Soccer Preview: Wakefield vs. Riverside-Durham
The Wakefield Wolverines have the luxury of staying home for another game and will welcome the Riverside-Durham Pirates at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Wakefield is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 3.9 goals per game this season.
Wakefield is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Tuesday. Everything went their way against Rolesville as Wakefield made off with a 5-1 win. The Wolverines might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won 11 matchups by three goals or more this season.
They hit Rolesville with a four-pronged attack, as the team got scores from
Alexander Holmes (2),
Diego Vasquez,
Brooks Vice, and
Klein Pulley.
Meanwhile, Riverside-Durham kept a clean sheet against Ashley on Tuesday. They skirted past the Screaming Eagle 1-0. The victory was all the more spectacular given the Pirates' disadvantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina soccer rankings (they are ranked 100th, while the Screaming Eagle are ranked 24th).
Riverside-Durham pushed their record up to 12-7-3 with the win, which was their fourth straight on the road. Those good results were due in large part to their defensive effort, having only given up zero goals over those four contests. As for Wakefield, their victory bumped their record up to 20-4.
Wakefield took their win against Riverside-Durham in their previous matchup back in September by a conclusive 7-2. Will Wakefield repeat their success, or does Riverside-Durham have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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