/?img_index=1","type":"rich","providerNameSlug":"instagram","responsive":true} --> <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-instagram wp-block-embed-instagram"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"> https://www.instagram.com/p/Cwd1ZYsr8KZ/?img_index=1 </div></figure> <!-- /wp:embed -->