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The South Mecklenburg (Charlotte, NC) varsity soccer team won Wednesday's home non-conference match against Independence (Charlotte, NC) by a score of 2-1.

	1	2	Final
Independence	0	1	1
South Mecklenburg	0	2	2

Final score provided by A. Osborn.

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Matchup Info

Match Stats

Independence (24-25)

Independence

Field Stats

#	Athlete Name	Goals	Asst	Pts
	Team Totals	1	1	3
11	Khai Thang (Sr)	1		2
24	Lyric Kopera (Sr)		1	1

Independence

#	Athlete Name	G	Shots	SOG	SOG %
	Team Totals	1	3	2	.7
5	Gerson Reyes (Jr)		1		.0
10	Nei Hmo (Sr)		1	1	1.0
11	Khai Thang (Sr)	1	1	1	1.0

Independence

Goaltending

#	Athlete Name	G. Min	OT Min	Opp SOG	GA	Saves	Save %	GAA
	Team Totals				2	10
24	Lyric Kopera (Sr)				2	10

Independence

#	Athlete Name	PK Saves	PKA	SO	Win	Loss	Tie
	Team Totals					1
24	Lyric Kopera (Sr)					1

South Mecklenburg (24-25)

South Mecklenburg has not entered stats for this match.

Match Story

North Carolina High School Soccer - Independence nudged by South Mecklenburg

August 21, 2024: Charlotte, NC 28210

South Mecklenburg Sabres (Charlotte, NC) boosters exited the stadium pleased Wednesday as they witnessed their soccer team get by the visiting Independence Patriots (Charlotte, NC), 2-1 in a non-league test.

With the triumph, South Mecklenburg moves its record to 3-1 on the campaign. The Sabres host Cardinal Gibbons (Raleigh, NC) to clash with the Crusaders in a non-league test on Friday, August 23. The Crusaders come into the test with a record of 1-0. Cardinal Gibbons won 4-0 in their recent non-league test against East Chapel Hill (Chapel Hill, NC)

The Patriots now sport a 1-2 record. They take the field next when they travel to West Cabarrus for a non-league test on Tuesday, August 27. Independence will clash with a Wolverines team coming off a 3-0 non-league loss to Hoggard (Wilmington, NC). The Wolverines record now stands at 3-3.

Players of the Match

Independence (24-25)

Congratulations to #11 Khai Thang for being selected the Independence Soccer Player of the Match.

South Mecklenburg (24-25)

South Mecklenburg has not selected any Players of the Match.

Independence @ SMHS Soccer Match Info

Wed., Aug. 21, 2024 @ 7p

The South Mecklenburg (Charlotte, NC) varsity soccer team won Wednesday's home non-conference match against Independence (Charlotte, NC) by a score of 2-1.

Rankings & Records

Independence (24-25)

National	NC	Class
2,313	183	33

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Win %	Conference %	GF	GA
6-12-2	3-8-1	2-4-1	4-8-1	.350	.292	40	39

South Mecklenburg (24-25)

National	NC	Class
350	36	10

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Win %	Conference %	GF	GA
17-7-4	7-4-1	9-2-2	8-5-2	.679	.625	87	36

Team Scoring Averages

	1	2	OT1	Final
Independence	.4	.9	.3	2.0
South Mecklenburg	1.3	.8	0	3.1

Team Stat Comparison

Independence		South Mecklenburg
24	Goals	-
17	Assists	-
145	Shots	-
3.599	Goals Against Average	-

Team Leaders

Independence		South Mecklenburg	National Avg.
#8 Giancarlo Alvarez7	Goals	-	4
#6 David Gonzales5	Assists	-	3
#15 Carlos Gonzalez20	Shots	-	12
#24 Lyric Kopera3.529	Goals Against Average	-	2.281

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Independence	1-6-2		South Mecklenburg	4-3-1

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
8/16/24	Weddington	Independence	(L) 2-1	10/22/24	South Mecklenburg	Weddington	(T) 1-1
8/27/24	Independence	West Cabarrus	(T) 2-2	8/12/24	West Cabarrus	South Mecklenburg	(W) 3-1
9/19/24	Providence	Independence	(L) 5-2	8/29/24	Providence	South Mecklenburg	(L) 2-0
10/14/24	Independence	Providence	(L) 1-0
9/23/24	East Mecklenburg	Independence	(T) 1-1	9/3/24	East Mecklenburg	South Mecklenburg	(W) 3-0
10/16/24	Independence	East Mecklenburg	(L) 3-1
10/3/24	Independence	Charlotte Catholic	(L) 6-1	8/15/24	South Mecklenburg	Charlotte Catholic	(L) 5-1
10/7/24	Charlotte Catholic	Independence	(L) 2-0	11/16/24	South Mecklenburg	Charlotte Catholic	(L) 2-1
10/30/24	Independence	Ballantyne Ridge	(W) 5-0	10/1/24	Ballantyne Ridge	South Mecklenburg	(W) 8-1
				10/28/24	South Mecklenburg	Ballantyne Ridge	(W) 9-0

Record Breakdown

Independence (24-25)		South Mecklenburg (24-25)
6-12-2	Overall	17-7-4
3-8-1	League	7-4-1
3-4-1	Non-League	7-2-3
0-1	Head to Head	1-0
1-6-2	Common Opponent	4-3-1
2-4-1	Home	9-2-2
4-8-1	Away	8-5-2
0-0	Neutral	0-0
0-0	Playoff	3-1
6-12-2	In-State	17-7-4
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0