Soccer Preview: North Brunswick vs. West Brunswick
The North Brunswick Scorpions will square off against the West Brunswick Trojans at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. North Brunswick's offense has struggled lately (the team hasn't scored more than a single goal for eight straight games), a trend the team is no doubt ready to end.
North Brunswick's offense might be in the hot seat on Thursday considering what happened against Hoggard on Tuesday. They came up short against the Vikings, falling 9-0. While losing is never fun, the Scorpions can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina soccer rankings (they are ranked 272nd, while the Vikings are ranked sixth).
Meanwhile, West Brunswick and Topsail met for a duel on Tuesday where West Brunswick had to take the L. West Brunswick fell just short of Topsail by a score of 3-2. The Trojans have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
North Brunswick's loss dropped their record down to 6-10-1. As for West Brunswick, their defeat dropped their record down to 5-11.
North Brunswick beat West Brunswick 3-1 in their previous meeting back in September. The rematch might be a little tougher for North Brunswick since the team won't have the home-pitch advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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