Soccer Preview: Southern Nash vs. Orange
The Southern Nash Firebirds will face off against the Orange Panthers at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Southern Nash is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 4.2 goals per game this season.
Southern Nash is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Saturday. Their defense stepped up to hand East Wake a 3-0 shutout. Considering the Firebirds have won nine games by more than two goals this season, Saturday's blowout was nothing new.
They hit East Wake with a three-pronged attack, as the team got scores from
Jefferson Baharona,
Victor Vargas, and
Erick Arroyo-Soto.
Meanwhile, it may have taken extra minutes to finish the job, but Orange ultimately got the result they hoped for on Saturday. They had just enough and edged Swansboro out 1-0. The score was all tied up 0-0 at the break, but the Panthers were the better team in the second half.
Orange pushed their record up to 16-5 with the win, which was their sixth straight at home. Those good results were due in large part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they scored 27 goals over those six matchups. As for Southern Nash, the victory made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 17-2-3.
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