Soccer Preview: Knightdale vs. Wake Forest
Knightdale hasn't had much luck against Wake Forest recently, but that could start to change on Wednesday. The Knightdale Knights are taking a road trip to face off against the Wake Forest Cougars at 6:15 p.m. Neither squad made it on the board the last time they hit the pitch, so they've probably got a bit of extra motivation.
Knightdale is headed into Wednesday's contest looking for a big change in momentum after dropping their fifth straight game on Tuesday. They lost 9-0 to Wakefield. While losing is never fun, the Knights can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina soccer rankings (they are ranked 441st, while the Wolverines are ranked sixth).
Meanwhile, while it was all tied up 0-0 at halftime, Wake Forest was not quite Wakefield's equal in the second half two weeks ago. They fell 2-0 to the Wolverines.
Knightdale's defeat dropped their record down to 1-10-1. As for Wake Forest, their loss dropped their record down to 5-5-4.
Knightdale suffered a grim 5-0 defeat to Wake Forest in their previous meeting back in September. Can Knightdale avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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